Trim your tree with these adorable ornaments, handmade by your kiddos! Handmade decorations make for fun activities leading up to the big day, and excellent gifts for teachers, grandparents, and friends.
1. Ninja Turtles
How cute are these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ornaments from The Crafting Chicks? With just a few basic materials, you’ll have a Michelangelo or Donatello hanging on your tree in no time. Cowabunga, dude!
Visit The Crafting Chicks for more details.
2. Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree
This adorable Christmas tree ornament from Gingersnap Crafts is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers, who’ll have a blast painting popsicle sticks and decorating them with colourful buttons. Don’t forget the star!
Find the step-by-step tutorial at Gingersnap Crafts.
3. Thumbprint Reindeer
Add Rudolph and the gang to your tree this year with this sweet reindeer ornament from Little Bit Funky. Some colourful ornaments, a bit of paint and a Sharpie marker are all you need! We love the idea of adding multiple reindeer to each ornament to represent all the members of your family. Grandparents would be happy to hang one of these on their tree, too!
Visit Little Bit Funky for the step-by-step details.
4. Hand print Snowman Family
This colourful snowman ornament that we spotted over on BuzzFeed is a perfect project for school-aged kids (or little ones with help from adults). Clear glass ornaments are painted inside and out to create a snowy winter scene, and the addition of your kiddo’s fingerprints make it truly one-of-a-kind!
Find the complete instructions at BuzzFeed.
5. Button Wreath Ornament
No crafty Christmas round-up would be complete without a little something from crafting queen, Martha Stewart! This classic ornament is a great way to help wee ones work on fine motor skills as they thread a stack of green buttons onto strips of flower wire. Finish it off with a colourful ribbon bow, and it’s ready to hang on the tree! As Martha would say, it’s a good thing.?
6. Christmas List Ornament
Santa’s not the only one making a list and checking it twice this year! Have your little ones record their Christmas wish list on this clever ornament from Honeybear Lane. Made from a simple spool of thread, this ornament doubles as a kind of time capsule—years from now, your kiddos will be able to look back and see what they asked Santa for in 2015. (Bunchems? Really?!)
Find the step-by-step instructions on Honeybear Lane.
7. Fingerprint Snowman
This cute ornament from Crafty Morning has a little bit of everything! Kids can help whip up a batch of salt dough in the kitchen, and then add their fingerprints to make the perfect snowman. Break out the paint and glitter, and let the decorating begin!
Get the dough recipe and baking instructions over at Crafty Morning.
8. Cinnamon Stick Stars
For the ultimate easy-breezy ornament, we like this idea from A Pretty Life in the Suburbs. Little ones can add any embellishments they want, from jingling bells to colourful beads. Bonus: your Christmas tree will smell even better than usual!
Visit A Pretty Life in the Suburbs for the step-by-step instructions.
9. Handprint Keepsake Ornament
This ornament from Mama Papa Bubba is a beautiful take on the classic clay handprint idea. You’ll want to make extra so that you can gift them to grandparents as well.
Find the full details (including a great clay recipe) at Mama Papa Bubba.
10. Paint Chip Christmas Trees
We love a good paint chip craft, and this idea from Glue Dots is no exception. Let wee ones decorate their paint chip Christmas trees with stickers, glitter, and anything else they please. You don’t have to stop at a few ornaments, either! If your kids are really into this project, make a whole batch and then string trees together to create a festive garland to hang on your wall.
Visit the Glue Dots website for more on this craft.
11. Cinnamon Stick Christmas Trees
A Christmas tree hanging on a Christmas tree? How very meta! These mini-trees from Crafts Unleashed are absolutely adorable, and oh-so simple to put together. Ideal for older kids (as a glue gun is required), little ones can also get involved by helping to pick out the perfect button “lights.”
Get the step-by-step instructions at Crafts Unleashed.
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- great gift ideas for teachers and caregivers
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