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Pipe Cleaner Snowflake Ornament for Kids

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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. 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.

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.
Kids can make their own ornaments with this easy pipe cleaner snowflake ornament

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.

 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.

Pipe Cleaner Snowflake Ornaments for Kids

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.

See what these other bloggers have been creating over on their blogs

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

Kid Made Christmas Ornaments Based on a Book

Don’t forget to take a peek at my kid made ornament from last year.

Make your own Pigeon and Duckling Christmas ornaments so they can spend Christmas with you

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  1. Emma (Kids Craft Room) says

    December 3, 2015 at 4:29 pm

    What a great craft for developing fine motor skills, and so pretty too.

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    • Monique says

      December 3, 2015 at 11:37 pm

      Yes definitely!

      Reply
  2. Carolyn Wilhelm says

    December 3, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    Simple but the instructions help to see what is needed and the supplies. Very nice!

    Reply
    • Monique says

      December 3, 2015 at 11:37 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  3. Melissa says

    December 4, 2015 at 12:28 am

    So fun!!

    Reply
  4. Shelah says

    December 4, 2015 at 12:02 pm

    What a great fine motor activity. I think I will have the kids make a bunch of these to hang on a tree outside.

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    • Monique says

      December 7, 2015 at 3:02 pm

      Yes, they were very easy for the kids to make.

      Reply
  5. Marina (Flash Bugs Studio) says

    December 4, 2015 at 9:05 pm

    Simple enough for kids of all ages. Very cute.

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    • Monique says

      December 7, 2015 at 3:02 pm

      Yes, we’re big on simple.

      Reply
  6. Julie says

    December 9, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    Pipe cleaners make the best snowflakes!!

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  7. Clare's Little Tots says

    December 14, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    ooooh we have lots of sparkly pipe cleaners left from bonfire night this looks like a great way to use them again #MadeForKids

    Reply
  8. Heather at Fearful to Fearless says

    December 15, 2015 at 11:30 am

    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/

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    • Monique says

      December 18, 2015 at 1:09 am

      Thanks will do.

      Reply
  9. Mrs. AOK says

    December 20, 2015 at 11:06 am

    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

    Reply
  10. Marie says

    December 20, 2015 at 1:59 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • Monique says

      December 22, 2015 at 2:17 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply

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