These easy ornaments are fun for the entire family to craft together.
TheseDIY ornamentsadd a special touch to your tree and will help you cherish holiday memories.
Mini Landscape Ornaments
Carson Downing
Create a miniature Christmas scene usingMason jar lids.
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Use pom-poms, paint, and miniature trees and animals to form unique Christmas landscapes.
Use pre-made pom-poms or craft your own using string.
Attach a string to the top of the pom-pom to hang it on your tree.
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Clothespin Snowflakes
These snowflake ornaments look intricate but are super easy to make using clothespins.
Use large, medium, and miniature clothespins to create a variety of snowflakes for your tree.
Mini Wreath Ornaments
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Cookie cutters are good for more than just shaping cookies.
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Turn them into festiveDIY Christmas ornamentsfor kids using colorful pipe cleaners.
Wrap colorful pipe cleaners around the cookie cutters and secure with glue.
Decorate the wreaths with miniature bows, pom-poms, and beadsthe more the merrier!
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Felt Mountain Ornaments
Homemade felt mountain ornaments make for a whimsical Christmas display.
For older children, add decorative stitching for details.
Drop paint into the water and use a toothpick to swirl the paint.
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Dip the ornament directly into the paint, and let dry.
Beaded Candy Canes
These DIY Christmas ornaments for kids are the perfect project for a snowy afternoon.
Use a pipe cleaner to form a candy cane shape and thread on wooden beads.
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Choose to paint the beads and create a pattern, or leave them plain for a traditional look.
Stamped Clay Ornaments
Create unique stamped ornaments fromair-dry clay.
Have kids help roll out and shape the clay into flat ornaments.
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Then stamp the clay with any textured object like leaves, stamps, tins, and utensils.
Christmas Gnome Ornaments
Turn a small wooden egg into an adorableChristmas gnomeornament.
Have kids paint or draw on the sticks, then hot-glue them into a snowflake shape.
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Hang the ornaments with fishing wire to create the look of falling snow.
Candy-Inspired Ornaments
Take inspiration from your favorite Christmas candies for your DIY ornaments this year.
Craft faux candies from felt and tissue paper.
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Painted Pinecones
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Sometimes the easiest ornaments are the most effective.
All you have to do for these DIY ornaments is paint pinecones.
Use felt, buttons, and pieces of scrap fabric to create the smiling faces.
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Choose to stitch the ornaments, or have kids use fabric glue to secure the different decorations.
DIY Fan Ornaments
These kid-friendly ornaments add a fun pop of color to your holiday decor.
Finally, fan out the sides of the paper to create a full circle.
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Let the kids draw on the paper or have them help pinch the centersthe entire project is kid-friendly.
Painted Tree Ornaments
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These DIY Christmas ornaments for kids are simple yet elegant.
Paint wooden or cardboard triangles then glue twine around the edges.
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For a unique touch, use chalkboard paint and let kids draw on the ornaments.
Personalized Chalkboard Ornament
Marty Baldwin
What kid wouldn’t want their name displayed on the tree?
Start with a round papier-mache ornament and spray with chalkboard paint.
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Cut out a snowflake from patterned paper for the center and a length of pom-pom trim for the edges.
The piece de resistance?
Start by painting the face and let it dry.
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Then glue the felt ears and tail to the back of the ornament.
Finish the ornament with a small eye screw and twine.
Drawing Wood Slice Ornament
This adorable homemade Christmas ornament showcases your child’s coloring skills!
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Have them color on a plain wood slice ornament.
Cover the drawing with a light coat of decoupage and let dry.
Use a Cricut or other cutting machine to add a name and date with sticker vinyl.
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Hang the finished DIY ornament with plain twine.
Pretty Paper Ornaments
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PaperChristmas decorationsare inexpensive, easy, and beautiful!
Add a homemade touch to your tree with these glittery angel ornaments.
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They start with a white faux leaf.
Have the kids add glitter glue to the veins of the leaf.
Once the wings are dry, glue them to the angel.
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Then, use cardstock and markers or paint to add additions like ears and tails.
Older kids can help make these adorable felt cookie ornaments with simple stitching and adult supervision.
Use cookie cutters to trace shapes onto tan and white felt.
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Let the kids pick out what beads to sew on as sprinkles.
They all start with pine cones collected from the backyard.
Have each child personalize their ornament by adding a wooden bead face, felt cap, and colorful scarf!
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Wrap inexpensive cookie cutters with ribbon until covered; hang with a loop of patterned twine or narrow ribbon.
DIY Llama Ornaments
Add a festive touch to your tree with these DIY painted llama ornaments.
Let the kids decorate however they like with markers, ribbon, and glue.
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While they decorate, read them the holiday classic Llama Llama Holiday Drama.
Geometric Diorama Ornament
It’s easy to make your own ornament.
Think 3D with this easy Christmas ornament craft for kids.
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A tiny box and some flat embellishments make a wintry view you hang from your tree.
Filled Ornaments
Kritsada Panichgul
Little kids will love making their own holiday scenes with these easy-to-assemble ornaments.
Seal the second half using hot glue and hang with a ribbon.
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Baked Applesauce Ornaments
Bring back the classic dough ornaments with these fragrant (and pretty!)
These homemade baked Christmas ornaments start with rolled dough and cookie cutters.
Bake them up and decorate with puffy paint to create a personalized ornament.
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You’ll need metallic or patterned straws, cotton string, a dull-point needle, and beads.
String one 2-inch straw, two 5-inch straws, and another 2-inch straw onto a 5-foot long string.
Hold strings tight and tie off with a square knot, leaving a 3-inch tail at the beginning end.
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Repeat to create the fourth side of the shape, tying off at the bottom of the diamond.
Step 5.Thread a 3-inch straw horizontally and tie off.
Repeat for all four sides.
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Finish by adding a gold bead to the 3-inch string tail; secure with hot glue if desired.
These easy ornaments also makefun Christmas gift tags!
Kids can roll out the ornament dough like cookie dough, then give them colorful designs with marking pens.
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Step 2.Roll the dough to a 1/4 inch-thick sheet and cut out snowflake shapes with cookie cutters.
Step 3.Use a skewer to make a hole for hanging.
Step 4.Bake for 4 hours in a 200 F oven.
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Glittery Cookie Cutter Kids Ornaments
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Transform retiredChristmas cookiecutters into sparkling homemade ornaments kids can make.
Paint the cookie cutters and sprinkle them with glitter while the paint is still wet.
Make the ornaments a winter white, or mix it up and let the kids pick their favorite colors.
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We used a scalloped-shape scissor, but you could use any shape.
Cut the paper into triangles with the special scissors.
Roll the triangles into cone shapes.
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Secure each cone in place with hot glue.
Curl the ends of the floral wire around a pencil to finish the ends.
Paper Pinwheel Ornament
These cute pinwheels are an easy Christmas ornament craft for kids.
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They come together with just a few cuts and folds.
We recommend using two-sided scrapbook paper.
Cut the paper into a square.
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Then cut diagonally from each corner to halfway to the center.
Fold in one side of each section and secure in the center with a brad.
Set out all the supplies and watch what unique ornaments kids can make.
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Ribbon Candy Ornaments
Create paper Christmas decorations that resemble classic ribbon candy.
Thread a needle with embroidery floss and knot at one end.
Thread on one clear acrylic bead, then poke the needle through the end of a 1-inch-wide paper strip.
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Thread on two more beads and loop the paper.
Poke the needle back through the paper.
Repeat until the entire paper strip has been looped.
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Finish by running the floss twice through the top bead, and make a loop for hanging.
This simple DIY ornament only needs three materials: your favorite color felt, fabric glue, and string.
Let the kids arrange the candies into snowflakes or snowmen for a fun ornament kids can make.
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Using a snowflake paper punch, punch shapes from different-color papers.
Alien Spaceship Ornament
DIY kids' Christmas ornament ideas don’t get cuter than this.
A recycled tomato container is this little alien’s ship.
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Shapes cut from foam sheets (we recommend glitter foam) and googly eyes form the alien.
Kids will love making an out-of-this-world Christmas craft!
This homemade Christmas ornament can be customized with any pattern or color scheme you like.
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Personalized Christmas Ornament
Let kids personalize plain ornaments with letter stickers found at crafts stores.
We used striped ornaments, but solid-color ones work just as well.
Or paint your own stripesjust let paint dry before adding the letters.
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Cut oversize ornament shapes from poster board, or let older kids cut them themselves.
Have kids decorate the fronts with one or multiple pieces of paper, gluing them in place.
These paper Christmas decorations create a stunning holiday display.
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Chalkboard Ornaments
Let your kids personalize ornaments with this easy idea.
Spray unfinished wooden shapes with chalkboard paint.
Then let kids use chalk and chalk pens to create warm holiday wishes of their own.
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