Looking for a homemade Christmas ornament craft for your kids? This Mary & Jesus Paper Ornament is fun, simple, and meaningful!
{Be sure to also check out this Homemade Spice Ornament Craft and Mason Jar Lid Wreath Ornament! And if you’re looking for other meaningful Christmas crafts, your kids might also enjoy this Heart Nativity Paper Craft, Quilled Nativity Craft, Nativity Story Puppet Craft, or Nativity-Inspired Star Slime.}
Every Christmas I try to be more intentional about planning out activities with my kids. And I especially love nativity-themed crafts and activities! It’s such a great way to have some fun together as a family while incorporating the most meaningful parts of Christmas.
Homemade Christmas ornaments are so special and add cozy character to a family Christmas tree — especially when they’re made by my kids.
This homemade paper Christmas ornament for kids is simple, meaningful, fun, and festive. Paper ornaments are an ideal craft to do with kids at Christmas because they take basic supplies and basic skills to make. You’ll probably have just about everything you need already on hand, but if not, you can grab the supplies at your local Dollar Store for very little money out of pocket.
Scroll down for all the directions on how to make this fun craft with your kiddos this Christmas season!
Homemade Mary & Jesus Christmas Ornament for Kids
Supplies:
- Blue and white paper
- Template printed on cardstock
- Scissors
- Two small pieces of blue and white yarn
- Colored pencils
- All-purpose glue
- Hole punch
- Googly eyes (optional)
Directions:
Begin by cutting the white paper in half. Starting at the longer end, accordion fold the entire length of the paper.
Next, starting at the wider end, accordion fold the entire length of the blue paper.
Keeping the accordions folded, fold each paper in half. Glue the joining middle sections of each accordion folded paper together at the bottom. Allow time to dry; you might need to hold it in place with clothespins until it’s set.
Once the glue has dried, take the hole punch and make a hole in the top of the blue fold. Take a piece of blue yarn, feed through the hole and tie. This creates a hanger for the ornament.
Now, squeeze the accordion closed again and tie another string around the paper, making a “neck.” (The big hole right above the “neck” will be the “head” where the face will go.)
Cut off the loose ends. Repeat with the white paper.
Print the template on white cardstock. Cut it out and draw on a face. Add googly eyes, if desired.
Next, fold the tab of each head over and place glue on the top. Then stick the heads inside the openings at the top of the accordions to form the face/head of each ornament. If it doesn’t quite fit, move the yarn at the neck lower and gently make the hole bigger.
Your Mary & Jesus Ornament is complete! Now your kids can have fun decorating the tree with their creations! And if your kids love this Homemade Christmas Ornament Craft, you could totally get creative and use other colors of paper to make the entire nativity scene with all the other people and animals.
You can find other nativity-themed crafts and activities here. 
Mary & Jesus Christmas Ornament
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