Kids Craft Corner!

My mom sent me a link to some really cute Christmas crafts for the kids to do, and I found one that I knew they would love!  Christmas Sleigh Ornaments!

Now originally these were supposed to be snowmen, but since we didn't have white pom poms, they're known as monsters. 

You will need:

• Egg carton (cut into cups and trimmed)                 
• Ribbon (cut into strips)                                           
• Paint (Whatever you have)    
• Glitter                               
• Red pipe cleaners (cut in half)                               
• White pipe cleaners (also cut in half) 
• Pom poms (any color)   
• Googly eyes  
• Tacky glue
• Black sharpie
• Something for arms (brown pipe cleaners, wire, ect.)  

I glued my ribbon strips onto my egg cartons first; however, they did slightly get in the way when sprinkling in the glitter.  You or the kids will want to paint the inside of the cartons, and while it's still wet sprinkle the glitter in.  We used acrylic paints because that's what we had.  You'll want to tap the glitter around all over the paint to get it as covered as possible.

After the insides were dried a bit, I painted the outsides myself and then slid them across an empty paper towel tubes.  I placed that over the box (empty ramen boxes!) so the sleighs hung inside not touching to dry overnight.  

In the morning, we twisted the pipe cleaner halves together to look like candy canes.

I glued 2 onto the bottom of each egg carton sleigh (this part was a bit tricky and messy).  After doing it, I realized it would have been easier to align the sleigh legs with the grooves on the bottom of the carton.  I, however, had already glued the ribbon straps on pretty good.

After they're all dried (some may not stand correctly without support, but that's the fun of a homemade item right?) you can take 3 pom poms and glue them together.  Make the snowman or monster with the googly eyes and arms.  Use the sharpie to draw a mouth (which can be complicated).  I had to circle the marker around to get the ink to take to the fuzz.  You could probably paint it as well, or glue some felt pieces maybe. 

Once they are put together, you can put some glue in the bottom of the sleigh (make sure to tap out any excess glitter in the boxes before squeezing glue in there!) and push them into their sleigh!

Questions or comments welcome!  If you make some, feel free to share!  I'd love to see your snowmen/monster sleigh ornaments!  Happy Holidays~

-Heather