Christmas Baubles Printable Lacing Card Ornaments

Printing this is as easy as 1-2-3-4! If you're not familiar with printing PDFs, here's the step-by-step, along with a few tips.

1. Click the red button in the next section that says, "Click to Download Printable Christmas Sewing Cards" P.S. Make sure you know the location of your download.
    
2. Find and open the PDF.
    
3. Click the "Print File" button, choose the printer, choose how many copies you want, make any additional adjustments needed for personal preference, and click the "Print" button.
    
4. Cut out the baubles and start sewing! Alternatively, you can sew and then cut out (whichever is more comfortable).

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Within the three pages, you'll find six various bauble shapes that offer dots, lines, circles, and designs for you to color, sew, decorate further, then hang.

Once these baubles are cut, you are ready to sew. Let's discuss the materials you'll need for sewing practice:

1. Thread - A thicker thread, such as embroidery floss or even a lighter weight yarn, works perfectly for this type of threading practice.
    
2. Needle - You need a needle sharp enough to poke through the paper but you don't want children using super sharp needles, so keep this in mind. Tapestry needles have a blunt point and large eye, which is helpful for kids. Yarn needles are safer, too, but they may be too big and blunt for thicker paper without poking holes with a different object first.
    
3. Scissors - Used to cut the thread at the start and end. Most scissors will work for cutting thread. A thread cutter can also be used.
    
4. Needle threader (optional) - For smaller needle eyes, needle threaders can be incredibly helpful. Especially for children who are learning. 
    
5. Glitter glue, small buttons, markers (optional) - For embellishing (find more information below, along with suggestions).

You can use the embroidery floss to "color" the lacing cards or combine a few different mediums to create vibrant and textural ornaments or decorative paper pieces. We used colored pencils and buttons in addition to floss.

Before sewing, we tried coloring some of the baubles so that the sewing could be an accent or just another layer of the same color. Keep in mind that using a darker color could hide the dots and lines and make it more difficult to follow while sewing. We'd recommend lighter colors for beginners or poking holes to see better before sewing.

Adding buttons or other embellishments adds a lot to these ornaments. You do need small buttons to fit the size of these Christmas baubles printable lacing cards. Adding buttons is not recommended for young children unless under supervision.

This is the perfect project if you're practicing your embroidery stitches, too! Running or straight stitch, stem stitch, lazy daisy, and French knot are all great options for this project.

Once you're finished decorating, cut the baubles out and turn them into ornaments. The top has a paper-hole-punch-sized circle that can easily be punched out. You'll then want to find some ribbon, embroidery floss, or twine for a loop to hang.