Amazing Collection of Kid Made Ornaments

Last Updated on November 2, 2025 by Sheryl Cooper

Inside: Looking for kid made ornaments? This amazing collection has over 50 fun ideas. Plus, I’ve included a free printable activity for you to do today!

I love homemade ornaments. Especially when they are kid made ornaments. So when I was asked to contribute to a collection of 50 plus ornaments made by kids, I was all for it.

We make quite a few ornaments each December in our preschool classroom, but our families have told us they most cherish those that include a picture of their children.

I really get that from a parent’s perspective, as those are the ornaments I cannot wait to put on our tree each year.

Creating keepsake ornaments for kids really doesn’t need to be complicated. We find simple frame ornaments and the children add their touches, and we insert their photos.

To see the 50+ kid made ornaments, scroll down towards the bottom of the page.

👉 I’ve also included a free printable activity you can do with your kids today! You can find that link towards the bottom of this post.

Amazing Collection of Kid Made Ornaments

Before you get to the amazing collection of kid made ornaments, let me show you the ornament we contributed to the collection.

Simple Wood Frame Ornaments

I have used many different types of frames over the years for our keepsake ornaments, and these round wooden frames are my favorite.

I order them at the beginning of the school year, when we do the bulk of our ordering.

Note: In 2021 we started using these picture frame ornaments.

I like to have everything set out on the table before the children arrive.

I make name labels for each child on Scotch Tape. This way they are ready to place on the keepsake ornaments as soon as each child has finished his.

Step one was dripping liquid watercolors onto the frames with pipettes.

We let them dry on trays before proceeding with step 2.

Once the frames were dry, I filled portion cups with shiny objects that they could glue on their frames.

I love using portion cups so that I can have these ready to go as the children sit down at the table. I fill one cup for each child.

I also provided letter tiles that we collected somewhere, but I honestly do not know where. Perhaps they were donated. All I know is that I love them!

Some of the children wanted to add all the letters of their names, even if they were not exactly in order. These add another personal touch to the keepsake ornaments.

We will wrap these up in our handmade gift bags, along with some other goodies, as gifts to our parents.

This post is part of the 20 Days of Kid-Made Ornaments. Check out more wonderful kid-made ornaments!

Make sure to visit The 20 Days of Kid-Made Christmas Pinterest Board!

Free ornament counting cards printables!

Work on simple counting and number recognition with this fun activity.

Click on the photo below to get the download:

free preschool ornament counting printable

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Comments

totschooltotallyawesome

December 7, 2013 at 5:27 am

Totally awesome! Love this idea 🙂
- Sheryl Cooper
  
  December 16, 2013 at 6:58 am
  
  Thank you!
Zach Richards

December 17, 2013 at 6:37 pm

This is a great idea! Would you mind if we use it at one of our drop in childcare facilities in wilmington or cary north carolina?
- Sheryl Cooper
  
  December 19, 2013 at 3:59 am
  
  Not at all! Enjoy!

Amazing Collection of Kid Made Ornaments

Simple Wood Frame Ornaments

Free ornament counting cards printables!

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