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Santa Hat Ornament

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Now that Thanksgiving is over, we’ve officially started Christmas crafting.

Our first project was a Santa Hat Ornament.

They were easy to make and you probably already have all the supplies on hand.

Make a simple Santa Hat Ornament to hang on your Christmas tree this year when you create this simple Christmas craft for kids.

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Make a simple Santa Hat Ornament to hang on your Christmas tree this year when you create this simple Christmas craft for kids.

Supplies Needed:

Red card stock or construction paper

Circle template

Scissors

Tape (not pictured)

Ribbon or string

Glue

Cotton balls

Make a simple Santa Hat Ornament to hang on your Christmas tree this year when you create this simple Christmas craft for kids.

How to make a Santa Hat Ornament

To prep this project, trace a circle on the red card stock. I used a bowl from our play kitchen as my template. Search around your house for a circle the size that you want. It shouldn’t be hard to find.

After tracing your circle, draw a line from the center to the outside edge.

Then you will need to cut out your circle and cut the line from the edge to the center.

Make a simple Santa Hat Ornament to hang on your Christmas tree this year when you create this simple Christmas craft for kids.

Once your circle is cut out, you will want to form it into a cone.

Before forming into the cone, tape the ends of your ribbon inside the hat so that the loop will stick out the top.

Tape the edges of the paper securely to hold the cone shape.

Make a simple Santa Hat Ornament to hang on your Christmas tree this year when you create this simple Christmas craft for kids.

Pull your cotton balls apart so they are nice and fluffy.

Apply a line of glue around the bottom of your hat and also around the tip. Apply your cotton fluff to the glue.

Make a simple Santa Hat Ornament to hang on your Christmas tree this year when you create this simple Christmas craft for kids.

Ta-da! Now, you’re done with your ornament. Once the glue is dry, you can hang your Santa Hat Ornament on your Christmas tree.

What Christmas crafts are you planning on doing this year?

Make a simple Santa Hat Ornament to hang on your Christmas tree this year when you create this simple Christmas craft for kids.

You may also like one of these Christmas crafts:

DIY Scratch Art Christmas Ornaments

Salt Dough Candy Cane Ornament

Stained Glass Star Suncatcher

Mini Wreath Photo Frame Ornaments from Teach-Me Mommy

Gift Guide for the Young Artist

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We love art supplies and find that they always make a great gift. This gift guide is designed to give you fun ideas for your art-loving kids. I’ve got everything from stocking stuffers to big gifts. I hope you can find something your little one will enjoy!

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This set of bamboo brushes from Imagine Childhood would be perfect for your little painter.

Most of my favorite art books for children are written by MaryAnn F. Kohl. Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning will help your kids learn about the great artists while making fabulous art.

You can learn about art masterpieces and play games at the same time. This fun set of Art Up Close Cards comes with instructions for four different games.

Every artist needs a fun spot to to create their masterpieces. These small colorful notebooks would do the trick.

One of my favorite things to make art with are watercolor pencils. They’re easy to use and this set of Faber and Castell Watercolor EcoPencils would be great fun.

If you want some fun paint to go with those paint brushes, these Natural Blends Paint Colors would be perfect and easy to stuff in the stocking.

These Crayon Rocks are perfect for even the littlest hands.

With this Young Artist Texture Painting Set, your kids will have fun experimenting while creating.

Every artist needs an easel and this Melissa & Doug Deluxe Standing Easel is the perfect choice for your young artist.

Stick these Melissa & Doug Rainbow Scratch Art Boards in your kids’ stockings and they will have fun creating their own masterpieces.

Art Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media-For Budding Artists of All Ages
is an amazing resource of art projects for kids at any level of artistic skill.

There are so many art kits available that it becomes hard to choose the best. But, the Artterro Creativity Kit is one of my favorites. It’s eco-friendly and full of high-quality supplies.

What would you recommend for the young artist?

10 Ways to Play this Weekend: Week 17

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Kid’s Co-op

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Have you missed the Kid’s Co-op as much as I have? Are you ready to play? Please join up and share your favorite post. (And, we’d love you forever if you’d link back to us!) Your link will show up on all of the hosts’ blogs. It’s time to link up, visit some new blogs, and have a lot of fun!

 

Book Love

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One of the first parenting/education blogs I ever read was Imagination Soup. Melissa is an amazing resource for fun ideas and great advice. We’ve gotten to know each other know through our blogs and now I’m thrilled to be a part of her launch team for her new book, Book Love.

The book is a wonderful resource of fun, practical, and easy-to-implement ideas for your young reader. Do you have beginning readers? This book will help you foster a lifelong love of reading. Do you have reluctant readers? Melissa will help you pin-point the problem and will give you ideas to get from reluctance to enthusiasm.

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Here’s what you’ll find in the book:

  • Activities and product recommendations.
  • Word attack and reading comprehension strategies.
  • The big reasons kids hate to read and what to do about them: too boring, too tricky, too blurry, too “sitty”.
  • Book lists organized by kid-interests.

You can purchase Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader 1st Edition for your Kindle (you can also read it on just about any device by downloading the free reading app) or you can buy the paperback edition here.I truly believe both parents and educators could benefit from Book Love. I know I did!