Christmas tree ornaments to make with simple materials
When you are looking for ideas for Christmas tree ornaments to make, remember to ask your children for advice. Kids can be very creative and can often think of craft ideas for Christmas ornaments, for example, that we as “grown-ups” simply wouldn’t come up with.
There will likely be some good books at your local library that discuss Christmas tree ornaments to make, complete with detailed, drawings or photographs and step-by-step instructions. Libraries will often put seasonal books such as those for Christmas, in a special section.
Because a lot of the fun of Christmas is the craft aspect it can often be more fun and challenging to come up with your own ideas for Christmas tree ornaments to make and your own methods to make them.
Here are a few starter ideas for Christmas tree ornaments to make to get you started which can be constructed from materials that should be easily obtained from a craft store or the craft section in a department store.
Cookies can make interesting home made Christmas tree ornaments. You can use food coloring to tint the dough for sugar cookies. Make a hole near the top of the cookies before baking and then use gold, red or green or silver wrapping twine to make a “hook” for putting the cookies on the tree
Cranberries can be strung on colored Christmas twine and interspersed with miniature marshmallows to make a colorful, natural looking Christmas tree garland. You can do the same with soft candies such as red, white and green gumdrops.
Ribbon Bows You can make lovely Christmas tree ornaments with various colors of fancy Christmas ribbon by shaping the ribbon into bows. If you have a color theme to your Christmas tree, such as white, blue bows can be a pleasant contrast.
Polystyrene balls can be covered with strongly patterned fabric. Just cut the fabric into narrow strips and fasten them to the ball with a glue gun. Glue a loop of Christmas wrapping twine onto the top of the book for hanging on the tree.
Miniature stockings Red, green or gold, or any color you choose, miniature Christmas stockings can be made from colored felt, or fancy fabrics. Sew a loop of metallic string to the top of the stocking for hanging on the tree.
Miniature gift wrapped boxes You can get very small cardboard boxes from the craft store, or make them yourself with strong construction paper. Then wrap them in a variety of colorful fancy Christmas wrapping paper. You can also use fancy paper doilies, such as silver or gold and use them to wrap the miniature boxes. Gift-wrap them with small Christmas ribbon or metallic wrapping twine.
Miniature Christmas crackers can be attractive Christmas tree ornaments to make. Make a round tube for the center of the cracker from construction paper and then wrap it with fancy Christmas paper making sure to leave extra wrapping paper at each end. The extra paper is then crimped near the end of the tube with metallic twine. A small bow or a Christmas seal can be used to decorate the outside of the tube section.