It’s not a secret that I am a huge FRIENDS fan and this FRIENDS ornament is a fun gift to give my best friends! Grab this Friends who become family SVG file and give all your best friends this fun ornament! (SVG is also great on mugs and more!)
Handmade Christmas Ornaments are such a great gift idea. They can be used as embellishments for gifts and are the ideal gift for neighbors, coaches, babysitters, and friends to let them know you are thinking of them this holiday season.
Here are some other handmade ornament ideas that are great for gifts also:
Supplies for Friends Christmas Ornament
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- Cricut or Silhouette Cutting Machine
- Ornament (you can use any blank ornament you love)
- FRIENDS Ornament SVG (found below in the post)
- Adhesive vinyl – black, red, yellow, and blue (great use for scraps!)
- Transfer Tape
- Weeding hook
- Scraper Tool
- Rubbing Alcohol & Paper towel
- Ribbon
Choose your favorite ornament: I found these blank ornaments at Dollar Tree and they were already white in color. You can use glass ornaments or plastic ornaments and if you have clear ones, you can fill them with white crinkle paper like I did for this Grinch Ornament or you can also coat them with paint or glitter like my friend Heidi did here.
Ornament Size: You really can use any size or shape of Christmas tree ornament just remember the smaller you go the smaller the vinyl letters will be and it will be more challenging to get the words to line up around the sharp curve of smaller ornaments. White disc ornaments or white flat ornaments are the easiest to work with!
Vinyl: This is a great project to use those scraps of vinyl that you may have trimmed from other projects! If you are not familiar with working with adhesive vinyl, I invite you to check out my Getting Started with Vinyl – Vinyl 101 post.
Transfer Tape: I recommend using clear transfer tape for this particular project. You will also probably need to cut the tap so if you are making multiple FRIENDS ornaments you will need a piece of transfer tape for each ornament.
How to make a FRIENDS Ornament
These ornaments look great on your tree and will look great on your FREINDS trees. You will want to make one for Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Joey & Phoebe! {wink}
- Upload the Design
Upload the Design into your respective design software. If you need help with this here are a few in-depth tutorials on how to upload SVG Files.
– How to Upload SVG designs to Cricut Design Space
– How to Upload SVG designs to Silhouette Studio - Size the Design to Your Ornament
Adjust the size of the design to fit the ornament you are using. Take note of the curve of the ornament if you are using a ball ornament!
- Cut the Design from Adhesive Vinyl
Cut the design from adhesive vinyl and your electronic cutting machine. Here are in-depth tutorials for some machines:
– How to Cut Adhesive Vinyl using a Cricut
– How to Cut Adhesive Vinyl using a Silhouette - Weed Excess Vinyl
Using a weeding tool, remove the excess vinyl leaving only your design.
- Apply the Vinyl Design to your Ornament
Clean the surface of the ornament using rubbing alcohol and a paper towel. Using the transfer tape, apply the vinyl design to your ornament. You can find an in-depth tutorial on adhesive vinyl application here. You can also reference this post on how to apply vinyl to an ornament
- Add a Ribbon
If you desire, you can add a ribbon around the cap of the ornament! It is now ready to gift or hang on your Christmas tree!
Get FRIENDS Who Became Family SVG Here
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