fun with the littles: christmas ornaments!

i love to be around my niece and nephews.  a perfect day with them is hanging out in our pj's creating stuff.  this past weekend the Littles and I, along with my dear friend Maggie and her Littles, spent the afternoon creating Christmas ornaments.  it's a cheap and easy project, with the finished product being something to hold onto forever.  it would be really sweet to one day give your child all of the ornaments they made throughout their lives as a Christmas gift.

i bought a few packages of clear glass Christmas ornaments from michaels.  a package of 6 was only $1.  i used acrylic paint to coat the inside of the ornaments-white, metallic silver, metallic gold, red glitter paint, blue glitter paint and green glitter paint.  i dropped paint into the ornament, covered the opening with my finger and paper towel, and shook to spread the paint around the inside of the ornament.  once the inside is covered, drain any excess paint back into paint bottle.  

because i had two 4 year-old boys and one 1 1/2 year old boy running around i decided to use stickers to decorate the outside of the ornaments instead of paint. you can decorate however you like... paint, stickers, ribbon on the outside/inside, photos... the ideas are endless.  :)

add some cookie baking, hot chocolate drinking, and Christmas movie watching to the mix and you have a perfect snuggle day with the Littles.












thank you pinterest for the following fun ideas:

santa's belly ornaments

thumbprint reindeer ornaments