Slide Together Christmas Ornament
As an advent gift to the readers of my blog, I will be posting Christmas decorations every day for the next 25 days. I hope these Christmas decorations will brighten your day and bring joy to your home.
Today's decoration is a slide together Christmas ornament. This is a challenging but rewarding ornament to make.
Here is the PDF file. I used Neenah brand 65 lb metallic cardstock from Office Depot.
Here is the .Studio file.
Here is the SVG.
To make the ornament. I will designate the two types of slices according to the placement of the slits. One has two slits on the straight edge and the other has two slits on the curved edge.
Take an inner edge piece and slide it into an outer edge piece. The two top slits together to make an X. The pointy edge is the bottom of the ornament. Lay the piece flat on a table. The inner edge piece is on top.
Take an outer edge piece and slide the second slit together to the top slice of the stack.
*1.Take an inner edge piece and slide the first slit together on the top slice of the stack.
***These steps repeat.***
2.Take an outer edge piece and slide it into the second slit on the top slice of the stack.
3. Pick up the top slice. This slice is moved to get it out of the way.
4.The bottom two slices are then slide into one another.
This makes the first X at the bottom of the ornament.
***Go back to the "*" and repeat the above four steps until the stack is completed.***
The last piece slid together is an inner piece.
Thread a 12 inch piece of thread through the the top.
Thread another 12 inch piece of thread through the the top.
Remove the thread from two slices on both sides. Do the same for the other thread.
There are two top slices that need to be slid into one another. This is the tricky part. Do it slowly.
There are two bottom slices that need to be slid into one another. Do it slowly.
Rethread the holes that were unthread. Tie and knot the thread to close the gap. Repeat for the other side.
Make a hanger out of the top thread and cut the bottom thread so that it is not visible.
How in the world do you figure these things out! Your design is incredible. Thank you so much for sharing the file and the instructions to assemble the ornament.
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