Truth in the Tinsel: Printable Advent Ornaments for the Christmas Season!

Use these printable Truth in the Tinsel ornaments for a fun & easy Advent experience this Christmas holiday season!

Our first Advent season with Truth in the Tinsel was a blast! We had so much fun! In fact, as soon as I pulled out our ornaments from the previous year, my kids quickly asked if we were doing it again this year!

I was certain that our Christmas tree and the garland on our staircase simply could not hold another round of handmade Truth in the Tinsel ornaments for five kids.

However, I immediately let them know that we were doing it again! But with a little twist! We used the coordinating printable ornaments instead!

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I even coined a little phrase for our new printable ornaments: Laminated…with BLING on a RING! Catchy, huh?!

They were super fun for the kids! And, they don’t take up nearly as much space as the original handmade Truth in the Tinsel ornaments!

Plus, we made them in such a way that they are durable and can last for years to come! And, there is minimal messiness involved!

How we used the Truth in the Tinsel Printable Ornaments:

I still followed all of the instructions in the Truth in the Tinsel eBook with the addition of our CHRISTmas Countdown and clue cards.

The only other change we made was simply substituting the printable Truth in the Tinsel ornaments for the original Truth in the Tinsel handmade ornaments.

You can read more about our previous year with Truth in the Tinsel below:

Printable Ornament Supplies:

Below is everything we used for our Truth in the Tinsel printable ornaments!

• Printable Truth in the Tinsel Ornaments (printed on cardstock)
• crayons, markers, colored pencils
• Sparkle Mod Podge
• book rings (1 for each set of ornaments)
• paint brush
• scissors
• hole punch
• curling ribbon (optional)

Making our Truth in the Tinsel Printable Ornaments:

First we colored our ornaments and then add some bling with the Sparkle Mod Podge. Simply use a paint brush to “paint” the sparkles on your ornament. The ornaments look so cute with all the shimmer!

In fact, I think this was my kid’s most favorite part! You may not be able to see the sparkle well in the photos, but you can definitely see it in person!

Once the Mod Podge was dry, I ran the ornaments through my lovely laminator! Yes, I love my laminator!

Then the kids trimmed their ornament, hole punched it and add it to their ring. Below are my daughters’ ornaments through day 5. She opted to add some curling ribbon to decorate hers a bit more.

After adding their new ornament each day, the kids hung their ring of ornaments back on the garland on our banisters, usually with the most recent ornament showing.

So, instead of 120 ornaments (24 days x 5 kids), I really only have 5 new ornaments (six if you include mine)!

So, there you have it…our printable Truth in the Tinsel ornaments: laminated, with BLING on a RING!

More Truth in the Tinsel:

• Buy Truth in the Tinsel eBook
• Read my Truth in the Tinsel review
• Download my FREE coordinating Advent Countdown printable

P.S. It’s not too late!

Want to join in on the Truth in the Tinsel fun, but think it’s too late? Well, it’s not! Within the ebook there are alternate schedules so that you can still enjoy this wonderful Advent celebration on a moderated (shortened) schedule! 

This post was originally published on December 11, 2012.