Introduction:
The holiday season is upon us, and it’s the perfect time to engage the kids in some delightful homemade ornament-making activities! By making ornaments, children will not only enhance their creativity but also make long-lasting memories. In this article, we have compiled a list of 22 homemade ornament activities that kids can enjoy creating with friends and family.
1.Salt Dough Ornaments: Combine flour, salt, and water to create a dough that can be rolled out and cut into various shapes. Allow them to dry and then paint or decorate with glitter.
2.Pinecone Ornaments: Collect pinecones from outside and decorate them with paint, glitter, or other embellishments.
3.Pom Pom Ornaments: Use a pom pom maker or your fingers to create fluffy balls in different colors. Attach them to strings or ribbons to hang on the tree.
4.Painted Glass Ornaments: Use acrylic paint to create colorful designs on clear glass ornaments.
5.Felt Ornaments: Cut out shapes from felt and sew or glue them together. Add buttons, beads, or other decorations to embellish them further.
6.Beaded Candy Canes: String red and white beads onto a pipe cleaner and shape it into a candy cane form.
7.Popsicle Stick Snowflakes: Glue popsicle sticks together in snowflake shapes and paint them in festive colors.
8.Handprint Ornaments: Use air-dry clay or salt dough to create handprint ornaments of your child’s handprint as a keepsake.
9.Paper Christmas Trees: Cut triangles from green paper and stack them on top of each other in decreasing sizes. Glue a brown trunk at the bottom.
10.Yarn-Wrapped Stars: Cut star shapes from cardboard then wrap yarn around the shape until fully covered.
11.Button Ornaments: Choose buttons in a variety of sizes and colors, and glue them together to create festive shapes or snowflake patterns.
12.Paper Quilling Ornaments: Learn basic paper quilling techniques to create intricate and colorful designs for tree ornaments.
13.Clay Pot Bells: Paint small clay pots with festive colors and patterns, then hang a jingle bell inside with ribbon or string.
14.Cinnamon Stick Ornaments: Bundle cinnamon sticks together and wrap with festive ribbon, twine, or yarn for a sweet-smelling ornament.
15.Recycled CD Mosaic Ornaments: Cut old CDs into small pieces and arrange them onto a foam ball or flat surface, then attach a ribbon for hanging.
16.Hand-Sewn Felt Characters: Create simple felt characters such as Santa Claus, snowmen, or reindeer using basic sewing skills and colorful felt.
17.Foam Gingerbread House Ornaments: Cut out pieces of craft foam to represent the walls, roof, and decorations of a gingerbread house – then join them together using glue or double-sided tape.
18.Clothespin Reindeer: Paint wooden clothespins brown and glue googly eyes, red pom poms for noses, and pipe cleaners for antlers.
19.Origami Stars: Learn to fold paper stars using various origami techniques and hang them on your tree with strings or ribbons.
20.Photo Cube Ornaments: Glue six photos onto the faces of a small wooden cube and attach ribbon on one corner for hanging.
21.Tissue Paper Stained Glass: Use clear contact paper to layer colored tissue paper shapes onto a clear plastic sheet – this creates a faux stained glass effect!
22.Ribbon Wreath Ornaments: Form small wreaths by wrapping ribbon around circular forms like jar lids or embroidery hoops, securing.
