Christmas ornaments kids

Make these popsicle stick gingerbread house ornaments with your kids, and hide a picture behind the door as a fun Chrsitmas gift for family!

Soooo? Do you have your Christmas tree up yet?? My girls have been so excited for Christmas that ours has been up for about a week now and the kids are LOVING it! Every craft project they do, no matter how big or small, they say, 'I'm going to hang this on the tree!' I said they could hang whatever they wanted on the BACK of the tree... ha! Hopefully that doesn't make me a bad mom for making them hide everything on the back?! I had to draw the line at my 3 year old's chalk drawings though…

And we're back. Don't you hate it when you make an announcement to the world, and then you can't follow through because life gets in the way? Yup. It's been one of those weeks! My publisher sent me the printed pages of my craft book to edit, mark up, and send back... so I had to read through 192 pages of crafts and instructions to find any mistakes. But I am ridiculously relieved to say that that was the FINAL edit and I won't see those pages again until it goes to print this summer. Crazy…

How to Make Salt Dough Christmas Tree Ornaments Dana Ruth made these adorable salt dough Christmas tree ornaments using her 2 sons little fingerprints to make the Christmas lights! Then she used a black sharpie

If you're looking for ways to keep your child busy as the holidays approach, have them craft some easy homemade ornaments! Here are 80+ ideas to get you started.

diy snow globe ornaments These darling little photo snowglobe ornaments were made by Megan Hayashi! They would be perfect for parent or grandparent gifts at Christmas time. Have a whole daycare or your classroom make

These tea light snowman ornaments are really easy to make and they look ADORABLE! Who would have thought you could make such a cute Christmas ornament just by using dollar store tea lights?! When you turn on the tea light the 'flame' becomes the snowman's carrot nose! Talk about adorable! My mom never let us burn candles when we were growing up - at least, not unless it was a holiday, and they were sitting on the dining room table fully attended while we were eating our dinner. Then we'd…

So I followed your advice and we made these fun homemade clay ornaments with Hilde's prints. They look so good! Click here to learn about...

Popsicle Stick Sleigh Ornament tutorial - It's super easy to recreate & the finished piece is a great "keeper" for years to come!