Making Christmas Tree Ornaments together with your kids is a great tradition to start and carry on. You can bring them out year after year and reminisce together about the memories you made. They also make great gifts and keepsakes for family and friends as well.
18 Creative Christmas Tree Ornaments for Kids to Make
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Pop on some Christmas tunes, lay out the mince pies and sit down together to create some memories that will last a lifetime. I bet my mum still has a few of my old DIY Christmas Ornaments from when I was a kid! I love looking back at the decorations my eldest son made in nursery a few years ago now, I can’t imagine ever getting tired of hanging them on our Christmas tree. With 3 kids though we might need to invest in another tree if we are to find a place for them all.
Here are 18 fantastic ideas for homemade Christmas tree ornaments kids will love to make:
Add a quirky twist to traditional Salt Dough Ornaments when you add in some Bubble Wrap. And then use some more to make a Bubble Wrap Snowman Snow Globe Ornament.
Freddie’s Snowman Snow Globe was Award Winning!
Make this beautiful beaded Christmas tree ornament, great for working in fine motor muscles as well.
Pony beads & cookie cutters make great ornaments and the possibilities are endless.
Use cinnamon dough to make gingerbread men or any other typical “cookie” ornament, so cute!
I bet these smell delicious
How stunning are these Christmas Candy Ornaments!
Print your child’s onto a Christmas bauble and turn it into a cool Snowman Hand-print Ornament.
This better-than-salt-dough clay is perfect to use when you want a crisp white color dough to make cut-out shape ornaments.
Go supersize when you turn paper plates into colorful round baubles for your tree.
Recycle old puzzle pieces when you make these Snowflake Ornaments.
Light up your Christmas Tree with these fun Rudolph Ornaments.
Invite your kids to fill up their own clear Christmas Baubles.
My kids will love having a go at this one.
Make a special handprint & photo keepsake ornament, perfect for grandparents to hang in their tree or make a sweet popsicle stick ornament and add a photo too!
This wooden sled is just too cute for words and how beautiful are these Clay and melted crayon snowflakes?
Combine science with crafting and make these pretty icicle ornaments, your kids will be amazed!
Lastly, make edible peppermint ornaments that can be eaten the night before Christmas(or any time for that matter)!
Lovely, homemade Christmas tree ornaments. Which ones will you be making this year?
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