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Children's Art Ornaments
Published 12.16.2008 | Permanent Link | Comments (8)
By Cindy Hopper
Here is a simple and fun craft that any child that is old enough to color with Sharpie markers will enjoy!
Supplies:
- Clear glass ball ornaments (2.63 inch) These can be found a craft store like Michael's
- Colored Sharpie markers
- Clear transparency (This can be purchased at a copy shop like Kinko's)
The hardest part of this craft is getting the correct size of circle that will fit into your glass ball. You may download the size of circle we used if you are using 2.63 inch glass ornament. You can also measure around the ornament and then divide that number by 3.14. Make sure you test a paper circle in your ornament before beginning this project!
First make an outline of your design in one of the circles on the template
Next, cover the drawing the the transparency. Tape corners down to prevent slipping. Trace the circle and then color in the design with the Sharpie markers.
Cut out the circle, just slightly inside the line.
Roll up the circle and send it into the the glass ornament. It should fit snugly inside the ornament without bending too much.
The plastic circle will flatten out. You can adjust the placement with a pencil and tweezers. If you need to remove the plastic you can pull it out with tweezers.
A beautiful keepsake of your child's artwork!
Happy Holidays!
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This is a year-round Holiday column. Kids love Holidays. As parents we have come to appreciate how Holidays seem to help structure our lives. Plus, any excuse to have fun sounds good to us!
We'll admit it, now that we're parents, we secretly look for Holidays to celebrate and between National, Secular, Unofficial and Bizarre Holidays, we think there are enough days out there to keep us inspired every week.
This column will be a place where you can get inspiration for how to enjoy time with your kids. Crafting projects and ideas will be posted on Thursdays by our brilliant contributors (see below). Other fun ideas will be posted here throughout the week as the inspiration hits us!
About our Craft Contributors
Ellen Luckett Baker is the author of the long thread, a blog about handmade goods. She has always enjoyed making things, but the flexibility of staying at home with her two daughters along with the creative inspiration they provide has led her to craft on a daily basis. Combining her love of graphic design and sewing, she has created an Etsy shop selling machine embroidery designs and sewing patterns.
Ellen lives in Atlanta with her husband and two young daughters. She holds a B.A. in Art History and a Master's of Public Administration with a focus in Non-Profit Management.
Cindy Hopper was fortunate to be raised in a family who appreciated the arts. This background led to a Bachelor's Degree in Art Education. With a keen eye for design and color, Cindy has continued her love of art and is now passing her creative skills on to her three children. Cindy's family and friends are the beneficiaries of her passion for fun and meaningful creative projects. Cindy's personal blog, Skip to My Lou, has taken her love of a project to new levels. Postings keep the family busy -– from testing new recipes for holiday treats to designing and building floats for a neighborhood parade to making fabric rolls to hold crayons to creating themed parties. Cindy seems to have an unending supply of ideas for gifts, parties and rainy days.
Marie LeBaron is a 30 something stay at home mom in Utah. Before life as a mother, she graduated with a teaching degree in Early Childhood & Elementary Education, after which she taught four years of Kindergarten. After her first child was born, she decided to read books and sing silly songs at home. She misses the classroom, but she now gets to bring the fun and learning into her home and ours. You’ll see her kids a lot in these projects as they are her guinea pigs and for whom she's creative. You can follow more of her projects at her personal blog Make and Takes.
Brenda Ponnay is a stealthy secret agent who juggles parenthood to her adorable daughter by day and freelance graphic design by night. Whether it's painting, baking, drawing, making castles out of card board boxes or just doing the laundry with flair, Brenda Ponnay has finally discovered (at the ripe old age of thirty-six) that what really makes her happy is being creative every single day.
Brenda lives in Southern California with her husband, daughter, three cats and thirty-seven pet birds. You can read about all her crazy adventures on her personal blog: Secret Agent Josephine.
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Comments (8):
Corinna Lyons-Revello said:
I love this. My daughter is an artist (that's actually what she calls herself--she's 8 LOL) and she has so much art in our house it's not even funny. This would be a great way to display some of it.
Corinna
www.myscrapbooklife.com
Posted on December 16, 2008 12:49
Katie said:
This one is definitely going into the memory banks! My daughter is only two but we are so going to make these one day! Pluse it'd be a great craft to do with a classroom!
Posted on December 16, 2008 18:19
Rachel said:
This is such a fabulous idea! Cindy is so creative!
Posted on December 16, 2008 18:46
Tiff@Three Peas said:
What a fun project! Thanks for posting this. My daughter will love trying this.
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Posted on December 16, 2008 22:01
kim in Camas - ScrapToMyLu said:
I LOVE this idea! Cindy you are a genius!
Posted on December 18, 2008 18:12
Annalea said:
This would be pretty with pastel, transparent colors, too, so the tree lights could shine through. Very nice idea!
Posted on December 19, 2008 23:16
Cheryl said:
I've done this sort of thing with photos as well. The photos are printed onto photopaper, actual photos are too thick to roll.
Posted on January 5, 2009 20:00
Susi Brox Nilsen said:
What A FANTASTIC idea!!!!!!!!!!!! Lovely!!
Posted on December 15, 2009 14:57