Kids glue gold or silver foil around craft sticks, then glue the shiny sticks into a star or snowflake. It's a two-step homemade ornament that a 5-year-old can do with very little help.
Supervise scissors use, or have an adult cut the foil strips ahead of time.
Use washable, non-toxic white glue and wash hands after crafting.
Supervise young children so they don't mouth the glue or the foil.
Before the kids arrive
Cut the gold and silver foil into strips a little wider and longer than a craft stick.
Steps
Set out the foil strips, craft sticks and glue, and invite your child to make "stars".
Apply glue to the reverse side of a foil strip.
Wrap the foil taut around a thin craft stick.
Seal it and make sure all the ends are closed.
Repeat until you have 5 golden sticks for a star.
Arrange the craft sticks in your desired shape.
Glue the pieces together using white glue.
Let the glue dry, then hang your ornament on the tree.
Tips
The process has only 2 steps, but the wrapping stage may be a little bit tricky for younger kids. My 5 year old did this with very minimal help.from the author
Getting to make a star ornament was very exciting. Being told her homemade ornament would go on top of the tree was met with big squeals and wide grins.from the author
Any gold foil wrapper available at craft stores, or even solid gold foil wrapping paper, should work.from the author
Regular kitchen foil works for the snowflake. If you want to go fancy, there's a wide variety of craft silver foil in the market.from the author
Foil-wrapped ornaments made by the kids make a nice personal gift for family. Kids can also keep a set for their own tree one day.from readers
Make it your own
Use silver foil and make a snowflake instead of a star.
Wrap juice bottle caps in foil and place a cut-out photo of your child inside. The photo covers the foil edges. Glue on a ribbon bow as a hanger.
Use fancy patterned craft foil for a different look.
The story behind it
By TurkeyMom · December 2013
For these beautiful homemade ornaments kids can make, you will need gold foil, silver foil, craft sticks and white glue. I set out the materials and invited my 5 year old to make stars.
Apply glue to the reverse side of the gold foil paper and wrap it taut around a thin craft stick. Seal it and make sure all the ends are closed.
Making the star shape was fun, and to be told that her homemade ornament will go on top of the tree was met with big squeals and wide grins.
So we did not stop with the gold. Bring on the silver, and we made a cute snowflake. Regular kitchen foil will work for the snowflake.
Getting to make a star ornament was very exciting for her, and to top it all it was a gold star! We are in an "everything should be golden colored" phase now.
Pretty simple, huh? Wrap and glue ornaments. If you want to go fancy, you can choose from a wide variety of craft silver foil available in the market.
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Foil-wrapped bottle cap photo ornaments
A parent wrapped juice bottle caps in foil, placed a cut-out photo of each child inside, and added a ribbon hanger. They became personal gifts for family.
“we used to use Juice bottle caps wrapped this way with one of their pictures cut out and placed in the inside of the cap.”
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Pallie Spadafino · Feb 2014
When my kids were young we used to use Juice bottle caps wrapped this way with one of their pictures cut out and placed in the inside of the cap. The picture covered the edges of the foil. We glued a ribbon that had been tied in a bow around a bottle cap for a hanger, When the ribbon was slid off of the cap we glued the knot area to the top and the leftover circle made a nice hanger. This made a nice personal gift for many family members and the kids have a set of their own which gave them a start on their own Christmas tree ornaments when they left home.
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Pallie Spadafino · Feb 2014
When my kids were young we used to use Juice bottle caps wrapped this way with one of their pictures cut out and placed in the inside of the cap. The picture covered the edges of the foil. We glued a ribbon that had been tied in a bow around a bottle cap for a hanger, When the ribbon was slid off of the cap we glued the knot area to the top and the leftover circle made a nice hanger. This made a nice personal gift for many family members and the kids have a set of their own which gave them a start on their own Christmas tree ornaments when they left home.