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Home » crafts for kids » Holiday Crafts For Kids » Christmas Crafts for Kids » Colour-Themed Clear Glass {or Plastic} Ornaments – for Preschoolers

Colour-Themed Clear Glass {or Plastic} Ornaments – for Preschoolers

Last updated on December 19, 2018

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These easy colour-themed clear glass ornaments are easy to make and a fun way for toddlers and preschoolers to learn about colour families and to explore various materials and textures.  

You know how much we love making easy, inexpensive Christmas ornaments that look GREAT.  Well, these colours-themed clear glass ornaments certainly fit the bill.

This clear ornament craft was inspired by THESE easy glass ornaments over at B-InspiredMama, which were, ironically, inspired the  simple clear glass ornaments we made last Christmas!

coloured glass ball ornaments

I had a lot of fun with the prep to make this a colour themed activity. Gathering the items to fill our ornaments was like a little treasure hunt for me.

A day or two in advance, I told the Hooligans they’d be making a coloured glass ornament for their parents and I asked them what colour they wanted theirs to be.

Then I spent an evening rummaging through my craft cupboards, collecting every imaginable item that I could find in those colours.

collage for coloured glass ball ornaments

Items to put in a clear glass ball ornament:

  • tissue paper
  • Easter grass
  • yarn
  • buttons
  • beads
  • pipe cleaners
  • foam bits
  • artificial flowers
  • jems/jewels
  • ribbon
  • pom poms
  • plastic straws
  • each ball got a tuft of a white cotton ball for a bit of contrast
  • and lastly, each ball got a shot of (are you ready for it?) white and coloured GLITTER!! contents of coloured glass ornaments

For those of you who know about my aversion to glitter, you may be truly shocked by this!  And for all of my fellow bloggers, who know about my glitter-phobic ways, I hope I’ve done you proud. 🙂

Actually, I wasn’t terribly brave about the whole glitter thing. I mean, it IS completely contained in the glass ball, but hey, baby steps, right?

Now, for this ornament, you can use clear glass or plastic balls. The ones you see here are are actually plastic. I got them on sale for about 80 cents a piece back in November.

How to make your glass ball ornament:

To start, pop the top off your ornament.

Next, stuff all of your goodies inside. Use a craft stick or a pencil to poke the bits and pieces in if necessary.

filling the clear glass ornaments craft stick to fill clear glass ornaments

Now, pour in your glitter (artificial snow also works well), and give it a good shake. Go easy on the glitter, and I’m not just saying that. Too much glitter, and it clings to the inside of the ball, making it difficult to see the what’s inside.red clear glass ornament

To finish, pop the top back on your glass ball (you may want to run a little glue around the top to secure it), and attach a ribbon so the ornament can be hung on your Christmas tree.

4 clear glass ornaments

I absolutely LOVE the way these simple glass ball ornaments turned out!

And that, my friends, is it for our Christmas Crafting this year. The hooligans are off and at home with their parents until January 7th.

blue and purple clear glass ornaments

All in all, we created 18 new easy and inexpensive Christmas crafts this holiday season. Most were homemade ornaments for the Christmas tree, and quite often they were made from recycleable materials and craft scraps.

You can find them all, along with those from past years, on my Hooligans’ Christmas pinboard.

 

blue clear glass ornament

I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for following along with us, and for all of the lovely comments you leave on my blog and Facebook page.

I can’t tell you how rewarding it is to share what we do here, and it thrills me when I hear that you’ve been inspired to do one of our crafts or activities with your own children or students.

Thank you for your loyal support, and for making a difference in the lives of the little people in your world.

I wish you all the very, very best for the holiday season.

See you in the new year!

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Jackie Currie

Jackie is a mom, wife, home daycare provider, and the creative spirit behind Happy Hooligans. She specializes in kids’ crafts and activities, easy recipes, and parenting. She began blogging in 2011, and today, Happy Hooligans inspires more than 2 million parents, caregivers and Early Years Professionals all over the globe.

 

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  1. Valerie @ Glittering Muffins

    December 22, 2012 at 7:23 am

    Pretty 🙂 (good job on the glitter)

    Reply
  2. Tiffany Auvinen

    December 22, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    Gorgeous idea!

    Reply
    • happyhooligans

      December 24, 2012 at 8:39 am

      Thank you, Tiffany!

      Reply
  3. happyhooligans

    December 24, 2012 at 8:40 am

    Heehee! Thank you! I have to say, it was less scary than I thought it would be. Still not sure if I could use it “loose” in a project though. For now the contained glitter will have to do. lol

    Reply
  4. BInspiredMama

    December 27, 2012 at 5:27 pm

    These turned out beautiful! Love how you let them choose a color.

    Reply
  5. akane

    October 20, 2013 at 7:37 pm

    These are beautiful! I’m going to have to make something similar with my kids!

    Reply
    • happyhooligans

      October 20, 2013 at 10:48 pm

      Thanks, Akane! Glad you liked them!

      Reply
  6. Becky

    November 18, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    These are great! I share your aversion to glitter!

    Reply
  7. anna

    November 26, 2013 at 3:07 am

    Um, this is awesome! We just got our first full sized Christmas tree and our small amount of ornaments will look sparse and sad on it, so I was looking up ornament ideas. No kids at our house but I can make the ornaments anyway, right?! :o)

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    • happyhooligans

      November 26, 2013 at 6:37 am

      Of course! Kids shouldn’t get to have ALL the fun, should they?

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      • anna

        November 27, 2013 at 8:42 am

        I made 6 of these tonight in different colors! Most of the contents were extra craft things I already had. Lots of ribbon, rick rack, buttons, and the like. I used slightly bigger than normal ball ornaments. They turned out pretty cute (if I may say), but I really regret my glitter choice. Stopped at the craft store tonight and for about $4 got a multi-pack of about 10 different colors. Unfortunately, the glitter is SUPER fine. Only put it into 2 of my 6 ornaments. It somehow managed to not be especially shiny while also making it hard to see through the plastic. My other 4 I did not add glitter to and I like them better. To anyone who reads this, I suggest using bigger glitter like Jackie did, not the super fine stuff. Jackie, yours look great!

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