More Children's Christmas Ornaments

Here are two more ideas for you and your children to create. The first one is very easy. I did this once with one of the girl's classes at school. (Proof that it must be easy!) This craft would work for ages 3-8. The second one is for age 7 and up.

Stocking Ice Skate Ornaments

Materials:
Red, green, and white  felt
Large Paper clips
Yarn
Glue or glue gun


Create a pattern similar to the one shown below. Cut two out of red felt.

Cut a 1 inch strip of white felt long enough to wrap around the top of the stockings.

Cut holly leaves our of green felt. Use a hole punch to create holly berries.

Fold the red felt in half to create the stocking. Use craft glue or a glue gun to attach the yarn in the center of the stocking, between the layers of felt. Also glue the top shut. Wrap the white strip around the top of the stocking. Add the leaves and berries.

For the skate blades, slip the paper clips at the fold of the stockings.

Pom Pom Bears

Materials

Pom pom  1- 1.5" , 2- 1", 3- .5"

3 black seed beads

Festive fabric scrap (Enough to make a 3" circle)

Lace, ribbon, gold cording, tiny bells, scrap red felt

Fiber Fill Stuffing

Decorative button or ornament

Glue or glue gun

Cut a 3" circle of fabric. Baste around the edge. Gather and stuff. Tie shut with basting threads.

Glue lace around the top to look like a collar, then glue the 1.5" pom pom on the fabric ball. In order to get good adherence, try to spread out the fuzzy part of the pom pom as if you are trying to find the center. Glue that surface down.

Use the 1" pom poms for arms and the smaller ones or the ears and nose. Use beads for eyes and nose and a tiny scrap of red for a mouth just under the nose. Spread the fur on the top of the head and insert the cording to create a hook.

Add a bow and bells to the head and the ornament in the bear's hands. Done!

"Tin" Ornaments for Children

When the girls were young, we wanted to make December a magical and fun month for them. I collected children's Christmas stories, activities, recipes, and crafts all year long. I made a notebook for all my ideas and consulted it often. Each year, I got a big calendar on which we tracked and planned our activities. I tried to have a craft or activity plus a Christmas story each night. We kept some of our treats and crafts we made; others we gave away as service to others.
Over the next 6 weeks, I am going to share some of the crafts that we did. They are usually very easy and inexpensive.
Today's craft- Faux Tin Ornaments.

Supplies-
Aluminum trays or pans.
Note: I bought a very inexpensive one that was really too thin. Try to get one trays that are heavier than heavy duty aluminum foil. Because my tray was so thin, the ornaments bent too easily when handled. This doesn't happen so easily with heavier foil. We still have many of the ornaments the girls made more than 10 years ago.

Cookie cutters or Christmas object shaped stencils.

Ball point pens, scissors, pen or nail

Ribbon


Trace shapes on the tray with a ball point pen. The ink will not show up. You can burnish out creases you may find in the tray.

Cut out the shape. Lay the shape on a magazine, stack of paper, or corregated cardboard. Use the ball point pen to draw shapes on the ornament. (This makes the lines softer and broader.) You can draw on both sides to add texture. This will make the ornaments look embossed.

Note that the lines on the wings, and the dots were drawn

on one side of the angel, and the heart was drawn on the

back.

The star has designs on both sides as well as small holes that will allow light to shine through.

If desired, an adult or older child can carefully punch holes through the ornament for a new look. You could also use permanent markers to add color to the ornament.

Finally, punch a hole for a ribbon or ornament hanger.