How to: Keyboard Circuitry Sheet Christmas Ornaments

You’ll need:

• old keyboard
• brads or paper fasteners
• scissors or paper cutter

Take apart an old keyboard and remove the flexible circuitboard sheet from under the keys.

Cut into 2cm strips using a paper cutter or scissors.

For the round ornament, wind one strip into coils until you like the shape, then punch a hole in the top, through all the sheets. Attach a brad through the hole.

For the other one, cut the strips into: 1 short one, 2 medium and 2 long. Arrange from large to small to large and punch a hole through the top and bottom of each. Attach them all together with a brad through the hole.

Tie a loop of ribbon around the brad and hang them on your tree!

The inspiration for these came from Elise’s paper bag ornaments here. Check out how you can use the same method to make all sorts of different shapes, depending on how you vary the lengths of the strips.

[I would have photographed these on a nice tree outdoors like the rest of this series, but it's -30C and way too cold to be playing with a camera and holding my breath for a minute to prevent steamy pics!]

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