Dipped Feather Ornaments
These Teal Dipped Feather Ornaments use oven-bake clay and paint to create realistic looking feathers to hang from your Christmas tree. These homemade ornaments are super easy to make!
Disclosure: I was provided product by BEHR to write this post but the thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
This year I decorated my home for Christmas in teal and white to go with my everyday home decor. I was inspired to create my own homemade ornmanets to match using BEHR paint I had on hand and oven-baked clay to create gorgeous dipped feather ornaments. These are super easy to make too!
Materials
Carefully lift the feather off the clay and you should see the imprint of the feather left behind. Use the toothpick or dowel to make a hole in the clay at the shaft of the feather for hanging.
Use the x-acto knife to cut out around the shape of the feather impression and then remove the excess clay. Use the x-acto knife to exaggerate some of the details of the feather impression and create small marks along the edges of the feathers working along the natural “grain” of the feathers to create a more feathered look.
Dipped Feather Ornaments
Ingredients
- Oven-Bake Clay, White
- Clay roller or rolling pin
- Goose or Duck Feathers
- Toothpick or Small Dowel
- X-acto knife
- parchment paper
- paintbrushes
- BEHR MQ3-32 Cameo White
- BEHR T15-3 Essential Teal
- Painters tape
- Wire Ornament Hanger Hooks
Instructions
- Preheat oven according to temperature on clay packaging.
- I used much less than 1/4 of a one pound package of clay to make 3 ornaments, so break off about that much to start.
- Warm the clay with your hands by kneading it and stretching it until it becomes soft and easy to work with.
- Cover your work surface with parchment paper or wax paper and tape it down as unbaked clay can damage finished surfaces.
- Roll out your clay until it is about 1/4"-1/8" thick.
- Pick out feathers the size and shape you would like create copies of for your ornaments. Lay the feather on top of the rolled out clay.
- Roll over the feather, pressing it gently into the clay.
- Carefully lift the feather off the clay and you should see the imprint of the feather left behind. Use the toothpick or dowel to make a hole in the clay at the shaft of the feather for hanging.
- Use the x-acto knife to cut out around the shape of the feather impression and then remove the excess clay. Use the x-acto knife to exaggerate some of the details of the feather impression and create small marks along the edges of the feathers working along the natural "grain" of the feathers to create a more feathered look.
- Gently fold the feathers slightly to give them shape and place the parchment and feathers on a cookie sheet and bake according to the package directions.
- Cool completely, then paint the feather using the BEHR white cameo paint. Paint several thin coats being careful to follow the "grain" of the feathers with your brushstrokes to avoid washing them out with paint. Allow to dry completely between coats.
- Use painters tape to block off section of the feather and paint with the BEHR essential teal paint to make it look as if it were dipped in the paint. Go thicker with the teal, but still follow the "grain". Let dry.
- Thread ornament hanging wire through the hole and hang on your Christmas tree.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
This is such a creative idea, would be nice personalized! Thanks for sharing
Very inspirational. While I might try this with feathers, it is giving me lots of other ideas too. Thanks for posting it.
cute idea the grandkids would love making ornaments
wow they look beautiful as ornaments!
Something to try out! Haven’t done anything really with feathers before….
Thanks for sharing,very creative
I love those! They are so cute. I would totally buy some on Etsy 😉
That would be fun to make with my kiddo! I love crafts that I can do with him. This is perfect!
Very creative! I love how unique these are, and they make great ornaments! Fun craft to do with the kids.
Wow these are fabulous! I love this idea. The colors you chose are gorgeous too, such a fun idea!
Those ornaments look really great. I’ve never tried my hand at anything like that before.
They turned out nicely. I haven’t thought about making my own decorations.
These are really cute. You could get creative with the colors to match your tree if you do a them.
Aww, these are so cute and creative. My daughter would love to make these for the holidays!
Aren’t these gorgeous?! WOW so creative and beautiful, and I must say unique. Definitely making this a family project!
What a cute idea, I’ve never heard of doing dipped feathers for ornaments. These would looks great on my great!
Oh my goodness, those are gorgeous. What a wonderful idea. I will totally be doing these. Thanks for sharing.
What a neat idea! We have a lot of feathers here because we have ducks and chickens. I could do this with some of those feathers. My daughters would love it. I love how different this is!
Oh those look awesome! I love how the tiny details of the feather imprint on the clay. This is such a cool idea.
Those are really cute and look like they would be great crafts for older kids.
I honestly don’t think I have ever seen such a clever idea for an ornament. These are so elegant!
wow these are simply gorgeous. Our Christmas tree is blue and silver themed so these would fit in perfectly.
I love this craft idea. I am excited to try making some with my Daughter on the weekend. They would look great on the tree.
What a clever idea! I would have never thought to do this. It’s so fun and unique!
How fun! We love using clay to make fun DIY crafts. We are going to give this a try.
What a cool project! These would be gorgeous gifts for family friends.
This is such a cute idea for a homemade ornament! The ones you make yourselves are the ones that have the most meaning!
What a beautiful way to decorate your Christmas tree. This looks like such a fun craft to make with kids and you can let them go to town painting these any colors they’d like. Just make sure you have the kids write their name and date on it since these will become family heirlooms.
Wow! These are so pretty! Pinning and sharing!