10 Handmade Christmas Ornaments for Kids: Inspired by Nature!
After Letters from Santa 🙂 , one of this little family’s favorite Christmas Traditions is creating homemade Christmas ornaments each year. The Littlest Helper crafts up oodles of Ornaments as gifts for her teachers and grandparents, her friends, for our own tree, and most importantly, to leave for Santa Claus when he stops by Christmas Eve!
This year she has asked me once again to go into her class to lead her class in crafting up some DIY Christmas ornaments, so we have been on the hunt for new ideas. Our focus this year is on nature-inspired ornaments (which should help clear out some of the found treasures around here!) and I am really excited about the wonderful inspiration we have found from our crafty blogger friends! If you like twig and pine-cone crafts you will love these!
If you love kids ornament crafts, I have shared a number of Christmas ornaments kids can make in previous posts. You might want to bookmark them now and come back to them later – Reindeer ornaments, Pom Pom ornaments, Santa ornaments, or even Elf ornaments, and Grinch ornaments!
The Little Helper often gives her hand-made treasures as gifts
 to teachers, coaches, and even Santa! 🙂
Nature Inspired Ornaments Kids Can Make
1. Twig Tree Ornament – Happy Hooligans
This little twig ornament is one of the ornaments The Littlest Helper has requested we make this year. And we happened to find this exact yarn at the dollar store yesterday! Fun!!
Twiggy Tree Ornaments – Happy Hooligans
 2. Ribbon Tree Ornament – Typically Simple
Ribbon Tree Ornament – Typically Simple
3. DIY Christmas Ornaments Using Natural Materials – My Nearest and Dearest
We have done some version of this homemade Christmas ornament nearly every year, so we will likely take a break this year. However, I LOVE the idea of filling them with bits of nature!
DIY Ornaments Using Things From Nature – My Nearest and Dearest
4. Beaded Pinecone Christmas Tree Ornament – Paging Fun Mums
We are a bit bead-crazy over here, so this beaded pinecone ornament is a wonderful playdate idea in the run up to Christmas! I always like to send the kids home with a little treasure this time of year – the proud looks on their little faces is just so much fun!
Beaded Pine-cone Christmas Tree Ornament – Paging Fun Mums
5. Pine Cone Elves – Pink and Green Mama
Yup – simply adorable! And much easier to make than they look! These little pinecone elf ornaments will likely head back with Santa on Christmas Eve, or maybe be left out on the front steps for those little Elves who come jingling by to drop off that much awaited Christmas Eve Package from Santa!
Pine Cone Elves – Pink and Green Mama
6. Pinecone Angels – Peace But Not Quiet
Pinecone Angels – Peace But Not Quiet
7. Pine Cone Weaving – Rainy Day Mum
Pine Cone Weaving – Rainy Day Mum
8. Snowy, Sparkly Pine Cone Ornaments – Half Baked Harvest
This has to be among the simplest but lovely little pinecone ornament crafts – even the tiniest little hands can easily glue and glitter these beauties up for the Christmas Tree!
Snowy, Sparkly Pine Cone Ornaments – Half Baked Harvest
9. Pine Cone Peacock Ornament – The Kid’s Fun Review
This little pinecone peacock ornament reminds me so much of a magnet peacock craft we did at The Littlest Helper’s second birthday! Imagine this little sweetheart hanging from the branches of your Christmas Tree!
Pine Cone Peacock Ornament – The Kid’s Fun Review
10. Beaded Twig Christmas Ornaments – Housing A Forest
I can’t wait to get started on these beaded twig ornaments. And I especially love how they use the fork of the twig, so no hot glue required, which makes it perfect for those little people to feel like they have completed the entire craft themselves!
Beaded Twig Christmas Ornaments – Housing A Forest
11. Pinecone Reindeer – Kids Craft Room
You caught me! I am sneaking in a number 11 at the last minute. These little pinecone reindeer ornaments are just too adorable to leave out!
Pinecone Reindeer Ornaments – Kids Craft Room
That is the collection of homemade Christmas ornaments for kids that we will be focusing on this year. I hope you find this little list of nature-based ornaments as inspirational as we have! As always, I would love to hear what ornaments are on your Christmas Craft list this year!!
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