"S" is for Styrofoam

Glittered snowflake ornaments made from STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam.

Simple, easy ornaments you can make to add sparkle anywhere for the holidays.

Inspired by the large bead snowflake from Pottery Barn:

You could glitter these any color to match your decor.

Here's how I made the ornaments:


Supplies needed:

STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
- 1" balls
- 1 1/2" balls
- flat sheet goods (any size)

- Krylon spray glitter

- loose glitter

- wire hangers (& wire cutters)

- hot glue gun

- tiny measuring spoons or melon baller

1. Begin by cutting the wire hanger into pieces, one 5" piece and 4 - 2 1/2" pieces:

2. Prepare the smaller balls.

Using a metal measuring spoon scoop out a small ball shape from the flat sheet:

Dig down deep and then twist in a circular motion:

This is what comes out:

3. Take the ball and roll it between your hands like a meatball to smooth the edges and achieve a nice rounded shape:

4. Make at least 6 1/2" balls and 6 3/4" balls:

5. Begin assembly.

Use the 5" wire piece and slide the balls on in this order:

(Use a drop of hot glue on the wire then slide the ball over the glue.)

6. Take the 2 1/2" wire and poke into side of large center ball.

Add same balls into place.

7. Repeat on other side for equality:

8. Spray the glitter spray paint onto the balls, then sprinkle loose glitter onto the paint:

(Do this in sections over a scrap paper to collect glitter for re-use.)

9. Make a resting cradle for the center ball with straight pins to let paint/glitter dry:

10. Hang using ribbon and a straight pin glued into the outer most ball:

Ready for Christmas.

This project was recently part of the Handmade Holiday series at Under the Table and Dreaming:


Check out all the STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam projects from the series, there are a lot of great ideas, especially using the cone shape for trees.
I was one of the few who made ornaments.

A little STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam can go a long way.

Disclaimer: The STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam materials used in this project were provided by The Dow Chemical Company.  The opinions in the post are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish this project.