These Popsicle Stick Ninja Ornaments are a great craft for boys to make for the Christmas Tree. They’re quick and easy to make with popsicle sticks, paint, googly eyes and fabric scraps.
We’ve made a ton of popsicle stick Christmas ornaments over the years, and these popsicle stick ninjas are the latest addition to the collection.
The inspiration for these popsicle stick ninjas came from a two other crafts we’ve made recently. These cool Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ornaments got me thinking about the whole ninja trend, and the process that we used to make the faces for these adorable popsicle stick Santas made the lightbulb go on for me.
To make our Popsicle Stick Ninjas, you’ll need:
Supplies:
- jumbo popsicle sticks
- black paint
- paintbrush
- tape
- googly eyes
- glue
- cording for hanging
Making your ninjas:
Start by taping off the face area on your popsicle stick. Just place a piece of tape across the stick. Put it up fairly close to the top or your ninja will look like he’s wearing a black top-hat. How do I know this? Let’s just say there might be a few top-hat wearing ninjas hanging toward the backside Christmas tree as we speak. 😉
Once you have your tape in place, your kids can paint the entire length of the popsicle stick black.
Your paint will dry fairly quickly, but you can always give it a shot with the hair dryer if you want to speed things up. That’s a favourite little crafting secret of mine. Why wait around when you don’t have to, right?
When your paint is dry, peel off the tape to reveal your ninja’s face. Now glue on a couple of googly eyes. And glue a loop of cording to the back of your popsicle stick.
Ta-daaa!
Now at this point, I’d planned to be done, but I felt like they were missing something. Aha! A belt!
Back to the craft table we went, and I cut three strips of cloth from a scrap of flannel. We tied those in place, and our ninja popsicle stick ornaments were complete!
Aren’t they cute? And easy enough that you could make a whole bunch to hang on your tree or attach to prezzies as gift-toppers.
And if that wasn’t enough, check out these adorable popsicle stick mummies (and ninjas) over at Crafts By Amanda!
Looking for more easy and inexpensive Christmas crafts for kids?
You’ll find tons of ideas right here on my Happy Hooligans Christmas Crafts Pinboard! Check it out!
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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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