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December 11, 2012

Christmas Craft for Kids: Family Tree with Mini-Ornaments

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Christmas Crafts for Kids: Family Tree with Mini-OrnamentsWe had so much fun doing my son’s preschool’s “family homework” last week!  They sent home a large green sheet of paper and asked each family to create a Christmas tree to be displayed at the school.  When we were talking about what our family should do the kids were adamant that we each make our own mini-ornament to put on the tree–which I thought was a great idea!

How to Make Finger Print Christmas Tree LightsAt first we were going to try and glue string bead necklaces (we have tons that we get at a local restaurant) onto the tree for lights, but they were too heavy so we did fingerprint lights instead.  Making fingerprint lights was all the rage in preschools a couple years ago, but if you’re not familiar with it you draw the string with a marker and then have the kids use stamp pads to stamp the light bulbs on the string.

Mini-Ornament Angel Kids CraftI made a mini angel ornament just the same way we made our Christmas Angel Ornaments, just without all the glitter!

How to Make a Felt Stocking OrnamentMy son made a Christmas stocking ornament.  He cut a stocking shape out of sparkly red felt and glued mini-poms to the top of it.  He couldn’t fit a name on the stocking so he used a paint pen to write our initial.  If you wanted to make a larger version of this to tie on the tree just hot glue a looped ribbon to the back of it.

Make a Christmas Wreath Ornament out of a Washer

 My husband came up with the ingenious idea of making a wreath ornament out of a washer!  He painted the washer with acrylic paint and then dotted red berries onto it with a tiny paint brush.  We have plans to make even more of these for the kids trees.

Candy Cane Pipe Cleaner Christmas Tree OrnamentMy first grader made a mini-version of one of her very favorite ornament crafts, pipe cleaner candy canes!  All she did was twist 2 pipe cleaners together and bend into shape.  Easy peasy.

Make a Christmas Ornament out of a Bottle Cap

 My almost 3 year old made an ornament out of a water bottle cap.  She used markers to decorate the cap and then I hot glued a pipe cleaner hook to the top of it.

We had so much fun crafting this Christmas tree together as a family!  What projects has your family done together lately?

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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  1. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says

    December 11, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    Adorable. Do you get this back? If not, you’ll have to make another one as a keepsake. 🙂

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      December 11, 2012 at 10:14 pm

      We do! I should take pics of all of the family trees lining the hallways of the preschool–so adorable!

      Reply
  2. Jackie Higgins says

    December 13, 2012 at 8:06 am

    I love the fingerprint lights. I guess since I didn’t have a preschooler until this year I had missed the fad. 😉 Great ornaments too.

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      December 18, 2012 at 12:10 am

      You cracked me up! They are cute aren’t they? You can start the trend at your school! It looks really cute when you do it on white card stock. 🙂

      Reply

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