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Paper Flower Christmas Tree Ornament Craft for Kids

I have a special treat for you today! I teaming up with 11 other bloggers for the 12 Days of Christmas Crafts for Kids series, (organized by Claire from Polka Dot Pretties,)  I’m sharing this Paper Flower Christmas Tree Ornament Craft for Kids.  You’ll love how simple they are to make!

Paper Flower Christmas Tree Ornament Craft for Kids

I have quite a collection of paper punches leftover from my scrap-booking days.  The kids love to crafting with the punches.  So much, in fact, that I have to keep them put away on a high shelf at the back of my closet.  Otherwise, they will punch everything in sight, leaving trails of paper pieces everywhere!

Something else the can’t stay away from is my pin cushion and sewing pins.  It’s so funny, both of them will come into my craft room and make a beeline straight for the pin cushion!  (Anyone else’s kids do this?)

The paper flower ornaments were absolutely the perfect craft for them. They were able to punch flowers out to their heart’s content AND stick pins into styrofoam!  How much better can it get?  (Maybe I should have thrown in some bubble wrap – then they would have been in heaven!)

Supplies needed for the paper flower ornaments:

Paper punch used: EK Success Paper Shapers Retro Flower Medium Punch,

TIP: If working with small children, I recommend pre-cutting the patterned paper into strips so it will be easier for them to punch the flowers and will waste less paper.

We only had one flower punch, so they had to take turns punching out the flowers.

We used about 2 to 3 strips of punched flowers per styrofoam ball.

Then we pushed the pins through the paper and into the balls

Can’t get easier than that!

TIP: For children, I recommend thinner paper over thick card stock   The green card stock was much heavier than the other paper we used and was harder for my daughter to push the pins through.  I ended up putting the pins through the paper for her and she pinned the flowers into the Styrofoam.

(Check out our micromanaging kitty in the background,lol.)

Once you have covered the styrofoam with flowers, cut a 6 to 8 inch piece of ribbon, fold it in half and pin it into the styrofoam ball.  You may want to add a drop of glue to help keep the ribbon in place.

Aren’t they cute? And so easy!

Have fun making ornaments!

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30 Comments

  1. Beth Bennett says:

    I have never heard of these “punch” things. What are they exactly and where do you get them?

    1. These are scrapbooking punches. you can find them in craft stores or on line. The one I used, I’ve had about 15 years and is the “old” style. Here is a link on amazon for a bunch of new flower punches: https://amzn.to/2x0nECX

  2. Patsy Paterno says:

    So pretty and easy to do! Thank you! patsy

  3. Emily Thompson says:

    very cute!! I need to get that punch! Thanks for linking up to the Create Link Inspire party. I'm featuring this Ornament today over on Nap-Time Creations… Pinned and shared all over ;o)

  4. Kimberly Lewis says:

    I'm totally in love with this! Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you being a part of our party, and I hope to see you on Monday at 7 pm. We love partying with you!
    Happy Saturday! Lou Lou Girls

  5. Merrit Cooke says:

    These ornaments are adorable 🙂 One of my favorite Christmas memories is making DIY ornaments with my mom!

  6. Team Craftwell says:

    Cute idea!

    We may even make these for our office!

    Team Craftwell
    blog.craftwellusa.com