Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Kid Friendly Christmas Ornaments
Hello crafty friends and Happy Monday! It’s Nina-Marie here with you today and I have a fun, kid friendly project to share with you this week, featuring Neat & Tangled stamps and dies!
What I love most about today’s project, is that it is so easy for kids to get involved with… I know when I was a kid, how much I loved when my mom would put together a Christmas craft project that her, my siblings and I could work on together. It was great family time, and SO much fun. Those are great memories! Usually we would make ornaments and then gift them to friends and family members as gifts. It is fun to look back now and see all the different things we created and the creativity of a child’s mind!
The ornaments in today’s video are just as fun for both kids and grown-ups alike to work on! They feature the new Santa’s Wonderland stamp and die set, as well as the Little Baby Jesus stamp and die set (again, both are from Neat & Tangled). Having the coordinating dies makes this design so much easier to create, so I encourage you to pick up the dies for these sets (or any other stamp sets you are using as ornaments) if you don’t already have them.
I did Zig Clean Color watercoloring on these images, but keep in mind that you can use ANY medium for this project. Colored pencils (even your kid’s Crayola pencils!), markers, watercolors… the sky is the limit! If you are interested in the color combinations I used for these images, I have them listed here:
- Santa: Geranium Red 029, Tea Rose 220, Flesh Color 071, May Green 047, Marine Green 400, Yellow 050, Beige 072, Blue Gray 092, Warm Gray 2 900
- Baby Jesus: Mustard 067, Shadow Mauve 303, Flesh Color 071, Tea Rose 220, Mid Brown 065
- Reindeer: Oatmeal 064, Beige 072, Flesh Color 071, Geranium Red 029, May Green 047, Mid Brown 065, Tea Rose 220, Shadow Mauve 303
- Snowman: Shadow Mauve 303, Mid Green 046, Olive Green 043, Deep Red 260, Mustard 067, Tea Rose 220
- Penguin: Blue Gray 092, Geranium Red 029, May Green 047, Yellow 050, Mustard 067, Shadow Mauve 303, Tea Rose 220
To make these ornaments a bit more sturdy than one single piece of paper, I layered up four die cut pieces (three plain white die cuts plus the watercolored die cut image). Because these ornaments will get handled quite a bit (we want them to last for a very long time!), I feel that taking the extra time to layer multiple die cuts together is worth it. Also, this allows you to sandwich the a ribbon (or you can use string, baker’s twine, etc. to act as a hanger) between the die cut pieces, which hides the hanger and keeps your ornament looking cute and clean.
I also think adding the date to the backside is a smart idea because it will allow you and your kids to look back and remember when you created these cuties! And make sure your kids sign their names on them too! :D
I hope you will check out the video below on how I created these ornaments! Thanks so much for stopping by and spending some time with me today… I will be back here on Wednesday with some more holiday gift giving inspiration (hint: it is not ornaments, but rather something a bit more like cash… just sayin’!) See you then!!!
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What a great project and cute ornaments!
These are so cute!!!
These are so cute and brings back memories of making ornaments with my children when they were small. They still have some of those ornaments on their trees. I need to do this with my two youngest grandsons! Thanks for the reminder.
What fun ideas !
These are so darling! Thank you so much for sharing your video. I’m so inspired. :D
Delightful little creations that the youngsters will enjoy making! Love all the bright colors!
These ornaments are so cute))
What adorable ornaments! I just love them! And what a great giveaway, too! Thanks!
We make new ornaments to add to the tree every year, this will be a fun activity! Thanks for sharing!
Great ideas for kids!
What a cute and simple idea! Thanks for sharing!
These ornaments are just adorable!! I definitely need to start my Christmas projects at the beginning of the year, in between others…I’m always rushing like mad at the end of the year to make them, and I like making things for the card drives that happen at that time!!
I have lots of fond memories of making ornaments when I was young! What a great project! Super love this!
Such an adorable card.
These would make a perfect craft for after Thanksgiving dinner. Always on the look out for a new craft!
Love the paper ornaments.
I have a tree that is decorated
with nothing but handmade items.
these would go well on that tree.
thanks for sharing.
These ornaments are so cute!! Love them!
What a cute idea! I think my grandchildren would love to make these! Nina, you share so many wonderful ideas, tips and techniques–thank you!
Such a fun idea! I need to get my girls coloring!
Beautifully done and such a nice project for kids. This would make a neat family tradition. TFS
Lovely ornaments. I would love to have these for home decoration.
Love these!! Could definitely see myself making some cute ornaments with Simon Stamps with my 6 year old daughter!!
What a great idea! I would have never thought to take the images as is to. She an ornament.
So cute!!!
Nice idea! I can imagine my nephews doing something like this!
Great idea! My grandkids love doing projects like this.
A sweet idea!
Wonderful idea and
lots of cute designs.
Carla from Utah
Such great ideas!!
I wish my grandchildren lived closer this would be an awesome project to do with them!
What a fun idea, Nina-Marie! When our girls were young we used to make ornaments with stamps and clay. With your ornaments, you don’t need to bake them. ;)
This is such a cute and fun idea! TFS
These are so cute; I will have to try my hand at them with my nephews.
I have every ornament my kids made growing up and they bring back great memories while trimming the tree every year. These are so cute and would be a fun project to do with my grand kids.
I love this idea! I get to use more of my Christmas stamps and the kids can rearrange these ornaments as much as they like. Thanks!
Very cute! I use to set up holiday crafts for my kids, too! Now I cant’ seem to keep them at home for more than hour (LOL) Happy crafting!
These ornaments are adorable! You’ve given me some great ideas for grandchildren projects!
These are just sweet Nina. I could definitely make these with/for my little grandsons!
love this project, the ornaments look fantastic and you don’t need a lot of skill to color them in
Love these ornaments and it’s the perfect thing for kids to do. Would make wonderful gifts for family & friends too.
SUCH A fun idea and Video!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Cute ornaments! I bring a craft project for the kids to make at our family Christmas and I think this is the one for this year!
Such cute little ornaments! Adorable.
Very darling ornaments!!
Love the idea of using stamping for ornaments for the tree, so nice to have some homemade pieces on the tree
Awesome coloring on these ornaments!
Oh yes, they’re the cutest ornaments, to have dies to cut them makes them instantly useable and the kids would love to hang these on the tree…pretty soon now
Absolutely adorable! Love this idea of creating keepsakes!
These are so cute!!, beautiful coloring and I love the idea to give them as a set!!
This is really lovely. I like these ornaments.