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O Little Town of Bethlehem DIY Christmas Ornament

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 This beautiful DIY Christmas Ornament is easy to make with a few simple supplies and the free O Little Town of Bethlehem printable.

I’m just a little bit in love with today’s DIY Christmas ornament.

O Little Town of Bethlehem has always been one of my favorite Christmas carols; there is something about the simplicity and the meaning that I just really love.

 DIY Christmas Ornament with wood slice and free printable Christmas music to O Little Town of Bethlehem shown on wood background

Free O Little Town of Bethlehem Printable

Clearly, to make this awesome little DIY Christmas ornament, you need a copy of the song O Little Town of Bethlehem. Mine is from an old hymnal.  (Did you realize hymnals have all the classic Christmas carols included? So awesome for Christmas crafting!) 

I tend to find hymnals by the dozens at estate sales, yard sales, and thrift stores. But I realize not everyone realized they needed to be on the lookout for an old hymnal. 

Plus, I’m sure there are places where scoring an old hymnal isn’t quite so easy as it is here in the South.

So I’m going to help you guys out. I’ve got three of my favorite Christmas carols (O Little Town of Bethlehem, Joy to the World, and Silent Night) all ready for you to download and print for all your Christmas crafting needs. 

And if you are looking for more great Christmas carol printables, I have nine more right here.

Free Christmas Carol Printables including O Little Town of Bethlehem.

Just download your copies here.

So now that you have your very own copy of O Little Town of Bethlehem, on to the ornament making!

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DIY Oh Little Town of Bethlehem Ornament

Supplies

  • Tree slice (you can cut one from your yard or take the easy route and just buy some like I did)
  • Copy of O Little Town of Bethlehem  (free download above)
  • Matte Mod Podge and brush (matte is always a good choice for anything vintage inspired)
  • pencil
  • Sharpie
  • eye hook and string

How to Make the Ornament

The actual making of the ornament is pretty simple.

o little town music sheet with wood slice

Trace your tree slice onto your copy of the song. 

Cut the traced shape out, cutting it slightly smaller than the lines you drew so that a slight border of wood shows once it is attached. 

Use Mod Podge to attach the song to the wood. Once it has dried, brush a layer of Mod Podge on top of the song as well to seal it.

O Little Town of Bethlehem wood slice ornament

Once the Mod Podge has completely dried, draw your Bethlehem skyline onto the song with a pencil. There isn’t really one right way to do this, just draw an outline of buildings of varying heights with windows.

drawing Bethlehem on DIY wood slice ornament

Fill in the skyline using a black sharpie.

Screw an eye hook into the top of your ornament and hang with a string from your gorgeous Christmas tree!

bethlehem ornament with ribbon and eye hook

o little town of bethlehem ornament hanging on tree

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If you are looking for more Christmas ornament inspiration, you can see all of my handmade Christmas ornaments here.

And if you love Christmas music, you will definitely want to see my latest Christmas music DIY.  This one also has free printables!

O Little Town of Bethlehem Ornament

O Little Town of Bethlehem Ornament

Yield: 1 Beautiful DIY Ornament
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: easy
Estimated Cost: $1-$5

Make a pretty DIY Wood Slice Christmas Ornament with just a few simple supplies and the included free printables.

Materials

  • Tree Slice
  • Copy of O Little Town of Bethlehem (free download)
  • Matte Mod Podge
  • Pencil
  • Foam Brush
  • Sharpie
  • Eye Hook and String

Tools

  • Scissors

Instructions

    1. Trace your tree slice onto the copy of the song. 
    2. Cut your traced shape out slightly smaller than your lines.
    3. Use Mod Podge to attach the song to the wood slice.
    4. Coat the top of the song with Mod Podge to seal it. Let dry.
    5. Draw your Bethlehem skyline onto the song with a pencil. 
    6. Use a black sharpie to fill in the skyline.
    7. Screw an eye hook into the top of your ornament.
    8. Add string for hanging.

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I'd love for you to leave a comment on the blog or share a photo on Pinterest!

© Carrie
Project Type: Ornaments / Category: Christmas

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Comments

  1. Judi says

    November 23, 2014 at 1:12 pm

    What a great ornament! I’m hoping to find time to give it a try, so thanks VERY much for sharing the music.

    Reply
    • Carrie says

      November 23, 2014 at 8:45 pm

      Thanks Judi! I hope you find time – it really doesn’t take that much!

      Reply
  2. Cynthia says

    January 2, 2015 at 4:14 pm

    If you don’t mind my asking, what Christmas song book did this page come from? I had a Christmas piano book from the 70’s. It was my favorite song book. It has been “borrowed” for life. I lost the front cover many, many years ago so I don’t remember the title except it was red. I played those songs for over almost 40 years so I would know the book when I see it. I would greatly appreciate any help. thanks.

    Reply
    • Carrie says

      January 5, 2015 at 9:11 pm

      Cynthia, These are actually from an old hymnal. Your Christmas song book sounds wonderful and full of good memories – I wonder if you could find a similar one on ebay or etsy?

      Reply
  3. KarenDawn says

    October 12, 2015 at 10:27 pm

    Regarding the hymns- those two and more can be found in this say arrangement in many hymnals; I have several going back 50+ years that I still play from and copy for crafting…
    As for the red music book, try the John Thompson Teaching Little Fingers to Play series. (I think that’s the name; I had a red songbook for piano lessons also 50+ years ago and I think the second book in the series may have been blue; I think there were other colors as the student progressed.) I remember the red songbook because I still have it in the piano bench… I think these books are still around today.
    Good luck!

    Reply
    • Carrie says

      October 14, 2015 at 9:33 pm

      Great tips – I hope that helps her find the book she was looking for!

      Reply
  4. KarenDawn says

    October 12, 2015 at 10:28 pm

    OOPS:
    Make that “this same arrangement…”

    Reply
  5. Julie Shepherd says

    October 21, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    About what size is your tree slice?

    Reply
    • Carrie says

      October 21, 2015 at 8:33 pm

      Julie, the tree slice I used was 3-4 inches in diameter.

      Reply
  6. Amy says

    October 25, 2017 at 1:01 pm

    Thank you for providing the hymnal pages for download! I’m going to use it with my Sunday School kids to make musical angels this Advent.

    Reply
    • Carrie says

      October 25, 2017 at 8:00 pm

      What a great project! enjoy!

      Reply
  7. Andrea Honea says

    November 9, 2017 at 12:47 am

    So beautiful! I’m going to make this for an upcoming Jesse Ornament exchange. Thanks for the ideas!

    Reply
    • Carrie says

      November 10, 2017 at 12:29 pm

      Glad it helped! This is one of my favorite ornaments!

      Reply
      • Andrea Honea says

        November 13, 2017 at 1:01 am

        What size eye hook did you use?

        Reply
        • Carrie says

          November 14, 2017 at 4:38 pm

          Hi Andrea, I am not sure of the exact size but it was pretty small, probably about 1/4 inch.

          Reply
  8. Maria says

    December 19, 2018 at 1:02 pm

    Musical ornaments are my favorite.

    Reply
    • Carrie says

      December 19, 2018 at 10:30 pm

      I love them too! I think sheet music is simply beautiful!

      Reply

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