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This is an activity
that I found out of a book a long time ago, and its very
fun and so easy to do, even for the littlest kiddos!
These make great Christmas tree ornaments, but can be
used for most any holiday decoration or even just a
non-holiday room decoration! Great to give as gifts!
Supplies Needed:
- string or yarn
- white glue
- cups (I use old
yogurt cups washed out)
- water
- food coloring
or
liquid watercolors
(optional)
- glitter
- wax paper
- something to
hang the ornament with later, like gold elastic
or paper clips
What To Do:
This is a
super easy project, though it is a messy one, so you
will want to have on hand either a sink or a tub of warm
water and wet rags to wash fingers/hands as you go.
Pour
some glue into cups and add color to it if desired
(either food coloring or liquid water color), in
separate cups so that you have a variety to choose from.
Lay
out a piece of wax paper for each child to work on...a
good sized piece is nice because they can do multiple
ornaments on it. (Tape it down if it rolls).
Allow
children to cut different lengths of yarn or string and
submerge the pieces into the glue color of their choice,
then lay in shapes on the wax paper. Using multiple
colors on the same ornaments is really pretty! (But let
the kids decide how they want to do it themselves.) Any
glue that fills in spaces will dry with a stained glass
kind of look!
When
ornaments are in the desired shape, kids can sprinkle
glitter over them (a container with just one nail hole
poked into it works great to not have too much glitter
wasted...I don't use the glitter containers with
multiple holes, it just makes a huge mess with little
kids.)
Once
the ornaments are dry (about a day or so), peel them off
the wax paper and tie a piece of string (I use gold
elastic) through one of the holes (if no holes, poke
one) and hang!!
These
are really fun and neat looking and even toddlers are
capable of making neat shapes with the string! The glue
dries pretty hard, so the ornament keeps its shape well
and looks really neat when there's glitter on it as
well!
IDEAS: Cover a Christmas tree with
homemade ornaments! Make mobiles or hanging ornaments
for windows! The possibilities are endless! Have fun!!
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