Simple Pour Painted Homemade Christmas Ornaments

This post is contributed by Jennifer of Study at Home Mama. 

Homemade Christmas Ornaments Made Super Simple!

Looking for a simple ornament even the littlest kids can make?  These pour-painted homemade Christmas ornaments are great for any age, and there are so many fun ways you can customize them, too.  Check out how we made ours – you may be inspired to make some yourself!

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Pour Painted Homemade Christmas Ornaments

Materials:

• clear ball ornaments
• 2 or more colors of paint in original squeeze bottles
• glitter or glitter paint (optional)

You can attempt this homemade Christmas ornament with either clear plastic or clear glass ball ornaments.  We used glass, but plastic would have required a little less hovering on my part!

I also really like to place a drop cloth or a large piece of paper from our easel paper roll on the table so the kids can focus on their creations and not worry about the mess.

Steps:

Have the children squeeze a bit of paint into the open ornament ball.  Rotate the ornament a bit and add a squeeze of a different color.

Have the children roll the ornament in their hands, shake it, or do whatever they’d like to move the paint around and get that great marbled effect.

Add extra squirts of paint as you go until the children like the look of the ornaments, and the entire inside is covered in paint.

Use an empty egg carton to position the ornaments upside down so any excess paint drips out.  It’ll take at least a day for the ornaments to dry.

Once dry, re-attach the top of the ornament and add a length of string.  If the ornaments will be given as gifts, cut a piece of card for the the children to personalize, and use a hole punch so you can string it onto the ornament.

As an optional added step, you can attach stickers or stick-on jewels, or even use a stencil to add a special monogram.

What do you think?  I think the pour painted ornaments came out beautifully!  Would your kids like to make them?  Join the discussion in the comments below!

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