Animal Crossing: New Horizons festive Ornament DIY recipe list

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there is a specific festive season to get special holiday-themed DIY recipes. You’ll need to collect materials from trees and recipes from balloons to craft them all. Our ACNH Ornament recipe guide explains how to get all the recipes and how to collect Ornaments from trees.

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• How to get Ornaments and Ornament DIY recipes

Ornament DIY recipe list

• Big Festive Tree
• Festive Rug
• Festive Top Set
• Festive Tree
• Giant Ornament
• Holiday Candle
• Illuminated Present
• Illuminated Reindeer
• Illuminated Snowflakes
• Illuminated Tree
• Jingle Wall
• Ornament Crown
• Ornament Garland
• Ornament Mobile
• Ornament Table Lamp
• Ornament Tree
• Ornament Wreath
• Tabletop Festive Tree

How to get Ornaments and Ornament DIY recipes

From December 15 until January 6, regardless of which hemisphere your island is in, the pine trees get decorated to celebrate the holidays. Shaking the decorated pine trees will drop Red, Blue, and Yellow Ornaments.

During this time, you can collect seasonal recipes by shooting down balloons with your slingshot. Note that these recipes can only be collected during this event period, so if you miss out on any of them, you’ll have to time travel or ask your friends to help.

Ornament DIY recipe list

The Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 update also added five new seasonal DIY recipes that use Ornaments: the Giant Ornament, Ornament Crown, Ornament Garland, Ornament Table Lamp, and Ornament Tree.

These recipes shouldn’t be confused with other seasonal winter recipes, whether it’s the Snowflake recipes or the Snowboy recipes. Check out the full list of festive recipes below.

Big Festive Tree

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• 6 Red Ornaments
• 6 Blue Ornaments
• 4 Gold Ornaments
• 5 Wood
• 5 Clay

Festive Rug

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• 5 Red Ornaments
• 5 Blue Ornaments
• 5 Gold Ornaments

Festive Top Set

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• 2 Gold Ornaments
• 1 Hardwood

Festive Tree

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• 3 Red Ornaments
• 3 Blue Ornaments
• 2 Gold Ornaments
• 5 Wood

Giant Ornament

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• 10 Red Ornaments

Holiday Candle

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• 5 Red Ornaments
• 5 Weeds

Illuminated Present

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• 3 Red Ornaments
• 4 Gold Ornaments
• 3 Iron Nuggets

Illuminated Reindeer

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• 6 Gold Ornaments
• 5 Iron Nuggets

Illuminated Snowflakes

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• 9 Blue Ornaments
• 3 Iron Nuggets

Illuminated Tree

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• 8 Red Ornaments
• 8 Blue Ornaments
• 6 Gold Ornaments
• 5 Iron Nuggets

Jingle Wall

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• 5 Red Ornaments
• 5 Blue Ornaments
• 5 Gold Ornaments
• 5 Clay

Ornament Crown

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• 3 Red Ornaments
• 3 Blue Ornaments
• 3 Gold Ornaments

Ornament Garland

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• 2 Red Ornaments
• 2 Blue Ornaments
• 2 Gold Ornaments
• 5 Iron Nuggets

Ornament Mobile

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• 1 Red Ornaments
• 1 Blue Ornament
• 1 Gold Ornament
• 4 Tree Branches

Ornament Table Lamp

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• 2 Red Ornaments
• 2 Iron Nuggets

Ornament Tree

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• 3 Red Ornaments
• 2 Blue Ornaments
• 1 Gold Ornaments
• 3 Iron Nuggets

Ornament Wreath

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Isabelle will give you this DIY recipe during her morning announcements, but you can also shoot it down from balloons.

• 6 Blue Ornaments
• 2 Gold Ornaments

Tabletop Festive Tree

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• 5 Gold Ornaments
• 3 Tree Branches
• 2 Clay

There are many other seasonal recipes to unlock, depending on the season:

• Cherry-blossom DIY (Spring)
• Young Spring Bamboo DIY
• Summer Shell DIY
• Pine Cone and Acorn DIY (Fall)
• Mushroom DIY (Fall)
• Maple Leaves DIY (Fall)
• Snowflake DIY (Winter)
• Snowboy DIY (Winter)

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