15 Easy Ornament Crafts For Kids To Make For Christmas

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Here are 15 cute Christmas ornament crafts for kids that are perfect for having some screen free fun during the holiday season. 

From ornaments made with popsicle sticks to pine cones – these easy Christmas crafts are a great way to build holiday spirit while working on fine motor skills.

Christmas ornament crafts for kids

Christmas Ornament Crafts For Kids

If you found yourself looking for a festive craft to make with young children then you’re in luck.

Today, we’re sharing our favorite simple Christmas ornament crafts for kids with our readers. 

This collection of kid-made ornaments are so much fun to make.

The best part? These homemade ornaments make for a great keepsake that kids of all ages can gift to friends and family.

In my opinion the perfect gift is always something homemade.

We’ve included homemade Christmas ornaments that children of virtually all ages can make.

From DIY Christmas ornaments that are a great idea for younger children to more complex crafts that are best suited for older children, we know you’ll find the perfect Christmas craft in the list below.

​Paper Christmas Ornaments

easy ornament craft for kids
Ornament crafts for kids

These easy Christmas ornaments are really the epitome of easy ornament crafts.

All you’ll need to do is print the ornaments template, color it and then decorate to create your own ornaments!

This is our recommendation for  teachers looking for Christmas activities that use simple supplies and require very little prep. 

Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree Ornaments

ornament crafts for kids

This simple Christmas tree craft is created using basic craft supplies you can buy at your local dollar tree or craft store.

You’ll need craft sticks, glue, acrylic paint and decorative items like pipe cleaners and pom poms.

This may not be the best choice for older kids, but younger children always enjoy creating this easy craft around the holidays. They’ll proudly want to display their little project on their Christmas tree.

Salt Dough Ornaments

Christmas ornament crafts for kids
Ornament crafts for kids

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is creating keepsake salt dough handprint ornaments like this one from The Best Ideas For Kids.

This simple craft is easy peasy to make with younger kids and the perfect way to create a keepsake of your child’s little hands and hand prints as they grow.

They also make great gifts for the whole family during the Christmas season!

Pine Cone Ornaments

Ornament crafts for kids

How cute are these pine cone angel ornaments from Red Ted Art?

We love nature craft activities because in addition to being a fun diy project, these types of crafts are a fun way to get you outdoors and exploring the environment around you while you collect your supplies.

Easy Button Wreath Ornament

Ornament crafts for kids

This fun project from Happy Hooligans has children threading buttons onto a pipe cleaner to create an adorable Christmas wreath ornament.

This fun craft will not only put your box of buttons to good use but really works out those fine motor skills and little kids practice threading buttons.

Jingle Bells Ornament

Ornament crafts for kids

This great craft from Crafty Morning is a great choice for children of any age.

Small jingle bells are threaded onto pipe cleaners in a variety of different ways to create this festive Jingle bell ball! 

Santa Ornaments

Ornament crafts for kids

How cute is this paint brush Santa ornament craft from One Little Project.

This is one of the best Christmas crafts to make with children who want to make homemade holiday gifts and DIY ornaments for their family members.

Wood Slice Reindeer Ornaments

ornament crafts for kids

Wood slices are an undervalued crafting supply. Each to find and cheap to buy they can be used in so many fun ways around the holidays.

These reindeer ornaments from Messy Little Monster  are a perfect example of how you can transform a wood slice into a festive Christmas ornament using a  little glue, paint and glitter.

Foam Ball Ornaments

ornament crafts for kids

How cute is this foam ball snow man craft from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational?

We love how easy and inexpensive this craft is to make. These Christmas ornament crafts for kids are a fun little keepsake you can make in the classroom or at home.

Faux Glass Ornaments

ornament crafts for kids

These Thumbprint ornaments from Glued To My Crafts Blog are such a fun craft idea for older and younger children alike.

All you’ll is a few faux class ornaments, craft paint, filler and some hot glue to make these festive Christmas ornament crafts for kids.

Plastic Cup Ornaments

ornament crafts for kids

Did you know that plastic cups can act like shrinky dinks?

This neat little tutorial from A Girl and A Glue Gun transforms regular plastic cup into cute Christmas ornament crafts for kids.

All you need to do is decorate your cup, use your oven and then display your ornament. Since this craft requires baking plastic ups we highly recommend parental involvement from start to finish.

Toilet Paper Roll Ornaments

Ornament crafts for kids

This toilet paper roll Christmas tree from the Resourceful Mama is just so dark cute.

A variety of toilet paper rolls in different sizes are painted and then stacked to create this fun little Christmas tree. We love these Christmas ornament crafts for kids in younger grades!

Snowflake Ornament

ornament crafts for kids

Colorful and sparkly these simple craft stick Christmas ornament crafts for kids from Toddler Approved are so much fun to make.

All you’ll need is a variety of craft sticks, some dot markers and plenty of colorful sparkles and sequins.

You can even use some of this neat biodegradable glitter glue to decorate your ornament.

Gingerbread Man Ornament

Ornament crafts for kids

This craft stick ornament from Frugal Fun 4 Boys is absolutely adorable! It’s one of our favorite Christmas ornament crafts for kids when you’re looking for something simple to make without wanting to fuss with a bunch of supplies.

Classroom teachers can easily make this one with their students and then use them as DIY Christmas decorations to liven up a bulletin board of classroom door.

Cookie Cutter Christmas Ornaments

ornament crafts for kids

Isn’t this simple ornament from Twitchett’s adorable?

A great quick and easy ornament craft for especially young children and toddlers this craft idea is lots of fun to make.

You’ll need cookie cutters, parchment paper and perler beeds to make these Christmas ornament crafts for kids during the holiday season.

More Screen Free Holiday Activities For Kids

Here are some more screen free Christmas activities and fun craft ideas we’ve created.

Combine some or all of these festive play ideas and activities to create your own Christmas activity pack, busy binder or Christmas bucket list. 

All these great crafts, games and free Christmas printables pair well with our these Christmas ornament crafts for kids during the Christmas season.

Click on the link to be taken to the blog post where you’ll get all the information you need about each screen free activity.

more screen free Christmas activities

Paper plate Santa crafts – we love crafting with paper plates! And, this cute little Santa craft is so much fun to make!

Christmas bucket list – from eating candy canes, making a Christmas card and listening to Christmas music our free printable holiday bucket list is loaded with fun ideas for kids during the holiday season.

Christmas cootie catcher – little guys and girls love making their own little joke teller complete with cute Christmas jokes that’ll make everyone giggle

Rudolph advent calendar – use colorful pom poms or tissue paper balls to count down the days until Santa comes to visit.

Christmas bingo – play some holiday bingo after Christmas dinner with the whole family for some festive screen free fun

​Easy Santa craft – create an adorable Santa craft using our free template and construction paper.

Santa beard advent – have children glue cotton balls to Santa’s beard as they count down the days until Christmas.

Reading Recommendations

We love to read!

Reading is one of our favorite screen free activities. It’s so much fun and a great way to encourage children to learn about the world around them by building on language and critical thinking skills.

We make it a point to pair all our screen free activities with books!

From free printables and games to Christmas crafts – we do our very best to recommend some fun books to our readers that make screen free play even more engaging.

Here are some of our favorite top Christmas books that pair wonderfully with these Christmas ornament crafts for kids:

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – the classic story of a group of difficult children who teach an entire town about the true meaning of Christmas.

The Jolly Post Man – it’s the world before email! Read letters between famous characters during Christmas-time.

How Winston Delivered Christmas – an adorable advent story told in 24 1/2 chapters. Read 1 chapter per day starting on December 1st

Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever – Itching for something different, Dasher takes off to live the life she’s always dreamed of.

Pick a Pine Tree – a sweet story of important special holiday traditions like decorating your family Christmas tree.

Little Red Sleigh: A Heartwarming Christmas Book For Children – a heartwarming story filled with holiday spirit – this cute book reminds children to never stop dreaming big.

Let’s Keep In Touch

It was so much fun collecting all these Christmas ornament crafts for kids. Kid-made Christmas ornaments are on our holiday bucket list every winter!

Are you planning to make some of these Christmas ornament crafts for kids?

We’d love to see the finished product! Snap a photo of your finished Christmas ornament and reach out to us on our Facebook page to show us how your craft turned out.

We love sharing unique craft creations inspired by our website with our readers.

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🎄​Merry Christmas & Happy Crafting 🎄

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