Pipe Cleaner Snowflake Ornament for Kids
I love this time of year as we look forward to the Christmas break, I have a house full of sick kiddies, but we still have time to share a good book and a simple craft like this Pipe Cleaner Snowflake Ornament.
We spend a lot more time in December on crafts and activities while reading holiday books. We do get in math and such but we always end in a great book with an associated activity like notebooking or in this case, my son made his own ornament.
Do you want more ideas like this? Check out my list of fun and easy DIY Ornaments for Kids.
If you want your kids to have more fun while learning this Christmas season, you have to try these awesome Christmas Activities for Kids.
We make ornaments every year and the kids enjoy seeing their past creations up on the tree. This year I”m joining up with other bloggers to bring you an ornament based on a book. This is a wonderful way to extend books with activities and crafts.
Have you read The Big Snow with your child? It’s a wonderful book about the habits of different animals in the winter. You get to see what wood rats, white tail deer, squirrels, mice and raccoons do in the winter, do the hibernate or migrate, what habits change to adapt to the winter season. I have a house full of animal lovers so this book selection was enjoyed by all.
The author then describes the snowflakes falling and you see different illustrations of snowflakes which gave us inspiration for our kids made ornaments, we had to make a snowflake.
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You can get super creative with DIY ornaments because you can use cute craft supplies like pom pom balls, paint, glitter and so much more.
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S’more Sledding Felt Ornament Kit
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Pipe cleaner Snowflake Ornament Supplies
- Pipe cleaners
- Scissors
- String – I used embroidery floss but you can use ribbon or yarn
See, didn’t I say this was simple, look at the supplies list, you only need three things. I cut 2 pipe cleaners in half so that I had 4 pieces. I also cut up another pipe cleaner to make 8 short pieces. You take two of the longer pipe cleaners and wrapped one around the other and pulled them out so it made an X. I did the same thing by adding the 3rd piece and wrapped it around the center of my X and pulled the ends out straight and did the same with the last piece. This leaves you with a snowflake with 8 points, I wrapped the smaller piece of pipe cleaner around each end to give it its snowflake appearance.
My son made his snowflake on his own, he wasn’t happy that the snowflake wasn’t perfectly symmetrical at times and redid some of them. Now head on over to Mama Miss to see the other kid-made ornaments bloggers are sharing as well. This is a wonderful series and there are some creative ladies in this bunch.
More Winter Activities
If you want to get ideas on what indoor activities are perfect for the cold weather months, try these snowflake crafts.
They are fun to make and you don’t need a lot of fancy craft supplies.
Looking for more craft ideas? Check out these fun winter crafts for kids!
More winter activities from other bloggers
Crystalized Glow in the Dark Dinosaur Ornaments by Glittering Muffins
Penguin Ornament by Kids Craft Room
Unicorn Christmas Ornament by My Bright Firefly
Simple Snowman Ornament by Easy Peasy and Fun
Polar Express Ornament by The Resourceful Mama
Corduroy’s Christmas Surprise Ornament by Something 2 Offer
Wood Slice Santa Ornament by The Eyes of a Boy
Don’t forget to take a peek at my kid made ornament from last year.
More Christmas Ornaments
Mo Willem’s Pigeon and Duckling Christmas Ornaments
DIY Galaxy Ornaments Your Kids Will Love
DIY Christmas Ornaments for Kids ~ Snowflake Edition by The Natural Homeschool
Christmas Ornaments for the Jesse Tree by The Natural Homeschool
More Christmas Activities
Christmas Activities for Kindergarten
Try these simple but engaging Christmas activities for kindergarten and let them have lots of fun while learning during the holidays.
These fun and festive reindeer arts and crafts will surely get your kids into the Christmas spirit!
What a great craft for developing fine motor skills, and so pretty too.
Yes definitely!
Simple but the instructions help to see what is needed and the supplies. Very nice!
Thanks!
So fun!!
What a great fine motor activity. I think I will have the kids make a bunch of these to hang on a tree outside.
Yes, they were very easy for the kids to make.
Simple enough for kids of all ages. Very cute.
Yes, we’re big on simple.
Pipe cleaners make the best snowflakes!!
ooooh we have lots of sparkly pipe cleaners left from bonfire night this looks like a great way to use them again #MadeForKids
I found your craft over at the Hip Homeschool Moms link party. I’m definitely pinning it so I can use it with my kids next week. Thank you! When you get time, come check out my corner of the blogosphere at http://fearfultofearlessblog.com/
Thanks will do.
Thank you for the book recommendation and fun craft! We appreciate you sharing with us each week at Mommy Monday Blog Hop!
Wishing you the merriest holidays!!
XOXO
So simple and beautiful! Thank you for stopping by the Learn & Play Link Up. This post will be featured on Christian Montessori Network this week!
Thank you!