Making Christmas Ornaments with the Grands, Part III

Making Christmas ornaments with the grandkids, and making them out of a wooden block from the craft store. And if your grandkids aren't around to do this, just add it to your own craft list. It's very fun.

I saw this idea on Pinterest. I simply got what I thought would be the needed supplies, including a package of wooden craft blocks from the hobby store, and let my grands do the rest. They are teenagers now, so I could turn them loose. They are so creative!

You'll need the aforementioned wooden cubes, pretty Christmas-themed papers, an assortment of ribbons and embellishments, hot glue gun and Mod Podge.

​Here we go!

Wooden blocks from the craft store.

You'll need some Mod Podge and pretty scrapbook papers too!

While you're in the craft store, get some charming embellishments for the ornaments.

My grands and I have done Christmas ornament-making for about three years in a row. They always suggest raiding the old costume jewelry box (which is part of our costume box) for other embellishments.

We got hooks and eyelets from Poppa's workbench.

The finished products.

The girls sent me pictures of the ornaments hanging from their tree.

Calling all grandparents! If your grandkids aren't in town, or they're in town, but much too busy for this project, I suggest doing it yourself. It can fill up your cozy December evenings, and you can turn it into a keepsake ornament for your own tree or to gift to them for Christmas. Especially if you use their photos. I'll include a website for this at the end of this blog.

Decoupaging photos on the wooden cubes! You'll find blog spot link at the end of my blog.

More ideas!

You can have a tea with your grandkids, and then make the ornaments. Just another fun get-together for you and your grandkids. We did that last year. I got the treats, but the girls made the canapés and set the table for us. Then we simply cleared the table and got busy creating. It's just another fun time that one hopes all involved will always remember!
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The foods for tea created by my granddaughters.

These were the ornaments created last year. Instead of wooden blocks, they were made from wooden hearts and stars also available at your friendly local craft store.

And that's it! This is a blog for and about grandparents and grandchildren. And today's blog can work for grandparents only. If you're not able to do this with your grandchildren, it's a fun project just for YOU. Or invite some friends over and create a keepsake ornament. It's all good!

Another of my blogs about ornament making:

​www.gigisseasonings.com/blog/making-keepsake-ornaments

Blog about making photo ornaments:

​wmcraftgoodies.blogspot.com/2010/11/day-29-photo-memory-block-ornament.html?m=1

Happy Christmas season to you and yours!