Easy Homemade Snowman Handprint Ornaments for Kids
Looking for a super cute homemade ornament to make with your kids this year? Try a fun handprint snowman ornament! They take very few supplies and can be done with even the littlest of hands!
We tried these for the first time last year, and they look awesome on a Christmas tree! And now we get to see the cute little hands every year when we pull them out.
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Making Your Own Christmas Ornaments
As Christmas time comes around, my kids love to make all the Christmas crafts. They love all the decorating, too, but especially love when they see their own homemade decorations around the house. It makes them excited every time they see it.
Prepping for This Craft
Besides gathering all the craft supplies you’ll need in advance, you’ll need to plan ahead for the time. The ornament has to dry between putting the paint inside the ornament and putting the handprints on, so plan ahead for that.
Let Your Child Free Paint As Well
We’ve found that young children have a hard time just putting one handprint on something without wanting to paint more. So, while we’re working on this ornament, we also have scrap paper next to us to let the kids paint anything they want. Usually, its more white handprints everywhere.
Step-by-Step Handprint Snowman Ornaments for Kids
Here’s a step by step guide, but I think it’s easier to look at the pictures with it. The important part is that you pick a clear ornament that your child’s handprint will come about half to two-thirds up from the bottom of the ornament. This easy craft is great to make together for all family members, you’ll just need to get different size ornaments accordingly.
Materials You’ll Need
We found everything we needed at Hobby Lobby, but try any local craft store or even the dollar store. You can also order the supplies online which I’ve linked below.
- Clear Ornaments – We chose not to use glass ornaments and went for plastic ornaments instead because my kids are so little
- Blue glitter and white paint (washable is fine, but you can use acrylic paint if that’s what you have)
- Plastic pipettes like these
- Fine tipped black permanent marker
- Plastic tray to dry the ornaments on
- Optional-Colored paint or permanent markers for details
- Optional- White snow glitter
You may also want to have paper towels and clean up supplies on hand if you’re doing this with very little kids. It can get a little bit messy.
Step 1: Fill the Ornament with Paint
First, after you remove the top of the ornament, you’ll have your child pipette the blue glitter paint into the clear ornament. You may need to hold the ornament for them or find something for it to sit on if they find it too difficult to also hold it. As they’re filling, rotate the ornament around to get a good idea of when it’s completely coated.
The pipette does take a little longer than just pouring, but this is a great activity for your child’s fine motor skills! Using pipettes is a great way to build those small muscles of the finger and hand while also improving coordination.
Step 2: Let the Inside Paint Dry
After the inside is completely coated, turn them upside down on a plastic tray to dry. If there’s a lot of extra paint in the ornament, pour it back into the bottle first. The most important part is that you need to keep moving the drying ornaments, so the paint doesn’t dry them to the tray.
Step 3: Add the White Handprint
Once the inside is completely dry, you can add the white handprints. Paint your child’s hand or have them get it covered in paint, so that its completely covered but not dripping. Then place an entire handprint around the bottom of the ornament.
Optional: While the white paint is still wet, you can dip it into the white snowy glitter if you have it. Turn the ornament back upside down to dry completely again.
Step 4: Add the Snowman Details
Lastly, use the markers to give the snowmen faces, arms, and even a carrot nose if you have orange. We used paint markers for the ones in the picture. If you’re feeling extra crafty, you can hot glue on small pom poms for hats and gloves, too.
Then, add the top back on and tie on a ribbon to hang your ornament!
Time to Hang Up Your Ornament
Once everything on the ornament is dry, you can hang them up on the Christmas tree! My kids love hanging the ornaments they made themselves and having homemade ornaments makes them extra excited for Christmas time! We hope you all have a great, relaxing holiday time together.
Try More Easy DIY Christmas Ornaments for Kids
Another fun way to make Christmas ornaments with kids is with this homemade cinnamon dough! The process of making the dough is even more fun for kids than the ornaments themselves, but they love it all. Check it out here.
Easy Pipe Cleaner Ornaments
For even easier homemade ornaments, try this pipe cleaner ornaments. This is one of our favorite Christmas fine motor activities that also doubles as a cute handmade ornament. Check it out here.
