Easy ornaments kids can make by coloring or sewing felt.
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This week’s Virtual Book Club for Kids read is Merry Christmas Mouse! We love this series by Laura Numeroff. This particular book focuses on counting as Mouse adds ornaments to the tree. We are in the middle of a big move, so I thought it would be fun to share this old post featuring simple ornaments kids can make. These ornaments can be sewn or colored. You don’t even really need to know what you are doing to sew them! Older children can experiment with sewing beads on as ornaments to make the activity a bit more challenging.
Ornaments Kids Can Make
I drew up some simple ornaments for the kids to color, printed them out, and handed them over. They traced the lines through onto the back of the printer paper so they could color both sides. Then we punched a hole in each ornament and added a bit of yarn to hang them on our tree. Very simple, and perfect for our very casually-decorated tree! We could have fancied them up with paint, glitter glue, or stickers, but the kids were happy with them as they were. We may still make some fancier ones between now and Christmas! I considered laminating them, but decided against it. If these tear, we’ll make some new ones.
The kids wanted to do some sewing as well, so I cut out some tree shapes from green felt, and handed them each a needle and thread. I had originally planned to have them stitch around the edges and stuff the middle, but decided two layers of felt were plenty thick – and, more importantly, if we weren’t stuffing, they could stitch wherever they liked! Can you guess which tree was sewn by which child?
They are all very proud of their ornaments – both the sewn ones and the colored ones. I added a loop of embroidery floss at the top of each sewn ornament, so they could hang from the tree. If I were doing this project with older children, I would probably give them beads or buttons to add as ornaments on their felt tree.
It was fun to watch each child deliberate over where to place their ornaments on the tree! The felt trees have stayed put, but Lily loves to move the paper ones around – and take them off the tree to carry around the house.
Want to make some of your own? Download the ornaments template!
More Activities for Merry Christmas Mouse!
Here are more fun ornaments kids can make!
- Polymer Clay Snowman Ornaments
- Model Magic Christmas Ornaments
- Favorite Kid Made Ornaments
- Torn Paper Tree Ornaments
- Salt Dough Christmas Tree Ornaments
- Washi Tape Christmas Baubles
- Solar System Christmas Ornaments
- Paint Explosion Ornaments
- Peppermint Cream Mice
- Paper Advent Countdown for Kids
- Mouse Themed Fingerprint Ornament
- Candy Cane Spool Ornament
We would love to see if you make some of these ornaments in your house! You can share on my Facebook page. You can always tag me on Instagram, too.
MaryAnne lives in Silicon Valley with her Stanford professor husband Mike and their four children. She writes about parenting through education, creativity, and play. Mama Smiles - Joyful Parenting is a space to share crafts, hands on learning activities, and family outings that enrich lives and bring families together.
