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.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons festive Ornament DIY recipe list
Shake festive ornaments off of trees to craft into holiday furnishings
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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:
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