This Santa Cam Ornament is a great idea for keeping the little ones on the nice list. Grab the free Santa cam SVG below. These adorable glitter ornaments are so easy to make and the kids will be on their best behavior.
I'm sure if you are here you have seen the adorable Santa Cam Ornaments using realistic lenses. It has to be the best way to get the kiddos to behave and make them think that Santa is always watching, right?
DIY Santa Cams are so easy to make, and I love freebies, so, I am giving you free SVG files so you can make your own!
Today is the day that you learn to make your very own Santa Cam Ornament. And more importantly, get a few months of extremely good behavior from the kiddos.
What Does The Santa Cam Do?
In short, it is a round ornament that a camera lens has been attached to.
For example, it includes the words, Santa Cam, on the front to make it clear that this is how Santa is watching what I am doing.
But, you can optionally add a red dot to make it more similar to a real camera.
For example, the idea of a Santa Cam is I suppose similar to an elf on a shelf. Firstly, after making it, you hang the ornament on your tree, that way the kids think its a real spy cam from Santa Clause..
The way it works is, make sure to let the kids know since Santa can't be everywhere at 1 time, this is how he will see if they are naughty or nice.
How Do You Make Santa Cam Ornaments With Lenses?
Get the Santa Cam SVG free, below listed in the materials.
After that, you can, toss this easy project inside a mailer box with the letter from Santa and make it look like the package is straight from the north pole.
Above all, the kids will be talking about this for a while, and so will friends and family.
To clarify, you don't need much to make this adorable Santa Cam Ornament all you need is.
- Large Clear Ball Ornaments
- Red Glitter
- Cell Phone Camera Lenses
- Polycrylic
- Cricut Black Adhesive Vinyl
- Medicine Dropper
- Standard Grip Mat
- Weeding Tool
- Cricut Machine
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue
- Brayer Tool
- Holder For Scrap Vinyl
- Transfer Tape
Are you looking for more Christmas Ideas?
If you are interested in some other holiday ornaments and project here is a Santa Cam ornament paper craft that is just as adorable as this one. Also, you have to check out this Winter Hat DIY Christmas Ornaments. Another personal favorite is this Cricut Joy Christmas Ornament With Free SVG!
Grab The Free Santa Cam SVG, PNG, and PDF printable letter from Santa below.
How To Make A Santa Cam Ornament
Make this adorable Santa Cam Ornament to keep the kiddos on the "nice list". This Santa Cam Ornament is a low cost extremely quick easy project and the perfect addition to your Elf on a Shelf.
Materials
Instructions
- Download the free svg (check in the materials).
- Place adhesive vinyl onto the mat.
- Use the brayer if you need a little help with it sticking.
- Load into your Cricut Machine.
- Click make, then on the next page continue.
- Select vinyl for your material then press cut.
- While your Adhesive vinyl is cutting, remove the top of the ornament.
- Grab the polycrylic and put on gloves.
- Fill the dropper and add to the inside of your ornament.
- Swirl the liquid around making sure that you have covered everything.
- Pour out excess polycrylic and sit inside a cup to drain.
- Allow to drain a while, I don't time them, I usually wait till I can see through them without them looking too cloudy.
- You can now add the glitter.
- Swirl the glitter around the bulb until completely covered.
- I like to take something to cover the top and shake a bit.
- Pour excess glitter back into the container.
- Tapping the sides to make sure you don't leave any behind.
- Remove and weed your vinyl. I like to use the ring to grab the smaller pieces.
- Separate the words.
- Using transfer tape, transfer the words to the bulb.
- Place the middle first and work out to the sides, you may need to cut some slits for it to lay flat.
- Remove the transfer tape. And repeat with the other word.
- On the bottom (smaller portion of the lens) add a nice amount of hot glue.
- Apply the lens to the bulb.
- Cut some ribbon.
- Tie the ends in a knot.
- Slip through the top and slip through to form a slip knot.
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What exactly is a Santa cam ornament?
A Santa Cam Ornament is an ornament that looks like a video camera. You hang it on your tree and the kids behave because they think Santa is watching them through the Santa Cam Ornament.
What Does a Santa Cam Do?
The Santa Cam is designed to detour your children from misbehaving, by making them think that Santa is watching through the tiny cam lens.
This DIY Santa Cam ornament is perfect to get young kids to behave. Inside the ornament, you can change up the color and make it a grinch cam or elf cam as a fun family joke.
Rose
Hi, where do you get your camera lens from.
Jamela Payne
Amazon, there is a link in the instructions.
theresa johnson
ask several times for svg still not recevied
Jamela Payne
The Free SVG is in the post above the instructions.
Kimberly Light
I never received my svgs after i entered my email.
Jamela Payne
The Free SVG is in the post above the instructions.
Renee Lane
So easy and cute