Christmas Ornaments Type 4 – Day 4

Type 4 of the easy paper Christmas ornaments in various vintage bauble shapes is long and narrow, resembling an isicle. Here are the last 4 ornaments of this type:

Type 4 is probably the easiest type to make, just accordion fold it, and glue it together before cutting out the sides:
You can also adapt this technique to the other ornaments (Type 1-3), glueing the 4 pieces together before cutting out the sides, it saves you half the cutting:

INSTRUCTIONS:

Print the ornament on cardstock, my go-to paper is Canon Matte Photo Paper (160g)
Score on all the vertical lines and accordion fold
Glue the pieces back-to-back, to create a 3D ornament (I use an ordinary glue stick for this)
Cut out the 4 sides
You might want to subtly ink the edges, to avoid seing the white paper…
To hang, either punch a hole and insert ribbon, or sandwich the ribbon in the middle when glueing the pieces together
Optional: I used spray glue and glittered the whole ornament for some grand seasonal sparkle 🙂
Optional: For some of my ornaments I also glued glass glitter on the edges. I used silver, and gold, and even pearl for some, which gives a beautiful frosted look. If you opt for glittered edges, you can skip the inking 😉
TADAH: you have a lovely 3D ornament to decorate your tree, or hang in a window 🙂

The files are free for your personal use and enjoyment. Go to the download folder below to grab your high quality copies 🙂

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I have used elements from the following sources for these designs:

1894 Home Is Where The Heart Is – New York Public Library

Christmas Candy, W. F. Pearson – Boston Public Library on Flickr

Winter Holly – The Country Yearbook on Open Library

Typography Ephemera – The Graphics Fairy