Two weeks ago I had my grandchildren, god son and 2 nieces over to our home for a holiday crafting party. The kids are ages 3 years to 9 years of age. One of the projects that we made were these adorable Penguin Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornaments.
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Painting is involved so you will have to allow a few hours of crafting time to complete them. You’ll need some basic craft supplies that can be purchase at your local craft supply store or from Amazon online. Once completed they can be used as Christmas tree ornaments, package toppers or glue magnets onto the back for refrigerator magnets.
Kid’s Crafts: Penguin Craft Stick Christmas Ornaments
Wood Craft Stick
Wood Popsicle Stick
Black Acrylic Paint
White Acrylic Paint
Orange Acrylic Paint
Paint Brush, Water Dish, Paper Towels
2 Small Orange Pom-Poms
Red Satin Ribbon
Scissors
Quick-Drying Craft Glue
Clear Fishing Line
Paint the wood craft stick with 2 coats of black paint. Paint the wood popsicle stick with 2 coats of white paint. Let dry. Once they’re dry, glue the white popsicle stick onto the black craft stick, leaving space above to form the penguin’s head. Let dry for about 30 minutes.
Have the kids paint a white oval-shape on the black craft stick to form the penguin’s face. While it’s drying they can glue the 2 small orange pom-poms on the bottom of the craft stick to form his feet. Cut a 5″ long piece of fishing line and tie it into a loop, knotting the 2 ends together.
Add 2 black dots onto his face to form the eyes and a triangular shaped orange beak. Dot white paint in the center of each eye to form the inner eye. Let dry. Tie a piece of satin ribbon around the penguin’s neck to form the scarf. Glue the hanging loop onto the back of the craft stick. Let dry.
The Penguin Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornament shown in this blog post was made by a 9 year old. I think she did an excellent job! If you wanted to add some “texture” to the penguin, you could use faux snow texture paint to paint the popsicle stick (which makes up his belly) which would look really cute too!
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This penguin craft stick is very cute and your 9 year old did a great job. My grand kids are probably still too young to try this unless I help them a lot with it.
First off I love penguins and this is cute. I could see this being used in so many ways. Beides an ornament, you could put them on a present, or one of the things I would like is one with a magnet to stick on the frig. I have a frig full of kids creations and love them all.
This is very cute and I think it is so special that you host a crafting party for kids. What a good way to entertain them and have them make create something so neat.
I’m always looking for new crafts to do with my youngest. He loves working with paint and these would be so simple. Thanks!
What a cute craft for the little ones! My great nephew adores anything Penguin and he would love to make this with assistance from his Mom. I love these craft ideas that are posted on TCC!