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25 Christmas Ornaments Kids Can Make

November 7, 2016 Mary Malcolm

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Looking for some fun and crafty ways to decorate your Christmas tree this year? No, not the ordinary store-bought ornaments but the ones you and your excited kiddos can make and decorate! Yes? Then, you are on the right place!

Kids love helping with Christmas decorations, so they’ll love making these! With these 25 Christmas Ornaments Kids you’ll be able to brighten up your tree; and enjoy some family quality time during these chilly winter days. Make your Christmas Crafty and fun!

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25 DIY Christmas Ornaments Kids of All Ages Can Make and Enjoy

1. DIY Colorful Yarn Wrapped Star

These yarn wrapped stars are easy for even the littles and your tree is going to look so cute with them hanging from the branches.

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These star ornaments shine colorfully.

2. Easy DIY Yarn Circles Christmas ornament for kids


Want a yarn craft for bigger kids? Try these yarn circles. They can make designs with the wrapping and make each ornament unique.

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It looks like a candy ornament.

3. Button and Glitter Tree Ornament for kids


This button and glitter tree is going to be so much fun for you and the littles to work on together.

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Creatively fun to make and sparkly beautiful.

4. Tiny Twigs in Tree For Christmas Ornament


And your bigger kids will love cutting tiny twigs to make perfect sized tree limbs for this tree craft.

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Cool Tiny Twig Trees.

5. Cool Twig Christmas Tree Star


This beautiful twig ornament can be made by anyone with just a little help!

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Feels like being in the first Christmas.

6. Round Snowman Christmas Decoration


Do you want to build a snowman…ornament?

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Okay…cool!

7. DIY Styrofoam Flowery Christmas Ornament


Foam balls, push pins, and sequins will make for gorgeous ornaments you’ll want to hang every year!

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It’s gonna be a flowery Christmas!

8. Fabric Ribbons and Push Pins on Styrofoam Balls Christmas Ornament


For another variation of the same idea, try using fabric, ribbons and push pins. The results are just as gorgeous!

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Yellow-green, white and red makes this ornament beautiful

9. Awesome Self Portraits Christmas Ornaments


Your kiddo’s can draw self portraits and hang them in cross stitch rings. Imagine having an ornament like this for every year of their life!

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Now you and your kids can be in the tree too.

10. Tiny Pom-poms on Pinecones Nature Friendly Ornament


Pom poms on pinecones are a beautiful and simple ornament craft.

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What a cute colorful tree!

11. String Beads in Shapes as DIY Christmas Ornament


Work on those fine motor skills by stringing beads onto pipe cleaners for as many ornament shapes as your kids can imagine!

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These bead ornaments looks absolutely adorable!

12. Cute and Adorable Posable Elves Ornament for Kids


Here’s another fun way to use pipe cleaners, your kids can make posable elves.

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A fun way for kids to thank Santa’s little helpers.

13. Crafty and Unique Picasso Inspired Face Ornament


This Picasso inspired face ornament is truly a unique way to decorate your tree and enjoy great art.

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There’s always room for art at Christmas time.

14. 2 Cute Penguins in a Snow Globe Ornament


These penguins in a snow globe are adorable, and so easy for you and your kiddo’s to make!

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The Penguins are adorable!

15. Paper Strips on Christmas ball ornament


Wrap an ornament in glue and paper for an ornament any bibliophile would love.

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Great look for a white Christmas.

16. “I spy” Random Ornaments for Kids

These “I Spy” ornaments are fun for you to make with your kids, and a great way they can play with the ornaments even after the work is done!

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Spy it…and then put it!

17. Snowman Family with Your Kid’s Fingerprint


Fingers make an adorable snowman family with this sweet snowy ornament.

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Ready to leave a mark this Christmas?

18. Loving Holly Leaf Ornament for You and your Kiddo’s hands


Or cut out a foam drawing of you and your child’s hand together to make a holly leaf ornament that that celebrates their tiny little hands.

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These hand are adorable for a reminder of how Christmas started.

19. Colorful and Yummy Gumdrop Ornament For Kids


Gumdrops on ornaments is one of MY favorite things…and your kiddo is going to love it, too! Plus, how absolutely adorable is this? Not to mention they’re look so yummy!

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What a yummy Christmas!

20. Easy DIY Sparkling Yarn Ornament


This yarn ornament is truly simple to make, yet creates such a beautifully stunning effect for your tree! You can make them with different colored yarns and get a stunning colorful yarn ornamented Christmas Tree!

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This would be great in a Christmas Tree.

21. Easy Shake Paint Christmas Ball Ornament


Shake paint into an ornament for a process art ornament that your kids are going to love showing off.

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Shake the fun and make Christmas art!

22. Cool Thumbprint Reindeer Ornament

Either you or your child can make a thumbprint for this fun little reindeer ornament. Make as many as you want!

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Small prints makes a reindeer!

23. DIY Old Cork Snowman Ornament

String some old cork screws together to make a snowman ornament that is both easy and adorable.

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Old Corks are Christmas decors after all.

24. Snowman Bottle Caps Ornament

Or for another recycled art idea, these bottle caps also make sweet little snowmen hanging on your Christmas Tree.

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The cute round caps make an adorable Snowman.

25. Colorful Spiral Bead Ornament

This beaded pipe cleaner makes an adorable spiral ornament that’ll make your tree absolutely stunning and colorful at the same time!

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Ready for a Christmas Spiral Fun.

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