Tin Can Lid Ornaments

Let's gather these items, so we can get started:

* Safety Can Opener

* Tin can lids (mine are from broth cans & canned vegetable cans)

* Paint ( I used sample latex house paint that I got from Lowes in the paint clearance area and paint I had left over from painting rooms)

* Scrapbook paper (optional - use in place of paint)

* Small paint brush

* Small stencil brush

* Ribbon or yarn

* Circle or scallop paper punch ( optional - mine is 2.5 inch circle that fits inside the lids or cut circles to fit inside of the lid)

* Christmas cards/clipart/small holiday decorations/dimensional stickers

* Glitter - optional

Cut the lids off the tin cans with a Safety Can Opener so there are no sharp edges. Paint the lids different colors; if needed, paint on a second coat of paint. Accent them by stenciling a coordinating color around the outer part of the lid or all over.

**You can also sprinkle glitter on the lid while the paint is still wet.

Optional: you can punch out or cut out scrapbook paper to use in place of paint.

Punch out pictures from Christmas cards, use clip art, or use small decorations/dimensional stickers. Glue the embellishments to the middle of the can lid.

Glue on ribbon or yarn as a hanger.

Yeah! You're done with your Christmas ornaments.

Here's some other examples of tin can lid ornaments that I have done. On a few of them, I used scrapbook paper as background color instead of paint. On these I used dimensional stickers and small Christmas decorations.

Close up of additional ornaments.

Another close up.

Side note: If you use Swanson Broth, I have found that the top and bottom lids can be removed with the safety can opener. So you get two lids out of one can. Yeah!!!