Another Pom Pom Ornament to Make with a Preschooler

Another day, another crafty ornament with Grace. Making easy Christmas tree ornaments together is our new Christmas tradition.

These diy ornaments were impromptu. We totally made this great craft up while surrounded by mounds of mini pom poms that were left over from another diy ornament, so it's not on the fun Ornaments to Make With a Preschooler list.

Pom Pom Stuffed Christmas Ornaments

Materials

• Small glass ball ornaments (we used 4-inch size)
• Pom poms
• A pencil or chopstick (or other thin but not sharp tool)
• Glitter (optional) - I just grabbed this from our craft stash.
• Ribbon (optional)

Instructions

1. Carefully remove the top from a glass ball ornament. Be very careful. The ornaments are thin glass, and it is easy to break them. Ask my husband.
2. Help your child to stuff pom poms in the ball.
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3. Use a pencil or chopstick to move the pom poms around to your liking.
4. Continue until the glass ball is full.
5. Replace the ornament's cap.
6. If you want to, tie a ribbon in a knot to hang the ornament or hot glue a ribbon bow on the cap.
7. Done!

A note about making pom pom Christmas ornaments with a preschooler

**Be careful when doing this project. One of our ornaments had a sharp, glass spur inside the opening. I used an emery board to file it away before allowing Grace to stick her finger into the ball. If you're using glass balls, make sure they're completely safe before giving them to your kids.

I really like these little decorations. They're lightweight (unlike our styrofoam ones), so they actually hang on Grace's own Christmas tree.

They also came together very quickly, so Grace didn't lose interest before the ornament was finished.

I think they would make lovely gifts for the grandparents, too.

For the second ornament, I sorted the sparkly pom poms and gave her only those. Grace didn't mind one bit, she just kept on stuffing the tiny pom poms into the ornament.

Happy crafting!