I Love You Snow Much! Student Made Ornaments

Every year, I make these “I Love You Snow Much!” ornaments with my first grade students for their December/holiday gift for their parents. These snow themed ornaments are easy for the students to make and they are pretty darn cute! I also like that they are winter themed, rather than a specific holiday.

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Supplies needed:

Clear Plastic Ornaments from Michaels or Clear Plastic Ornaments from Amazon
Shredded copy paper
Black and Orange Oil Based Paint Pens(Amazon) or Individual Paint Pens from Michaels
Ribbon
FREE Gift Tags
Cardstock Paper
Paper Cutter
Optional: White Gift Bags

Directions:

Purchase all the supplies.
Print the gift tags of your choice on cardstock paper. I have included two free versions of the gift tag. The one pictured above is a save your ink version.
Pre-shred the white copy paper. I save trimmed pieces of paper throughout the school year purposefully for this project.
Pre-cut the gift tags for your students.
Have your students fill out the back of the gift tags.
Give your students the plastic ornaments and instruct the students to carefully remove the ornament tops.
Give your students the shredded paper and model how to fill the ornament balls.
Once full, you may have to help the students put the tops back on the ornaments.
Give each student a piece of ribbon and either model how to tie the tag on or do it for them.
Give the students something else to do, like decorate the gift bags, and then pull students individually to draw the snowman face on the ornaments using the paint pens.
Place the ornaments somewhere to dry.
When dry, place the ornaments in the gift bags and send them home.