Christmas baubles are common tree decorations, but they can be versatile too. Handpainted baubles take little time to make and can save money, while DIY baubles can also fund Christmas presents.
Handpainted baubles can be customized to suit the person or tree. Bauble designs may be sparkly, block-painted, brush-stroked, polka-dotted, or made with printed text.
Handpainted baubles offer an alternative to store-bought baubles, especially when the ready-made options seem overpriced.
Explore handmade Christmas card ideas alongside DIY ways to wrap gifts for the holiday season. After choosing the projects you like, consider whether making them yourself could help with saving money.
Leaf Print Bauble for the Christmas Tree
On the Christmas tree, a white bauble carries leaf designs in complementing colors. Draw the leaves with color pens or paint, using stripes or spreading them randomly across the surface. The handpainted design from claycrafting is quick to make and has a neat appearance.
Personalized Handpainted Christmas Bauble
This colored bauble features a portrait of a named person, with the loved one’s name written on it. Draw the miniature art with minimal effort, making it a gift option that works well for family gifting. The idea comes from life_with_elizah_and_bea_x_.
Handpainted Starry Night Christmas Bauble
A deep blue bauble sets the background for a yellow moon and tiny stars. You can buy the baubles or paint them yourself, then add the moon and stars with yellow paint or a marker to brighten the Christmas decor. This example is from asters_pretties.
Black and Poppy Handpainted Christmas Baubles
A bunch of black baubles can be covered in red, bright yellow, blue, or other colorful paint across the remaining bauble area. Use gold paint or a gold marker to write “Joy” or “Hope,” then tie on a contrasting ribbon for hanging. The black and poppy bauble idea is attributed to anyasstudio.
Handpainted Leafy Christmas Baubles
Christmas greenery, mistletoe, and an easy leaf design can inspire the pattern on a black-and-white bauble. Brush on colorful paint for the leafy design, then add red dots that symbolize cranberries or flowers. The preparation takes only a few minutes, and the bauble idea is attributed to amberstextiles. You can switch the bauble colors to match a different Christmas theme.
Handpainted Mistletoe Christmas Bauble
The bauble is white, with mistletoe drawn in gold and silver paint. Add tiny accent dots in green, red, black, and yellow, then hang it on the Christmas tree. The example comes from artbyhollyd.
Handpainted Winter Landscape Baubles
On a bauble from milli_upfrontPaint a winter landscape with snow-covered huts, fir trees, pine trees, a snowman, and hills. Paint may be more comfortable to work with than markers or pens when recreating the design, though markers or pens can also be used.
Transparent Text and Filling Christmas Bauble
Inside the transparent bauble, use greenery, fake snow, or cranberries as the filling. Paint white text on the outside, such as “all is bright” or “Merry Christmas.” This text and interior filling idea is from nvcalligraphy.
Multicolored Handpainted Christmas Bauble
On a plain green Christmas tree, this multicolored handpainted bauble stands out among the branches. Choose popping paints and use a paintbrush to add random color strokes, polka dots, abstract designs, or other patterns, as shown by danielle.monique.art.
Stroked Handpainted Christmas Bauble
Brush strokes can turn a dull-looking bauble into a quick, effortless project, using paint from bottles and baubles you already have. Color splashes in traditional red and green create a standout effect on the Christmas tree, according to danielle.monique.art.
Pink Shaded Handpainted Christmas Bauble
A pink handpainted bauble can use one color in multiple shades for an easy, soothing design. Add a complementary bright color to break up the monotony, as shown by canvas_and_twine.
Handpainted Ceramic Snowy Floral Bauble
A white ceramic bauble brightens the decor and allows bright colors to take prominence. Use bright paint to create a floral pattern, then attach a colorful ribbon for hanging. The ceramic floral bauble idea is attributed to catrinsaywell.landscape.artist.
Handpainted Baubles for Merry Christmas
A white bauble helps brighten the decor and lets the lettering stand out. Use gold paint and a gold marker to write “Merry Christmas,” then decorate the remaining area with a contrasting leaf design. This idea is attributed to becki_clark_, and white baubles are recommended over other bauble colors.
Dainty Handpainted Christmas Bauble
For a budget-friendly option, apply metallic spray paint to a plain bauble or buy metallic baubles for an elegant look, as shown by jennykateco. With white paint and a white marker, draw Christmas designs such as snowflakes and mistletoes, or write messages like Noel, Merry, and Joy.
Handpainted Gold and Silver Christmas Baubles
Overteaandbiscuits shows a white bauble painted with gold and silver, ready to hang on a Christmas tree or use as a Christmas gift. Write Christmas words such as “Let It, Snow” or “Noel” on the bauble, or add family and friend names. The paint can cover the entire surface, half the surface, or just small dots.
Mix-and-Match Handpainted Christmas Baubles
Multiple complementary paint colors cover the baubles in random patterns, including squares, circles, and rough strokes. Add glitter paint or shimmer paint, then use the baubles to decorate a Christmas tree, as shown by danielle.monique.art.
Handpainted Tricolor Christmas Bauble
Use a set of different-sized brushes for this project. Choose three coordinated colors for the white baubles, then apply one brush per bauble and make small strokes with each color. The brush variation comes from wemadethisstudio.
Ceramic Christmas Pattern Baubles
A white ceramic bauble can also be used as part of a gift set. Paint it red with a spider web, linear floral design, or different-sized polka dots, then hang it on a Christmas tree. You can draw polka dots or another chosen design, as shown by creative.ceramics.
Bright, colorful handpainted baubles can be personalized for the holiday season. Use them to decorate a Christmas tree, and they can save tons of money.
Blue Handpainted Christmas Bauble
This blue bauble is a version of the previous improvised design and decorates a Christmas tree. Create the background in multiple shades, then use silver paint or another contrasting color that pops to draw tiny patterns such as small squares, slant lines, different-size dots, and snowflakes, as shown by canvas_and_twine.
