Ornament Keepsakes

A Christmas tradition that I hold dear in our family is to have a new ornament for each child each Christmas. Up until now we have always purchased them. This year I wanted to something special for our ornaments.

I had several plain ornaments that didn't go on the tree this year. With these, a little paint, a Sharpie marker, some ribbon, and an orange highlighter we made these keepsake ornaments.

Just dip the child's thumb in paint and then in a circular motion on the ornament. If your child's thumb is big enough they can just press it once instead of making a circle. Then just decorate your snowman (or whatever Christmas object you choose) and tie a ribbon and hang it on the tree!

You may want to do it all in paint as it might keep better. I highly recommend plastic ornaments for small children. Especially if you have a little boy who might throw his ornament like a ball, as mine did.

Enjoy!