How to Make Giant Ornaments for Your Christmas Decorations

I first found those giant ornament balls at my local garden store, where they had a big display of the huge Christmas ornament decoration that had been featured on Shark Tank. I bought one because I thought it looked so cool. I wanted to have a bunch to put on my front porch, but I didn’t want to invest a lot because our weather is unpredictable. (The only problem was the $60 price tag!) I didn’t know if these would actually survive a New England December on the porch.

So this year I ordered a couple of exercise balls and set out to create my own DIY giant ornaments for our outdoor Christmas decorations. I think they turned out SO cute! And each one cost me just $10.

How to make a giant Christmas ornament

Here’s how I made them:

First I purchased these exercise balls. I used my handy inflator. They come with a hand inflator but it takes forever, so I much prefer the electric one. (It’s great for pool floats, too!)

Then I used plastic takeout containers and cut the edges to be scalloped. Then I poked a hole in the top. I painted these with a gray acrylic paint and then painted a silver metallic acrylic paint on top. (They needed 2 coats of paint.) I had originally planned to just spray paint them but realized my spray paint was gone so I was just working with what I had! You could also do black paint, gold paint, bronze paint, or whatever color you want to use.

I used a thin wire I had to make the ornament hanger. I just wrapped it around the plug in the inflated exercise ball with both ends of the wire.

Also, I made 3 matching bows for the 3 giant ornament balls. It’s the same ribbon I have on my front door wreath.

Pink exercise ball in 18 inch

White exercise ball in 22 inch size

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