thumbprint Christmas ornaments

Pin It I absolutely ADORE the ornaments we made this year. I've been dying to post them ever since the kiddos and I made them last week. We put our tree and Christmas decorations up yesterday so I figured now's a good time to share them. The kids and I make a different ornament for the tree every year. We've made handprint snowman ornaments and snowflake ornaments. These are defintely my favourite to date though. Not only are they freakin adorable, the characters are their sweet little thumbprints so they are keepsakes for years to come. I was very nostalgic when I took their handprint snowman ornaments and hung them on the tree yesterday. I can't believe how much their sweet little hands have grown in just 2 short years. Bittersweet. Make sure you write their name and date on the bottom of the ornaments. I used a black sharpie. Here's how we made these adorable ornaments. Trust me, you'll want to make a set for your tree too!

What you'll need:

clear glass ornaments
paint
paintbrushes
paper plates
sharpies

I like to pour the paint on paper plates and have the kids dip their thumbs in the paint. I think it covers better because you get more paint on their thumbs this way. If you use a paintbrush and paint it on, you make not get enough paint coverage.



First, dip your child's thumb in peach paint and stamp in the middle of the ornament. Then dip your child's thumb in red paint and stamp on slightly overlapping the peach one for Santa's hat. Then dip your child's thumb in white paint and stamp it slightly overlapping the peach one for Santa's beard. Allow the paint to dry completely. Then use sharpies to draw on Santa's features. I dipped a pencil eraser in white paint to get a perfect circle for the pom on Santa's hat and used white paint for the bottom strip of Santa's hat. The sharpies work well if you are using them over the painted parts, otherwise the paint works better for the glass ornaments.



Dip your child's thumb in white paint and stamp in the middle of the ornament. Allow to dry completely. Use a black sharpie to draw on the penguin's eyes, and black body. Use an orange sharpie to draw on a beak. Then I used black paint for the wings and orange paint for the feet.



Dip your child's thumb in peach paint and stamp in the middle of the ornament. Then dip your child's thumb in green paint and stamp it slightly overlapping the peach print for the elf's hat. Then dip your child's thumb in white paint and stamp it just below the peach print for the elf's shirt. Allow the paint to dry completely. Then I used a red sharpie to draw stripes on the shirt and for the smile, a black sharpie for the eyes and a pink sharpie for the cheeks. I used yellow paint for the elf's hat and peach paint for the ears.



Dip your child's thumb in brown paint and stamp in the middle of the ornament. Allow to dry completely. Then I used brown paint for the antlers, and black and red sharpie for Rudolph's features.



Dip your child's thumb in white paint and make 2 thumbprints on the ornament for your snowman. Allow the paint to dry completely. Then I used sharpies for the snowman's eyes, carrot nose, mouth, scarf and buttons. I used black paint to paint on Frosty's hat.



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