How to Make Halloween Jack o’ Lantern Ornaments

 Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read 

How to Make Halloween Jack o’ Lantern Ornaments

How to Make Halloween Jack o’ Lantern Ornaments

If you are a lover of Christmas, Thanksgiving and Halloween, you may put up your tree in October and then decorate it for each holiday. It’s an easy way to get more use out of your tree. If you need some ideas on how to decorate your Halloween tree, start with some orange, black and maybe purple ornaments or try my Halloween Jack o’ Lantern ornament. Read on to see how to make this easy DIY Halloween ornament.

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My finished Halloween ornament matches my candy corn tiara that I made too!

This idea came about when an artist friend and I were discussing a pumpkin ornament she made. She made hers out of sequins and pins, which definitely gave me an idea for a Christmas ornament idea. Since I already had some orange rhinestones on hand and the ornament, I decided to use her inspiration and create a rhinestone version of my own.

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Easy DIY Jack o’ Lantern ornament

Making Jack o’ Lanterns with real pumpkins are an option as well. All the pumpkins I’ve gotten to carve while living in Southwest Florida have rotted before Halloween, so I now have decided to decorate using faux pumpkins.

I especially love my DIY jadeite pumpkins. See that full tutorial here. You can also see it in my 1-minute video below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden.

I don’t love making Jack o’ Lanterns since they require lots of cutting. When I was in the 6th grade, carving a pumpkin (unattended by any adult of course, as that was what my home and many other homes were like in the 1980’s…just like you see on Stranger Things, lol!) with an upside-down knife sent me to the hospital for stitches.

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Quick and easy Halloween craft idea

I had no idea carving it with the knife upside down would be so dangerous, but I do now! If you want to carve a pumpkin, make sure you are using some safer tools or appropriate tools like these:

Now for my safer Halloween craft option: a Jack o’Lantern DIY Halloween Ornament for your Halloween tree! Need some more Halloween tree decorating ideas? Try these 10 from Apartment Therapy.

I buy many of my craft supplies on Temu due to their very low prices. If you want to shop Temu, use my discount code afe55197 for 30% off or use this link (for new app users).

Things You Need:

See my 1-minute tutorial for this craft in the video above or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden.

How-To:

First, I drew out a Jack o’ Lantern face using my Sharpie marker. It’s basically three triangles (eyes and nose) and a crecent shape (mouth).

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First I drew out the Jack o’ Lantern face

Next, I added some Liquid Fusion glue to the face design and used my wax pencil to add some white pearls around the eyes, then filled in the rest of the face with black jelly rhinestones. Add thin layers of glue to prevent oozing.

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Adding the black rhinestones to the pumpkin face

Then I worked in small sections to add thin layers of glue and orange jelly rhinestones all over the ornament, front and back.

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Adding orange jelly rhinestones to the pumpkin ornament

I used mixed sizes of rhinestones for some variation, but you don’t have to do this.

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I added orange rhinestones to the front and back of the ornament

I then used my Bowdabra to make a bow. See my bowdabra tutorial here on my YouTube channel. If you can make a perfect bow without a Bowdabra, go for it! I fold the ends of the ribbon in half, cut it on a diagonal to get the angled look, and seal it with a lighter to prevent fraying. You can seal many ribbon ends with a quick swoop of a lighter. Be careful to not let it linger as it will catch fire!

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I created my bow for the ornament with a Bowdabra

I then added some hot glue to the top of the ornament and placed the bow on the glue and held it until it cooled.

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The finished Jack o’ Lantern ornament front

Then I added some thin black satin ribbon for hanging and the ornament was complete!

I allowed 24 hours for the rhinestone glue to fully dry.

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The finished Jack o’ Lantern ornament front

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Carolyn J. (C.J.) Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.