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November 27, 2012

Christmas Kids Craft: Homemade Snowflake Ornaments

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Snowflake Ornaments: Easy Christmas Kids CraftThe trees are up in the kids bedrooms and they are ornament obsessed! They decorate their bedrooms trees with homemade ornaments each year and have been asking to make more ornaments since we made our angel ornaments last week.  So yesterday we made popsicle stick snowflake ornaments!

Snowflake Ornament Kids Craft with Popsicle Sticks

We started by gluing three craft sticks on top of each other (above) to form the snowflake shape.  We used these funky shaped ones we had leftover from making mini bow and arrows.

Painted Craft Stick Snowflake OrnamentsThen they painted the sticks with a paint brush.  They wanted to add glitter to the paint to see if it would make it sparkly.  It worked a little bit with the purple and blue paint, but was a total bust in the white.

Easy Homemade Snowflake Ornaments for Kids

 So, after they painted the snowflakes we added lots of silver glitter!

Easy Kids Ornament: Craft Stick Snowflakes

Once they were dry I hot glued twine to the top and they hung them on their trees!

Homemade Snowflake Craft Stick OrnamentsThey look so pretty sparkling on the trees!

Easy Kids Craft: Craft Stick and Button Snowflake Ornaments My oldest kept going and made some from colored popsicle sticks, buttons, and ribbons!

Do your kids like to make ornaments?  What will you decorate your snowflake ornaments with?

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Comments

  1. Kristina says

    November 27, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    Darling! We will need to try these.

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    • Megan says

      November 27, 2012 at 4:42 pm

      Thanks Kristina! My 4 and 6 year old are making more even as we speak…although that batch will be given away!

      Reply
  2. Mindi says

    November 27, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    One of our traditions is making ornaments not only for our tree but for our close family members as well. We have made some really cool ones over the years.

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    • Megan says

      November 27, 2012 at 5:09 pm

      Makes it so much more meaningful! Although at the rate we are going times 3 I am wondering if the grandparents are going to need multiple trees too!

      Reply
  3. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says

    November 27, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    I love these – especially the craft sticks with notches in them. They make great snowflakes!

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  4. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    November 28, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    I think homemade ornaments are the best! I especially love the snowflake with buttons!

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  5. Jesse @ The Empowered Momma says

    November 29, 2012 at 5:40 am

    What an easy to do ornament. This is being Pinned for sure. Thank you for sharing and for linking up to the Empowered Living hop. Hope to see you back again.

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  6. Julie says

    November 30, 2012 at 11:46 am

    Love it! Found you through Kids Co-Op!
    http://heymommychocolatemilk.blogspot.com/2012/11/moms-library-link-up-7-for-me.html

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    • Megan says

      December 3, 2012 at 10:07 pm

      Thanks! I’m so glad you stopped by!

      Reply
  7. cakewhiz says

    December 1, 2012 at 10:58 pm

    these are so cute!

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    • Megan says

      December 3, 2012 at 10:05 pm

      Awww thanks! I love how they look on the tree! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  8. Katie @ Youth Literature Reviews says

    December 28, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    These are so cute! I’ll definitely remember this idea for next year.

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      January 1, 2013 at 10:11 am

      Cute and easy–perfect for the rush before Christmas! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  9. Theresa says

    December 9, 2018 at 7:43 am

    I work in a nursing home and I made these with some of my residents. I hot glued the sticks together and let them dry. I let the residents “paint” on the glue with a foam brush and sprinkle on the glitter.

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      December 14, 2018 at 6:59 am

      I love it! It really is perfect for all ages!

      Reply

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