25+ Painting Ideas for Ornaments This Christmas

Learn how to make unique dot mandala ornaments for your Christmas tree! Copying the patterns is easier than you think. These are so pretty.

Learn how to make a wood bead snowman ornament for your tree using simple craft supplies! Easy for both adults and kids.

These clay ornaments are kid friendly but still look great on your tree! They are so easy to make using your favorite paint colors.

These give the look of vintage jadeite glassware without the cost or the delicacy of real glass ornaments.

The color palette of these pretty ornaments is awesome - but I particularly love the addition of the gold splatter paint! These would look great in traditional colors also.

Kids love dipping their fingers in paint! This is a fun craft that kids and adults can do together.

If your painting skills are lacking, never fear - you can use loosely painted brushstrokes!

Give your tree a Nordic-sweater-look with these stylishly painted wooden rounds.

I don't use ceramic ornaments in crafting that often, but this project is a great use for them! We love emoji around here.

These ornaments are made using watercolor paper! This type of painting is easy and great for beginners.

The Memphis Design Style blends art deco with pop art! Turns out it's an easy style to paint on ornaments as well.

Create modern, unique concrete ornaments for Christmas without the weight of actual cement! These are so easy to make and look great on your tree.

I would never think about using a dark background on painted ornaments, but these winter florals are exceptionally pretty.

They are super easy, so you can mindlessly paint while you watch Elf. You get to work with your hands and choose fun paint colors but you only have to put in a little effort for a great result.

These easy DIY ornaments are perfect for tree trimming or gift giving this holiday season. Make them with glass ornaments, paint and gold leaf sheets.

These started as white ceramic ornaments and got a makeover with some paint pens! it makes doing the small dots and lines easy as pie.

The beautiful florals on these ornaments are way easier to paint than you think! Ariel shows you the steps to achieve them.

I love that you to bust out a ton of paint colors for these! Wouldn't this look great on a white tree?

The mixed media look is a great way to use excess paint colors, and make painted Christmas ornaments that shine!

I love that you use finger prints to make the heads of these cute reindeer! Besides that, you'll just be painting a few simple strokes with a brush and doing some dotting.

Learn how to paint wooden ornaments using adhesive stencils, glitter, and Mod Podge! These are easy to personalize, and these are perfect for gifts.

These cupcake ornaments for Christmas are regular ornaments painted to look just like delicious treats! Have you ever seen anything so sweet?

If you don't know how to color block with spray paint, this post will show you how. These ornaments couldn't be any easier to paint!

Both kids and adults can have fun painting on canvas with these mini ornaments. I love the use of gold leaf and I think it would be fun to add a little glitter, too!

These marbled ornaments were made using dark blue nail polish! If you've never painted anything with nail polish, this post shows you how.

You don't need any crafting skills to make these cute Christmas ornaments! Paint the pallets any color(s) you like, then add vinyl decals on top.

Make easy metallic key Christmas ornaments using supplies from the craft store – they cost just $1 to make and a little spray paint!

Wood slices give these cute little Mickey Mouse ornaments a rustic touch! I'd love to see the painted Minnie version as well.

Do you have an excess of plastic magnet letters that you don’t know what to do with? Turn them into these metallic letter ornaments!