Kid-Made Ornaments Light Up the Holidays!
Light Up Kid-Made Christmas Decorations
The idea for the ornaments that we made came from an eight-year-old boy. This boy is having a lot of problems lately. His parents are divorced and not on the same page, he has learning disabilities that make school really difficult for him and so naturally he is having a hard time sleeping.
We had finished the work that we had to do so we went to my car so he could choose a game to play. (The trunk of my car looks like I have a traveling toy store.) Right away his eyes zoomed in on some LED tea lights and some model magic that I had just added to my craft supply bag. He grabbed them, his eyes lit up and he asked, “Can I have these?”
I realized that he wanted the tea lights to put by his bed and the Model Magic
Materials You Need to Make a Light Up Kid-Made Christmas Decoration:
- LED Tea Light Candles
- Model Magic
- Cutting Tool
- Rolling Pin
- Balloons (optional-see method #1)
Instructions on How to Light Up Your Holiday Decorations!
Method #1: Making a Snowman! (This method proved to be difficult so we recommend Method #2)
- Roll out the Model Magic and cut into strips.
- Blow up a balloon (we used a water balloon.) and tape the balloon onto the LED tea light. Wrap the strips over the balloon and tuck onto the bottom of the tea light making sure not to cover the on/off switch. This seemed like a good idea at the time.
- Then roll a ball for the snowman’s head and decorate. This is where we ran into a problem. The balloon popped and the snowman’s body got a little squished.
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