Christmas craft ideas/ornaments using the child's pictures?

Question

I teach Kindergarten and am looking for craft ideas, such as ornaments that I could put the child's picture on them. I think it would be a great keepsake. If you have any ideas or something cute your child has made, please share!!!

Answer 1

One time we made ornaments with a photo using a gold mason jar lid---just remove the insert and glue the picture onto it, then cut around the picture and slip it back into the lid so that the picture shows through---then glue lace or trim around the edge on the backside of it.  Add a piece of gold wired cord to the trim with a dab of hot glue.  It's really a cute idea.

Answer 2

I think this is so cute. Take an old CD, or blank one, or one of the  trials that they send in the mail and glue their picture in the center (on the blue/silver side). Then, let them decorate it with glitter glue or stickers, they can turn out to look like really cute snowflakes. When they are done, use a hot glue gun to glue a piece of ribbon on the back to hang it with. =) hope i helped.

Answer 3

you can make gingerbread men/women (actual cookies but i think my teacher put glue to help them harden) and put raisins for buttons and put the child's face on the head.

that would be neat.

Answer 4

I make a Christmas craft with our students' pics every year at our preschool. Last year, I took a picture of each child pretending to sleep.  Then I made a little bed out of some red material (very simply made), stuffed a cotton ball inside the  blanket and had the child's sleeping face sticking out of the top - then I attached a strip of paper that said "The children were nestled all snug in their beds"

This year, I made a square bottom, rectangle top with a small bow and put the child's picture in between - I added a strip of paper that said "Children are Precious Gifts"

There are tons of foam frame crafts you can purchase at orientaltrading.com that we make for our parents each year for Christmas.  Don't forget to let them make their own wrapping paper and wrap it themselves! It's the process, not the product.

Answer 5

Use Popsicle sticks to make a star (like the kind you draw with lines) and have them decorate it with paint, glitter, markers, sequins, etc.  Cut their pictures to fit in the middle of the star and glue the pictures on the back of the sticks so that the kids faces are in the middle. You can tie a piece of ribbon around the top or hot glue it to the back to turn it into an ornament and write the date/year on it so they can remember.  We did these when I was in preschool or kindergarten and we still have them hanging on our Christmas tree after 16years!

Answer 6

Make ornaments out of construction paper and allow the children to decorate their own.  Cut a hole in the middle and insert the child's picture with a piece of construction paper behind, as well. Add bows, sequins, etc.