Time for another Crafting with Kids feature here on the Two Classy Chics blog and today’s Christmas craft project is really easy to do! You can make these fun and colorful ornaments in a wide variety of different holiday shapes and you’ll only need a handful of supplies to make them. Kids will need adult supervision, since they require some baking time in your household oven.
Perler Melted Beads DIY Christmas Ornaments
Perler Plastic Beads in Desired Colors
Metal Holiday Shaped Cookie Cutters
Sheet of Aluminum Foil
Metal Baking or Cookie Sheet
Hanging String (we used clear fishing line)
Scissors
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Place metal cookie cutters down on the baking sheet and then fill up the inside of each cookie cutter with Perler Plastic Beads. You want the ones that melt in the oven. We recommend that you fill up the cookie cutter space with your beads in a single layer. They can all be facing the same direction or in a random direction/pattern.
For the Christmas ornament that we have pictured here in our post, we used a star-shaped cookie cutter and then used bright yellow and navy blue Perler beads. My granddaughter wanted to make an ornament for her Dad who loves the Michigan Wolverine’s, so she did her “star ornament” in the team’s colors.
You can make several of these ornaments at a time. Just make sure that the cookie cutters are completely flat and spaced out on the baking sheet. You can get as fancy as you want with the colors and patterns.
Place the baking sheet into the preheated oven and bake for 3-5 minutes. You’ll see the beads melting. We wanted our’s to still look like beads, so we didn’t melt them down completely. If you want a more filled-in look, leave them in a little longer, so that they melt more thoroughly.
Remove from the oven and let them cool down to room temperature on the baking sheet. Once cool, gently peel them off of the aluminum foil. You can now use ribbon or hanging cord to turn them into Christmas tree ornaments.
Additional Ideas: Use your ornaments for package tie-on’s, glue magnets on the back and turn them into refrigerator magnets, hang them from a garland, hang them in your windows from suction cups and all sorts of different things.
If you’re up for something more challenging, try one of those seed bead Christmas ornaments on Pinterest. You only need colorful quality seed beads, wire or strings, and beading tools to get started. Beading is more difficult than melting beads, but it will be an interesting challenge for you and the kids to take on. Take your time with this project, and just have fun!
Back in June we showed you how you can make practical and fun Beverage Coasters using the Perler Melty Beads too! You can re-visit that blog post to learn more!
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I like that your granddaughter used team colors to surprise her dad. This is a good project for young kids and homemade ornaments always make the tree look special.
This looks so pretty and festive on the tree. I like having homemade ornaments on our tree. Its nice to have the memories of making them together.