Homemade Kid's Tree Decorations

Basic art supplies are the key to creating homemade, kid-friendly ornaments.

The holiday season creates an opportunity for parents and children to work together to create fun, colorful ornaments for the tree. For a truly homemade holiday, purchase a small Christmas tree for the kids to decorate with crafted decorations.

Craft Ideas

Create simple shapes and fun animal crafts from household items. Glittered, holiday shapes add glitz to a Christmas tree. Celebrate the winter season with a simple snowbird craft. Create bright, colorful stars using kid-friendly jewelry-making supplies such as sequins and beads.

Supplies

Basic art supplies and household items are all parents and kids need to create bright, fun and festive Christmas tree ornaments. Collect pinecones in the yard. Gather Styrofoam balls, craft paint, cookie cutters, cardstock, glitter, pipe cleaners, pony beads and colorful drinking straws to finish out the supplies list.

Methods

Glue a Styrofoam ball to the top of a pinecone to create a snow bird. Paint the ball and pinecone with craft paint. Trace a tail and beak on cardstock and glue it to the bird. Trace shapes from Christmas cookie cutters on heavy white card stock. Cover each side with glue and sprinkle glitter all over the entire shape. Thread beads and colorful pieces of plastic straws on to pipe cleaners. Trace a star shape on a piece of paper and use it as a guideline for bending the cleaners into a star shape. Twist the ends together to secure pipe cleaners together.

References

• All Free Crafts: Winter White Glitter Ornaments
• Sidetracked Moms: Kid Friendly Homemade Ornaments
• Parents: Easy Star Ornaments