Fast Food Figurine Ornament
The figurines distributed by fast food outlets can often become the foundation for ornaments. I have repurposed several of these to make ornaments for our Looney Tunes tree.
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I call this my "Marvin-Kaboom " ornament, which I made from the 2021 McDonald's figurine from the re-make of Spaceballs. I didn't want the basketball theme, so I made some adaptations.
into THIS!
To make him, I removed the basketball and replaced it with a barrel made from an electrical cap. Then I added a 1.5" button featuring Marvin's famous saying. He looks great on our Looney Tunes tree!
I turned this
This is another of the Spacejam figures from 2021. Once again I pried off the basketball and replaced it with a dangling Christmas bauble. Then I draped a string of Christmas lights around the Roadrunner and added a beaded link so I could hang him on the tree.
into THIS!
I turned this
With a couple of little adjustments, this Sylvester and Tweetie from the mid-1990s made a terrific ornament for my Looney Tunes tree!
into THIS!
I molded a Santa hat for Tweetie, painted holly motifs on the side of the plane, and gave Sylvester a string of fused beads to hold. I added a wire loop for hanging -- the wire can be pushed directly into the soft plastic of the figurine. They're off to decorate a tree someplace!
I turned this
When I found my Daffy figurine in a thrift store in the 1990s, he was missing his little car, but I thought I could make an ornament out of the figure by itself anyway. I dug out some craft wire and some Christmas light beads and got to work with Goop to glue the beads in place.
into THIS!
DH suggested painting the wire green. I like this "Daffy Lightbulbs" ornament, which has been on our tree now for nearly 20 years.
I turned this
This Marvin came from the toys released after the first Spacejam movie. I removed the basketball and replaced it with a world globe, originally part of a keychain that I had in my stash.
into THIS!
Marvin standing on top of the world just seemed appropriate to me somehow.
I turned figurines
into ornaments
These figurines weren't actually fast food premiums, but they made good ornaments all the same, and without any adjustments.
All I had to do in each case was to push a wire loop into the soft plastic to give me somewhere to attach a hook for hanging.