Clear Fillable Christmas Ornaments, 5 Pack 2.4 in Plastic Baubles

Description

Five clear plastic fillable ornaments, each about 2.4 inches (6 cm) and slightly egg-shaped rather than perfectly round. Each one separates into two halves so you can put something inside, then closes again and hangs like an ordinary bauble.

What people put in them

Artificial snow and a small figure is the classic, and it is the one that photographs best because the clear shell magnifies whatever sits in the middle. Loose glitter works but is messy to load and will settle to the bottom, so a little goes further than you expect. Feathers, dried flowers, small pine cones, wrapped sweets, a rolled note, a trimmed photograph and a child’s first attempt at a drawing all fit comfortably at this size.

The version worth the effort is the personalised one: a photo trimmed to a circle, a date written on card, one per year. Five in a set is enough to start that habit and not so many that the first year becomes a chore.

Shatterproof, and where that matters

Because these are plastic rather than glass, they can go on the lower branches where a cat, a dog’s tail or a toddler will find them, and nothing needs sweeping up afterwards. In a house where the tree has a hazard zone in the bottom two feet, a handful of fillable plastic baubles solves the problem without making that part of the tree look empty.

The tradeoff against glass is honest: plastic does not refract light the same way, so a clear plastic bauble looks good because of what is inside it, not because of what the shell does to the light. Fill them and they earn their place. Hang them empty and they disappear.

Handling the seam

The two halves are a friction fit. They open easily and close firmly, but the seam is visible at close range, so orient it sideways on the branch rather than facing the room. If a half feels loose after a lot of opening and closing, a thin bead of clear craft glue on one edge closes it permanently, which is worth doing once the contents are final.

Shipping

The set ships at about 0.22 lb in a 150 x 90 x 50 mm box. Handling is 1 to 3 business days and transit is 5 to 9 business days. Monday December 7 is the last order date for Christmas delivery, and if the plan is to fill them with something you also need to buy, order earlier than that.