How to make Christmas ornaments

Get crafty this Christmas with some homemade ornaments for your tree!

You will need

  • Christmas ornaments template PDF
  • plain, patterned or coloured paper
  • scissors (careful!)
  • a hole-puncher
  • glitter, sequins or coloured pens to decorate
  • ribbon or string
  • sticky tape
  • glue

How to make your ornament

Step 1

Print out the Christmas shapes we've provided onto coloured paper and cut them out carefully with scissors.

Step 2

Punch a hole in the top of each of your shapes.

Step 3

Decorate the shapes with the glitter, sequins and any other materials as you like.

Step 4

Cut a piece of ribbon to thread through the hole of each shape and tie each one off with enough length to hang your new decorations on your Christmas tree.

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