Quick, Easy Christmas Ornament With Mini Bulbs

Learning About Fine Motor Skills:

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WHEN CHILDREN ARE CREATING AND PUTTING TOGETHER A CRAFT OR PROJECT, THEY ARE PRACTICINGNG WITH FINE MOTOR SKILLS.

Fine motor skills are used with your children as infants and forward. These skills are important to develop additional skills like:

Turning the page of a book. Eating a snack with their fingers. Coloring a picture.

Your wonderful DIY filled Christmas ornament can be made anytime for decorations or as a gift.

In addition to practicing fine motor skills, here are some more ideas for what you can teach when making the DIY Christmas bulb ornament:

• Math skills such as identifying colors, shapes, and sizes.
• Literacy skills including vocabulary and oral language development.
• Social/emotional skills like thinking of others and sharing.

What Can Preschoolers Learn About Creating Projects?

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WHEN YOUR CHILD MAKES PROJECTS AND CRAFTS THEY ARE PRACTICING THESE ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

Besides the fact that kids love arts and crafts projects, there are so many other reasons you should do arts and crafts activities with your child.

Problem-Solving

Do you want to use tape or glue? Which would make the materials stick better? How to fill plastic Christmas ornaments. Making crafts develops critical thinking skills and problem-solving.

Patience My Child

Waiting for the glue or paint to dry on a project will build patience. Resilience can also be tested when the project doesn’t go as planned or starts to fall apart.

Math Work

Making Christmas bulbs ornaments use various math concepts. Identifying patterns and boosting counting skills are two important concepts that can be practiced.

Sharing Is Caring

Working together on a project with a friend or adult can show a child how important it is to share materials and work collaboratively to get the job done.

How To Make This Ornament

DIY KID FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT

Seriously, this craft is so easy to make!

First, grab the 2-supplies from your local craft store, dollar store, or order them in bulk on Amazon.

Then, simply remove the top from the clear Christmas plastic ornament and place the tiny Christmas bulb ornaments inside.

Kids can use their creativity to make a multi-colored ornament or separate the colors of the miniature ornaments.

Then, use the ornaments to decorate their own Christmas tree or give as a Christmas gift.

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Extend the Activity:

Making Patterns

Allow your child to pick two or three different colored mini bulbs to recognize and recreate a color pattern.

Decorating Party

Use the remainder of your clear bulb ornaments to create these additional easy DIY Christmas decorations.

Candy Fillers

Have your child fill their ornament with candy canes, tiny gifts, pom poms, or even a letter written by your sweet kiddo.

Try These Christmas Theme Activities Next

• How to Make Christmas Ornament Cupcakes
• Star Christmas Ornament Craft for Preschool
• Christmas Sensory Bottle

More Christmas Theme Printables

Check out more awesome ideas for an engaging Christmas theme

• Candy Cane Christmas Ornament
• Easy Pom Pom Christmas Tree Craft
• 3 Christmas Math Games for Preschool
• Christmas Roll and Cover Math Game
• Preschool Christmas Theme Counting Cards and Posters