10 Fun Handmade Kids Christmas Ornaments
December 10, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under holidays
Some of my favorite ornaments on my tree are handmade. We have ornaments that my husband and I made when we were kids, and we have quite a few ornaments we’ve made with our son through the years. Some of my fondest Christmas memories are painting ceramic ornaments, making salt dough ornaments, and stringing beaded ornaments.
I love making Christmas ornaments and other Christmas crafts with my son this time of year, so I thought I’d gather up some handmade Christmas ornament ideas you could do with your children.
Here are some of my favorites:
Sparkling Beaded Ornaments from AmazingMoms
Cookie Cutter Ornaments from …read more
Ornament Crafts with the Kids
November 27, 2006 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Arts and Crafts, Toy Creations
We aren’t quite on top of things enough to have our tree up yet, but we do have the Christmas music playing in the house. We’ve also made some time for ornament crafting with the kids.
Baldman took some of our cookie cutters (these can be found for a dollar or less) and traced them onto chipboard (thin pieces of thin cardboard) for our templates. I freehanded the stocking (you’re amazed at my artistic abilities, aren’t you? ). We then used the templates to trace the shapes onto construction paper. I found lots of glitter, …read more
