Christmas tree ornaments are always a great way to represent memories, make new ones, and give a gift from the heart.
Your kids can get in on the action, and make their very own permanent Christmas tree ornaments to hang on the tree year after year, or to give to family members as sentimental gifts.
If your kids love to play with clay, they will love making these holiday ornaments.
What you need:
- Polymer clay in red, green and yellow, or any colors you like
- A cookie sheet
- Aluminum foil
- Rolling pin
- Holiday cookie cutters
- Corn starch
- Small paint brush
- Pencil
- Ribbon
- Cover the cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
- Take paint brush and dust the inside of the cookie cutters liberally with corn starch. This prevents sticking.
- Knead all the clay so that it is soft and pliable, for easy working. Take the rolling pin, and roll it smooth and evenly.
- Take cookie cutters and press them into the clay. Remove clay- this is the base of your ornament.
- Lay the ornament onto the cookie tray.
- This is where the decorating begins. Take the left over clay, and using different colors, decorate your ornaments. If you have a tree base, use other colors to make ornaments and a star on top, or put buttons and a carrot nose on a snowman. Let the kids go wild- they don’t have to be perfect, as long as your kids think they are.
- When they are finished, take the pencil and carefully push a hole through the top of your ornament, about 1/10 of an inch from the top.
- If you can find a spot, use your pencil to lightly carve in the creator’s initials and the year the ornament was created.
- Bake your ornaments according to the directions on the clay’s package- usually about 20 minutes in a 250 degree oven.
- Once the ornaments have cooled, take some string or ribbon and thread it through the hole at the top, and secure with a knot.
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