I was inspired by our fall leaves garland craft to make something similar for Christmas. After some thought I decided on ornaments. They look very sweet and sparkly in the playroom window. These would also be cute on a tree of homemade ornaments.
To make these ornaments, you will need:
- Thick cloth paper towels, like Viva brand
- Sharpie
- Aluminum foil
- Water
- Food coloring
- Pipettes
- Glitter
- White glue
- Scissors
- Ribbon
- Hole punch
- Newspaper
- With Sharpie, draw or trace a circle onto the paper towels.
- Place the paper towels on newspaper to catch any drips or misses.
- Add food coloring in your desired colors to containers of water.
- Let your child use the pipettes to drip water onto the paper towels.
- When dry, cut out the ornament shape.
- Add glitter to your white glue and use a paintbrush to paint it onto the towels.
- Cut a square of aluminum foil and fold it over. Glue to the top of the circle.
- When the ornaments are completely dry, use the hole punch to punch two holes into each ornament.
- Thread the ribbon through the holes for a garland.
The only issue I had here was getting the foil to stick to the paper towels. A stronger glue or hot glue might work better next time.
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