# Jingle Cars Ornaments > Wrap a paper roll in shiny red paper, cut a car window, and hot-glue on four large gold jingle bells as wheels. Add gold star stickers and a gold thread loop to hang it on the tree. - URL: https://www.funlittles.com/christmas-crafts-for-kids-jingle-cars-ornaments/ - Ages: 4+ · Difficulty: medium · Mess: low - Time: prep 10 min, activity 30 min - Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class · one batch serves about 1 kids - Skills: fine-motor, creativity, recycling ## Materials (one batch) - 1 piece Paper roll (toilet paper tube) (household) - Red self-adhesive (contact) paper - Red colored paper (optional) - Red cellophane paper (optional) - Shiny holiday wrapping paper (optional) - 4 piece Large gold jingle bells (snowflake cutout) - Gold star stickers - Gold thread - 1 piece Tape (household) - 1 piece Craft knife - 1 piece Low-temp mini glue gun and glue sticks - 1 piece Pencil (household) ## Substitutions - Instead of red contact paper: Red colored paper double wrapped with red cellophane (What the author used when she had no red contact paper. It gives a glossy look.) - Instead of red contact paper: Shiny Christmas wrapping paper (The author used this for the second car.) ## Safety - This craft needs parental help: an adult handles the hot glue gun. A low-temp glue gun is what the author linked. - Adult only: use the craft knife to cut the car window, and keep it away from children. - Jingle bells and star stickers are small parts and a choking hazard. Supervise closely, and keep finished ornaments away from babies and toddlers. ## Before you start - Gather one paper roll per child. - For a big group, an adult may want to cut the car windows with the craft knife before kids arrive, after the rolls are wrapped. ## Steps 1. Measure and outline the covering paper so it fits around the paper roll. 2. Wrap the paper around the roll. Tuck the extra paper in through the ends and tape the edges inside the roll. 3. Draw a car window and driver seat on the wrapped roll. 4. Adult: neatly cut out the window with a craft knife, then pop out the windshield. 5. Adult: hot-glue 4 large jingle bells to the sides of the car as wheels. 6. Stick gold star stickers all over the car. 7. Loop a gold thread through the hole and hang your jingle car on the tree. ## Tips - Even better, make 3 jingle cars, one with each of the 3 papers! - Contact paper makes the job a lot easier since the sticky side adheres to the paper roll very easily. - No red contact paper? We covered the roll with red paper and then double wrapped it with red cellophane to give it a glossy look. - All our Christmas crafts and ornaments have got to be shiny and glossy! - Draw the window before cutting for extra precision. - You will not regret buying a small stash of jingle bells for all kinds of Christmas crafts and activities. One 9-pack of large bells covers two cars. ## The original post by TurkeyMom (2016) Have you noticed that around the months of November and December even the most non-craftiest people are so inspired to make something? I have. Everyone is happy, inspired and excited to create fond memories of spending time with their children making goodies { either in the kitchen or in the living room with a glue gun} [**Christmas crafts**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/holidays/christmas-holidays/) making sessions brings families together. It has in our house. Today we will show you a super simple snazzy cool ornament you can make with a humble paper roll. We did this Christmas craft oh- may be about 3 years ago but never got around posting it. Aren't [**paper roll crafts**](https://www.funlittles.com/tag/paper-rolls/) the best? We loved our [**paper rolls jingle bells drop fine motor activity**](https://www.funlittles.com/fine-motor-activities-jingle-bell-drop/) - perfect for the holiday season. We also love our [**Jingle Cups Ornament**](https://www.funlittles.com/christmas-crafts-kids-homemade-ornaments-foam-cups/) we did last year! We are combining paper rolls and one other favorite material for this holiday season - Jingle Bells. You will not regret just purchasing a small stash of **[jingle bells](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0062TJGRQ/?tag=blmemo-20)** for all kinds of fun Christmas crafts and activities. We have make **[sound soup sensory](https://www.funlittles.com/sensory-activities-for-kids-sound-soup/) play** and [**jingle bells writing tray**.](https://www.funlittles.com/fine-motor-activities-jingle-bells-fine-motor-tray/) *On to this Christmas ornament craft* Materials You need one of the first three types of paper. Even better- make 3 Jingle cars with all the 3 materials! **[Cellophane Paper](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DAQ2JO0/?tag=blmemo-20)** **[Red Self- Adhesive Paper](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A42R9VC/?tag=blmemo-20)** **[Holiday Wrapping Paper](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DMLRP2Y/?tag=blmemo-20)** **[Snowflake Cutout Jingle Bells (Gold)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OYBZZDI/?tag=blmemo-20)** **[Craft Knife](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000V1QV7O/?tag=blmemo-20)** **[LowTemp Mini Glue Gun](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CMLF0E/?tag=blmemo-20)** **[Red Paper](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006IDOV/?tag=blmemo-20)** **[Gold Thread](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0073U1MK2/?tag=blmemo-20)** Paper Rolls Tape You will need a paper roll and some red colored contact paper/cellophane paper/shiny wrapping paper. Contact paper is a sticky back paper that is primarily used to cover notebooks. But super creative people have found numerous ways to put those nifty things to use. Even we have used the [**contact paper**](https://www.funlittles.com/tag/contact-paper/) in a few fun ways to create hands on play and learning environment for my kids. If you are lucky you will find these red colored paper at your local office supplies store. If not, there is always Amazon {link above} Since we did not have red contact paper, we used [red colored paper](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006IDOV/?tag=blmemo-20) to cover the paper rolls and then we double wrapped with red [cellophane paper](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DAQ2JO0/?tag=blmemo-20) to give this Christmas ornament a glossy look. For the other paper roll, we used shiny Christmas themed wrapping paper. You see a pattern? All our Christmas crafts and ornaments have got to be shinny and glossy! *Note: We originally did this activity a good 3 years ago and my children were very much into Santa then and called these paper roll cars as Santa's Flying Car. When we redid this activity, they were focussed only on the crafting part of it.* *Please note that this Christmas Craft needs parental help since you will have to use a hot [glue gun](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CMLF0E/?tag=blmemo-20) .* ### Instructions for making Jingle Cars Christmas Ornaments Measure and outline the red contact paper and have the kids {or you can do it too} wrap the cellophane/wrapping paper paper around the paper roll. Tuck in the extras through the holes and tape the edges of the paper into the paper roll. If you are using contact paper, it makes the job a lot easier since the sticky side adheres to the paper roll very easily. Then use a [craft knife](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000V1QV7O/?tag=blmemo-20) and neatly cut out a nice window for the car. Before cutting out, draw the window for extra precision. Once the window and the driver seat is carved out pop out the windshield for a more realistic effect. Now to make this Christmas craft even more more snazzy, you add gold wheels. Yes! gold wheels and how do you do that you ask? You can find **[large jingle bells](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OYBZZDI/?tag=blmemo-20)** that are traditionally used as ornaments. Get a glue gun and remove 4 bells from your 9 pack and attach them to the sides of the the car. Add [gold stars stickers](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YABDEI/?tag=blmemo-20) to give the jingle cars an even more festive look. Here is a visual representation of this Christmas ornament making process. There it is - your own Jingle Cars ornaments for Santa. To make it into an ornament loop a [gold thread](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0073U1MK2/?tag=blmemo-20)though the hole and hang them in your tree. **** Thanks for reading ### Did you like this Christmas craft and ornament making activity? Then this book would be a PERFECT fit for you. *A convenient tool to have when you have enough things to accomplish around the Holidays. 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