These glittery popsicle stick ornaments are the prettiest of the ornament crafts we’ve done this week!
I think the glitter makes these simple homemade popsicle stick ornaments look special.
It’s been a busy week of ornament-making!
We’ve made a button wreath ornament, pom pom ornaments, and finally this popsicle stick ornament.
So this ornament is by my far my favorite that we’ve done!
I can’t wait to show you!
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How We Did It: Making Glittery Popsicle Stick Ornaments
The first thing you do is make the popsicle stick ornament base.
Preferably during nap time.
Alone.
In silence, or with Christmas music, if that’s what you like during your off hours.
And because good things come in threes, I made three different popsicle stick ornament bases: a Christmas tree, a snowflake, and a star.
The Christmas Tree Ornament
For each tree, you’ll need three green popsicle sticks, a small piece of corrugated cardboard, a piece of yarn, and a hot glue gun.
Add a small dab of hot glue to the ends of one stick and to the bottom of another stick.
Stick them all together to form a triangle.
Here’s a little tip: to get the angle of the tree just right, have your bottom stick ready at the base of your triangle and use it to adjust the top angle of the triangle so the bottom ends match up with the ends of the bottom popsicle stick.
Cut a small rectangle out of the corrugated cardboard (I peeled the top layer off to create some texture) to make the trunk of the tree.
Glue that on the back of the bottom popsicle stick.
Then hot glue a loop of yarn at the back of the top of the tree, making sure the ends of the yarn are glued down as well.
I like using green so that the hanger blends in with the tree.
(Yes, I’m planning on actually hanging my daughter’s homemade ornaments on the tree no matter how crazy they look! And no, I don’t have a separate “kids” tree. What I do have is the backside of our regular tree…)
The Six-Point Star (Star of David) Ornament
This star just seemed appropriate for Christmas, right?
Christmas is about Jesus’ birth. Jesus was from Israel. The Israeli flag has a six-point star, ergo…
OK, it’s not really about that.
I just really struggled to make a five-point star. I could get it to work before I glued it all together. It was after I started gluing that the ends wouldn’t match up. If any of you have any tips, please share!
So we made a six-point star instead. It’s really easy!
You’ll need six popsicle sticks, a loop of yarn to hang the ornament with, and your trusty hot glue gun.
Make two triangles. (See Christmas tree instructions.)
Glue one triangle upside down on top of the other. You may want to fiddle around to find the best placement so that the sticks are touching as closely as they can.
Then hot glue the loop of yarn to the back of your star.
The Snowflake Ornament
We’ve saved the best (and easiest!) for last.
I used three popsicle sticks, another loop of yarn, and the good ol’ hot glue gun. You are welcome to use four popsicle sticks if you would like.
Add a dab of glue to the center of one popsicle stick, then place another stick on top at 2 and 8. Add another dab of glue to the center of the second stick, then place the last stick on top at 4 and 10.
Hot glue the loop of yarn to the back of the third stick, making sure the ends are glued down well so that they stay out of sight.
Decorating the Ornaments
To decorate the ornaments, I grabbed mini pom poms, silver glitter, and sequins.
We had some glitter glue left over from our glue slime activity, so I decided to use that, because hey, we could use all the glitter we can get!
I asked my two-year-old, Ella, which ornament she wanted to make first, and she picked the snowflake. When I let her choose how to decorate it, she said, unsuprisingly…
“I want sprinkles.”
Sigh. All right, we’re getting glittery and messy over here!
I helped with the glitter glue so we wouldn’t get too sticky AND glittery.
A large paper plate was surprisingly all we needed to contain the glitter.
Ella went a little glitter crazy. But really, the paper plate did manage to catch almost all of it.
I love the imprint of the snowflake ornament left on the plate!
Next up was the Christmas tree ornament.
Ella wanted to squeeze the glue onto the ornament herself.
(I helped a little more too!)
We put a yellow pom pom on top of the tree, and then it was time to carefully place the sequins.
Look at that fine motor work!
I don’t know why, but she had to hold several in her hand as she did this project. It took her longer to pick up the sequins and put them in her hand than it did to decorate the ornament!
Ella also added one of the little paper stars to the yellow pom pom.
The second tree was decorated with both sequins and pom pom ornaments.
The last ornament we decorated was the Star of David.
Glitter time!
Ella was very proud of her glittery star.
When the glue dried, we went back and added a pom pom to each point of the star.
Here are our finished ornaments!
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A messy, beautiful ornament craft. <3
Your Turn!
Supplies:
– multi-color craft sticks
– hot glue
– yarn or ribbon to hang the ornaments
– small piece of corrugated cardboard
– glitter glue
– glitter
– mini pom poms (1/2 inch)
– sequins
Instructions:
- To make the Christmas tree ornament, hot glue three green craft sticks in the shape of a triangle. Glue a small rectangle of cardboard to the bottom of the triangle to make the tree trunk. Then glue a loop of yarn or ribbon to the top of the triangle.
- To make the six-point Star of David ornament, take six yellow craft sticks and form two triangles with them using hot glue. Glue the two triangles together to make the star. Then glue a loop of yarn to the top of the star.
- To make the snowflake ornament, hot glue three of the same color craft sticks together to form an asterisk shape. Glue a loop of yarn to the top of the snowflake.
- Decorate the ornaments with your kids however you all would like. Use lots of glitter, or just pom poms or sequins, or mix them all up!
Check out our button wreath ornament and pom pom ornament crafts as well!
Happy ornament-making and Merry Christmas!
Looking for an organized guide of fun, easy activities to do with your toddler that also encourages their growth and development?
I’ve created a 3-month activity planner just for busy parents like you! The plan includes 65 detailed, simple, and stress-free activities including: arts and crafts, sensory play, motor skills, and STEM–all using easy-to-find supplies.
Let me help make planning activities for your toddler easy, so you can skip the stress and get straight to the fun!
Is your Christmas tree:
1. “Sentimental” with lots of mismatched, but meaningful ornaments or
2. “Pretty” like the kind you see featured in a magazine? (I mean, you have sentimental things in other places, just not on your beautiful tree 🙂 Comment below!