Christmastime is a time of baking holiday goodies, wrapping presents, and decorating. You can get your kids involved making Christmas crafts, like this wooden spoon snowman, or this adorable easy-to-make Spoon Ornament.

Materials

• wooden craft spoons; the spoons that come with ice cream cups.
• acrylic paint
• fabric paint tubes
• paint brushes

• yellow fun foam or felt
• craft glue
• scissors
• pin backs or ribbon

Instructions

1. Paint 5 wooden spoons with green acrylic paint. It will take just a few minutes of drying time before handling. Children can do the next step while waiting.

2. Cut the star from the fun foam or felt. I prefer fun foam. It's easier for kids to cut and glue.

3. Glue the craft sticks in a fan shape to make the tree.

4. Make dots with the paint tubes, for the decorations.

5. For an ornament or gift tag; glue a ribbon loop to the back.

Tips

• To make a pin, attach a pin back. Pin backs can be found plain or with self adhesive strips already attached.