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An ultimate guide to kid-friendly Christmas ornaments

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Last year I wrote a few tips on how to toddler-proof your Christmas tree. I follow most of the advice, like using jingle bells to know when the toddler is near the tree or making a felt Christmas tree for kids to decorate. Well, it did the trick, but more than a few times, I was late, and at the end of the month, we lost about 10 glass ornaments to little prying hands. This year I decided to avoid glass ornaments altogether and make handmade shatterproof kid-friendly Christmas ornaments.

Since the theme of this Christmas is zero waste, all-natural decorations, it was quite easy to accomplish. The great thing about featured ornaments is they are not only kid-friendly aka unbreakable but also kids could be involved in making it, which could become a fun activity and make these ornaments treasures youโ€™ll keep for years.

Related: 15 Fun handmade Christmas ornaments ideas

I divide all our handmade shatterproof Christmas ornaments into a few categories by materials they are made out of:

  • natural materials
  • felt
  • paper
  • Cork
  • other things you can find at home. 
Contents hide
1 Handmade ornaments from natural materials
1.1 Christmas tree from twigs
1.2 Christmas ornaments from pinecones
1.3 Snowman from wood circles
1.4 Cinnamon stick Christmas tree
1.5 Dried citrus ornament
2 Handmade ornaments from felt
2.1 DIY Felt Dove ornaments
2.2 Felt pinecone hedgehog
2.3 DIY Felt pinecone owl
2.4 Felt and pinecone elves
3 Handmade ornaments from paper
3.1 Paper strip ball ornaments
3.2 Paper 3D ornaments with tacky glue
3.3 Folded paper star
3.4 Paper ballerina
4 Handmade Christmas ornaments from household items
4.1 Twine ball
4.2 Salt dough ornaments
5 Ornaments from pasta
6 Ornaments from cork

Handmade ornaments from natural materials

Christmas tree from twigs

Source: Easy, peasy, and fun

You'll need: Popsicle sticks, twigs, embellishments, Hot Glue gun

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KID-FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

Christmas ornaments from pinecones

You'll need: Pinecones, mod podge, Epsom salt, embellishments

Snowman from wood circles

Source: abundancofeverything.com

You'll need: eye hooks, felt

Cinnamon stick Christmas tree

You'll need:  Cinnamon sticks, evergreen branches

Dried citrus ornament

 Cut orange and lemon slices (5mm), dry them at 250 degrees for 3 hours. It will also make your house smell amazing! 

Handmade ornaments from felt

I recently published a post with 4 super cute and adorable felt Christmas ornaments, you can find it here or watch me make it here.

I also adore Lia Griffith's felt ornaments. They are so cute that I'm going to make a bunch with my daughter.

You'll need: quality felt

DIY Felt Dove ornaments

Felt pinecone hedgehog

DIY Felt pinecone owl

Felt and pinecone elves

See below how my Elf turned out. I didn't have a bead for the face and used half of the bottle cork instead.

Handmade ornaments from paper

Paper strip ball ornaments

This simple and elegant ornament will undoubtedly make your tree more festive, and oh, itโ€™s impossible to break it. To make it cut paper stripes 1 in wide each.

Paper 3D ornaments with tacky glue

To make these 3D ornaments cut eight circles in different colors. Glue halves to each other. With the same concept, you can create 3D Xmas trees.

Folded paper star

Source: birchandbutton.com

Paper ballerina

It's elegant, beautiful, and super simple to make. I'm planning to make those for myself ๐Ÿ˜‰

You'll need: binding wire, glue, paper napkins

Handmade Christmas ornaments from household items

Twine ball

Source: busycreatingmemories.com

You'll need: Mod podge, jute twine

Salt dough ornaments

I have an excellent recipe for salt dough ornaments and step by step how to make salt dough macaroons here.

They are so great to decorate with kids. 

Ornaments from pasta

So many cool decorations you could make out of regular pasta! It's crazy! And with a little paint, they can be transformed into a beautiful addition to your Christmas tree.

The DIY enthusiast has a great selection of pasta ornaments. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to make them this year but I'm really looking forward to it.

Ornaments from cork

These adorable angels from cork give me all the chills. They are so cute!

Source: growingupgabel.com

I hope you enjoyed this collection of Handmade kid-friendly Christmas Ornaments that are also so great to make with a toddler!

xoxo,

April

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