Popsicle Stick Snowflake Ornament Craft
A great winter or holiday craft. These snowflake ornaments are made out of popsicle sticks!
Servings: 5 snowflakes
Cost: $2
Equipment
- 1 low temp glue gun used with supervision
Ingredients
- Popsicle sticks 4 sticks for the simple design and 12 for the fancy design
- Acrylic paint in your chosen colors and a small paintbrush
- School glue
- Twine or yarn for the hanging loop
- Small pom poms or puff paint for decoration
Instructions
HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE POPSICLE STICK SNOWFLAKE ORNAMENT:
- For the more simple design (better for smaller kids), cross two popsicle sticks and glue together in the middle to make a “+” shape. Glue two more sticks to fill in the spaces between those original sticks and you have a simple snowflake design!
FOR THE MORE COMPLICATED SNOWFLAKE DESIGN …
- Place 6 popsicle sticks with the centers overlapping so that it makes a star shape. Glue the centers on top of each other.
- Connect one of the “V” shaped openings with another popsicle stick and allow the stick to hang over the edges a little.
- Repeat with 5 more sticks until you have connector pieces the whole way around.
- Now that your snowflakes are assembled, you can paint them the color of your choosing!
- Once the paint is dry, make a loop with some twine or yarn and glue the loop to the back of your snowflake ornament.
- Decorate with additional mini pom poms and glue, more paint, or puffy paint.
- Once dry, your snowflakes are ready to hang or gift!
Notes
NOTE: While you can use school glue for this project, using a low-temp hot glue gun will allow you to get right to the painting and decorating without having to wait for dry time, so that’s a big plus!
