Festive Polka Dot Ornaments

Materials Needed:

• Glass ball ornaments
• Red and green acrylic paint
• Paint brush
• ribbon
• empty egg carton

Instructions:

1. Turn the empty egg carton upside down. This will serve as your stand as you decorate.
2. Place ornament upside down on egg carton, resting it between egg cups.
3. Using the handle end of a paint brush, dip the end of the handle into paint then dot onto the ornament. You will need to re-dip after each dot.
4. Dot all around the ornament and let dry completely.
5. Once dry, tie a piece of ribbon through the hanger hook on the ornament.

Snow Man Ornament

Materials Needed:

• large craft sticks
• small twigs
• white and black acrylic craft paint
• orange toothpicks
• colorful felt
• Glittery chenille sticks
• Shiny pom poms
• Black craft foam
• Buttons or sequins
• Ribbon
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors

Instructions:

1. Paint the craft sticks white and let dry completely.
2. Break twigs into pieces about 3 inches long.
3. Cut strips of colorful felt to make scarves, fringe the ends with scissors.
4. Cut the end off of an orange toothpick, about 1 inch long.
5. Cut a hat out of black craft foam.
6. Using the wrong end of a paintbrush, dip the end into black paint, then dot on an eye, repeat for the other eye. Repeat this process for the mouth. Or, use a round-tip marker.
7. Glue the orange toothpick nose in place.
8. Tie the felt scarf around the snowman’s neck, or simply fold over to look like it’s blowing in the wind, and then glue it in place.
9. Glue on hat. If you prefer ear muffs, cut a piece of chenille stick to fit around top of head, then glue in place. Glue on pom poms for the muffs.
10. Glue buttons or sequins in a line below the scarf.
11. Cut a piece of ribbon 8-10 inches long for the hanger. Fold in half and glue the open ends together on the back of the snowman’s head.
12. Lastly, glue on the stick arms and let your snowman dry in a safe place where he won’t get bumped.

Santa Clause Ornament

Materials Needed:

• 8 mini craft sticks
• Acrylic paint: red, white, flesh colored paint (we used peach), pink, black
• 3” x 3” piece of white cardboard or cardstock
• 6” piece of green yarn
• White craft glue
• Paintbrush
• Scissors

Instructions:

1. Paint six of the craft sticks white and the remaining two red. Set aside to dry.
2. Place the craft sticks onto the white cardboard and arrange them as pictured: Take a white craft stick and place it in the center. Then stagger other four in a stair formation with two on the left and two on the right. The last remaining white craft stick should be layed horizontally across the top of the other white craft sticks. The two red sticks should be positioned in a triangle to make a hat.
3. Use a pencil to lightly mark the outer edges of the triangular opening of the hat and the face opening.
4. Remove the craft sticks and paint those two areas, the hat area red, and the facial area with the flesh colored paint. Let dry.
5. Cut out around the painted areas, though keep it all in one piece so you can glue your craft sticks to it.
6. Glue the craft sticks to the cardboard and to each other. Allow to dry.
7. Use the handle end of a paintbrush to dot on two pick cheeks and two black eyes. Mix a small amount of pink and peach and dot on for nose.
8. Loop the green yarn and tie in a knot. Glue the knotted end to the back of the ornament.