My Grandson made a cute Christmas tree ornament in school made from Craft sticks (tongue depressors) and craft jewels. I thought it was a great craft for my Grandkids to make as gifts for their Aunts and Uncles. I, of course, changed it a bit to jazz it up. Shocking I know, lol!
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| The original tree ornament that was the inspiration for our project. |
I hot glued the the sticks in the shape of a tree/triangle. When the glue was dry I had the kids paint the sticks green. Next, Meemaw wrote there name and year on the back of the tree they painted. When the paint was dry I sprayed them with a clear coat to make them shine.
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| Craft sticks aka tongue depressors. |
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| Sticks were hot glued, painted and sprayed. |
Next, our trees needed lights and a star. We used a star paper punch with yellow paper to make the star for the tree tops. I bought some Christmas lights ribbon from JoAnn and cut some sections to glue across the middle of our tree ornaments.
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| Paper punched star and lights ribbon added with hot glue. |
Now it is time to dress the tees up. I bought a bag of craft jewels and the kids placed them just where they wanted them on their trees, and Meemaw hot glued them in place. The kids had a choice of green, or twisted red and white cord for their hangers. They picked the cords they wanted and we cut them and hot glued them to the top of the back of the tree.
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| Bag of craft jewels. |
My Grandson told me we needed a trunk for the trees, so I cut the craft sticks into small sections and the kids used a brown marker to color them before we glued them to the bottom of the tree. My grandson also added black marks on his tree trunks to make them look like bark. He is a very detail oriented 5 year old.
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| All of the finished products! Both kids made 3 each. |
The finished product was so cute, and I can't wait for their Aunts and Uncles to see their creations.
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