Christmas Ornaments - Tome Society

As I was scrolling through Pintrest one day, looking for ideas for Christmas gifts and decorations, I ran across a post for a DIY snow globe. The snow globe contained mini books completed for that year. I believe the creator completed 70 books that year and it looked really cute. I looked at it for a while and it occurred to me that I could probably turn this idea into an ornament for all of the students in Tome Society this year. Since the kids only read 10 books each year, I knew there was a way to make it happen.

Here's what I needed:

50 mm fillable ornament balls - the ones that have two parts

Cardstock

Red and Green color paper

Elmer's double sided tape runner

Pretty ribbon

White oil-based paint pen

Here is what I did:

Found images of each book on Goodreads or Amazon and copied to my computer.

Added each book image into a Word document and sized down to 67%.

Printed the book images onto cardstock (it took 2 pages for each set of books).

Cut out the tiny books (this took some time and I had a few hand cramps).

Used a ruler to fold the books in order to give them a spine.

Added double stick craft tape to close the book. I only used a small amount of tape, and only to the outside edge of the book, giving it a closed look. Then used a light brown/dark yellow marker to color the binding.

I then picked my favorite quote from each book and printed those. I cut those out as thin as possible and accordion-folded them.

After everything was printed, colored and folded, I placed each book inside the ornament, cover facing out. When I was happy with that, I added the quotes as filler.

I sealed each ornament with a touch of Elmer's double-sided tape and added a pretty bow.

Finally, I used the paint pen to personalize the ornament.

The kids loved these ornaments, and I was very happy with how they turned out.

Did you try this? I would love to see your photos and comments!!!

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