a craft for older kids

Found this adorable idea for a homemade Christmas ornament that I have been really wanting to try. You can check out the original idea from here.

I simplified the materials to things that I already had on hand and materials that I thought Sam would be able to help me with. Not so much.

We used strips of construction paper instead of ribbon, pipe cleaners for the stems and big plastic beads instead of the fancy glass beads. But she still couldn't poke the pipe cleaner through the paper, did not understand the folding it over process and putting the whole thing together was NOT a task for a three year old. Probably six or seven if you really want them to look like the original picture!

But with lots of help from me we made three little trees that don't look so bad.

 
Won't be gifts for anyone but maybe they will be added to our tree.

 
So, if you have slightly older kids that might want to help make ornaments this could be a cute one to tackle. But not a good preschool craft!

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The Nitty Gritty!

This craft did lead to a brief conversation between Sam and I about the shapes of trees. She told me they didn't look much like the trees outside. I asked her what trees are suppose to look like and she said she didn't know. So, we headed out to the deck and looked at all the trees in our backyard, comparing size and shape to the ones we had just made. She decided that the blue looking tree (blue spruce, which does have a distinct triangle shape) at the far back of our yard did look a bit like the ones we made but just the wrong color. Got me thinking I need to work more with her on shapes because she did not know those or how to describe what she was seeing at all.

Shapes in nature...hmmmmmm........

Comments

[Tat]

They look beautiful. Will definitely keep them in mind for Christmas time.

Kids usually love to help even if the task is way too complicated for them and if they don't really help that much. At pre-school my son told everyone how he made the sushi rolls in his lunchbox..

[T Rex Mom]

Thank you for the suggestion. I think we'll try this one a little closer to Christmas.

[Janet]

Love these! Very cute. I love the wavy shapes of the trees.

[sports injuries in Cheshire]

Its really great craft. I am so impressed by that and its looking very impressive and attractive, Thanks for sharing such a great older kids craft.

[Debt Advice]

Awesome! So much fun, my kids would love it!

[penny stock to buy]

Here every craft activity looking great and it design and decoration very impressive for me. I am so excited for make it today.

[raspberry ketones]

What and excellent kids craft and it is very beautiful. I want to make is for my kids. I want to make it on today. Such very great ideas to share here.