I know that they will be so proud to put these on their Christmas tree.

They would also be very cute attached to a Christmas goodie that you are giving to your neighbors.

Or attached to a wrapped present.  So many fun ways to use these!

Let’s get ready.

Glitter Christmas Tree Ornaments

Items needed:

Clear, plastic ornaments (we purchased ours from Hobby Lobby)
Beacon Glitter It or polyethylene finish (You can purchase this from Amazon HERE )
Red and Green Glitter
Funnel
Cup, for excess glue and/or glitter
Ribbon
Scissors
Glue dots or hot glue

Instructions:

Remove the tops from the ornaments. Pour a small amount of “Glitter It” into the ornament and slowly swirl around until the inside is coated.

Remove the excess Glitter It by pouring into a cup.
Using a funnel, pour glitter into the ornament and shake around until completely coated.

Tap the ornament upside down over a different cup to remove excess glitter.
If a thicker coat of glitter inside the ornament is desired, allow the ornament to dry and repeat the previous steps.

Let ornament dry completely.

Once the glue is dry, replace the cap.
Cut ribbon to the desired length and tie into a bow.
Using either a glue dot or hot glue, attach the ribbon to the ornament. If using a hot glue gun with children, please provide adult supervision.

You can make these with any color glitter to match your tree, wrapping paper etc.  I’ll ask my grandkids what color they want to use to see what they come up with. So fun!

More Ornament Fun!

Cinnamon Stick Christmas Ornaments

Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornament

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Well we sure do and know your kids will too.  Be prepared that your kids will want to make a ton of these and then place them all on their dresser in their room. 

Trust me.

I speak from experience.

So grab these items so you can get started:

Pine cones, (you can buy pine cones at your local craft store.  If you choose to pick some natural ones, make sure they are free of any little critters inside!) Colorful buttons (choose some that are bigger than googley eyes), googley eyes, glue dots, feathers, and sparkly paper

With your glue dots, glue the googley eyes onto a button.

Glue your eyes onto the pine cone.  If the dots do not work, a little tacky glue might help.

Cut a small triangle out of the sparkly paper for the beak.

Glue the beak on.

Place some glue dots on the pine cone where you want some feathers.

Press your feathers into the glue dots. 

Hoot!  Hoot!  Now you are done! 

This Pine Cone Owl Craft would make a great activity for the kids to stay busy while your Thanksgiving dinner is cooking.  Or any dinner for that matter! 

More Bird Craft Fun!

Clothes Pin Bird Craft

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This was a great reason to get out of the house and go for a nature walk.  Take your kids and grandkids out to gather leaves for their picture.  The leaves don’t have to be any certain color, they can even be green!

Then grab these craft supplies to get started:

Foam brush, acrylic paint in any fall colors that you like, paper plates and some white card stock paper.

Pour some paint onto the paper plates and with your foam brush, paint your leaves. 

Press the painted side of the leaf onto your paper.

Note: We found out after doing a few of these that painting the backs of the leaves show up a little better when they are pressed onto the paper.  The backs of the leaves have stronger “veins” and show up more on paper.

It was fun to put more than one color onto a leaf!

This Fall Leaf Craft is a good one for all ages of kids but also fun for adults too!

What?  More Fall Crafts?  Take a look!

Fall Leaf Art

Fall Leaf Bowl

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I was thinking these might be cute at each place setting with sayings on the turkey about why they are “thankful” for that person sitting in that place. Or your guests can also write what they are thankful for.

Wouldn’t they be a fun addition?  Family and friends will also love the candy inside as an extra treat!

Here is what you will need:

• 4 oz mason jars 
• Red candy of choice (we used swedish fish)
• Glue. This can be tacky glue, glue dots or a glue gun.  (Adult supervision is best when using a glue gun)
  
• Googley eyes
• Colored Construction paper in yellow, orange, red and brown
  

Instructions:

Fill mason jar with your red candy. 

Cut out four feathers about 4 inches in length.

Cut out a triangle about one inch in length

Write the things that you are thankful for on the feathers.

Glue the googley eyes and the beak on to the from of the mason jar.

Glue the feathers on to the back of the jar.

Now these Mason Jar Turkey Favors are ready for the table! 

I know my grand kids will be so excited to have their creations on the table this year.  I for one am so thankful for THEM!!

Here are a few more turkey ideas!

Rice Krispie Turkey Drumstick

Oreo Turkey Cupcakes

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This summer, four of my grandkids came to our house for a week for Grammy’s Camp and we did this salt art activity.  The kids especially loved watching the paint colors bleed into the salt!  So it is kind of a science experiment/art activity and your kids will love it too.

Here is what you will need:

Construction Paper, pencil or a white pen, Elmer’s Glue, regular table salt, a soft brush and watercolor paints. 

We used black paper for this project but we have also done it on white.  Both will work but I think the black really makes the colors stand out.

Instructions:

Draw a dot with the pencil or pen to make the the center of the spider web. 

Then draw lines through that dot making them go all the way to the edge of the paper.   A ruler helps to make real straight lines, but you can also just draw these on your own. Space your lines farther apart rather than closer so there is room for the upcoming glue.

Next draw curved lines between the straight lines, connecting them to look like a web. Again, spacing the lines farther out from each other will help later when you use the glue.

With your glue, trace along all of the lines of the spider web being pretty liberal with your glue. 

While the glue is still wet, sprinkle your table salt on all of the spider web lines.  If your glue starts to dry, you can work in sections.  Glue a section, then sprinkle the salt.  Then repeat on another section.

Cover the glue lines generously!

Let the glue dry overnight then carefully remove the excess salt by lightly shaking the paper on it’s side. It should end up looking like this:

With your watercolor paints, dip your brush into the water and then the paints and then drop some color onto the salt. Do not brush the paint down a line of salt.  Just drop colored drops of water onto the salt. This is the part that my kids loved the best!  Watch how the color bleeds and moves down the line of salt. So fun!

Kids will want to make this Salt Art Halloween Web Craft over and over again! The good news is that you can make this with all sorts of designs.  I found a ton of lined designs on Pinterest for free that I just downloaded on white paper and then let the kids go.  This was a super great activity that I know your grandkids will love too!

Here are two more great Halloween ideas to make with your kids!

Coffee Filter Halloween Bats

Halloween Snack Mix

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To make these you will need four sheets of tissue paper, (three of one color and one of another color) some color coordinating pipe cleaners, some scissors and a ruler.

Lay down three full sheets of tissue paper with one half sheet of tissue paper in another color centered in the middle.

Next you are going to want to fold in two inch increments. Fold one way, then turn the paper over and fold the other way.  Repeat until you end.

Flatten out your tissue paper after folding.

We are now going to cut some fringe on the center piece.  Carefully remove center piece and fold it back together accordion style.  Cut each end with small cuts (about 1 1/2 inches) to create fringe.

Open your middle piece tissue paper back up and place it back on your full sheets.

Fold everything back up again and then fold in half.

Taking your scissors, cut half circles at the end of your tissues.

Open your tissues and place a pipe cleaner in the middle.   Twist tightly but don’t pinch the middle.

Open up your flower and start fluffing the tissue paper one side at a time by pulling the layers of tissue paper apart.

Now that you know how to make tissue paper flowers, they are ready to hang.  Use the pipe cleaners in the back to attach to a rod if you’d like to stand them up.

These are fairly large as you can see in the pictures and make a beautiful look on walls.

You may have some tissue paper left over so here is another fun tissue paper craft!

Tissue Paper Flower Bracelet

Tissue Paper Flower idea by The Crafty Mom

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