Christmas Ornament Art Game
Need a Christmas ornament art project for your December bulletin board? Imagine your hallway decorated with these holiday ornaments and writing prompts for Christmas. The step by step drawing guide, PowerPoint and demonstration video make perfect no prep, art sub plans for elementary art.
That’s right. Sit back while I teach your students how to play the roll a dice game and design the ornament activity myself! Kids can also choose patterns using the ‘you pick’ worksheet or digital spinners—whatever works best for you!
Plus, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan projects for Christmas using only markers. Yes, you can watercolor paint with markers!
What’s Included
I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this Christmas ornament craft. All will motivate kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:
- Roll a dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
- “You Pick” art worksheet for kids to choose their own patterns
- Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick patterns and you can integrate technology
- Printable dice template in case you have no dice
- Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
- Christmas ornament template which kids can draw directly on it or transfer it to heavy drawing paper
- Drawing practice worksheet, so kids can practice drawing patterns
- 2 Writing prompts, so you can tie this drawing project to literacy
- 2 Coloring pages that you can use for absent students or hand out as a classroom prize
- Helpful Tips & Tricks handout with teacher directions to help guide the lesson
- Step by Step Video Tutorial, with optional captions
How to Use My Christmas Ornament Project in Elementary Art
The best part about my Christmas art project is that it’s flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your classroom. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, indoor recess, or even an after-school art club.
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Christmas Ornament Art Project)
- 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint
- 1 Demonstration Video
- 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
- Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource
Why You’ll Love It
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Such a fun project to do with my Art students at Christmas time. They love rolling the dice and drawing the design. They have so much fun, they ask for it every year!
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This was a great purchase. It was fun and simple and comes with amazing step by step directions. My students really enjoy these activities. And once they understand the process of the roll a drawing, students loved that they could do multiple times with different results each time.
This was easy to use and would make a great sub lesson since students are able to use it with minimal supervision or instruction (especially for upper grades) from the teacher.
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I needed a quick art project for a sub. This was fun and simple and comes with amazing step by step directions. The sub said it was a lot of fun!
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Bonnie N. –
My 3rd graders loved this project and it was a fun way to engage them in writing also!
Becky K. –
This is an easy and fun art project to do during the crazy month of December. The writing prompts are awesome as well. Thank you!
Michelle R. –
I used this a decorative activity to bring Christmas cheer to the 6th grade hallway. It was awesome.
Alyxandria C. –
My students loved using this resource to supplement their learning in class.
Miss Downard –
This is exactly what I was looking for to support my teaching. Thanks so much for creating this.
Sara Byers –
This was such a fun way to add more holiday/seasonal activities to the classroom in December! The students loved it!
Molly W. –
My students loved these- they made a really fun decoration in my room.
Yana T. –
I used this in the past with my first graders. It’s a great resource. Highly recommend.
Raelene L. –
This was a great activity for the students who finished their work.
A Teacher’s Heart (Teacher-Author) –
Used these ornaments to hang from the ceiling in my classroom during Christmas.
Handmade by Haley Mae (Teacher-Author) –
Super easy and fun! My students love making these and I love the writing prompts that accompany the projects!
Kristie Bogozi (Teacher-Author) –
Used the designs the students created to decorate our classroom tree.
Shena S. –
My students enjoyed the lesson and kept them engaged during the last week of school.
Melissa A. –
I have a group of very creative students this year. They loved this activity and it was a great filler/early finishing activity before winter break.
Marjorie G. –
I teach in a Catholic school and our 8th graders lead Faith Family activities once a month. This activity was part of a centers-based group activity across grade levels K-8 and it was enjoyed by all! I love that there are versions where students who like to have a choice can roll and choose, and then those who just want to color can do that if they choose. I highly recommend this product!!
Brandy B. –
I used this for our Christmas party! The kids had so much fun with it. They are still working on this even after Winter Break!
Melinda H. –
My students enjoyed this activity. It was very engaging.
Kelly Lincoln –
Students had a great time making these ornaments to give to family members. Thank you!
MsCarliD –
Super cute. My kids had a great time drawing and decorating these
Jamie R. –
The kids loved this. I used it in stations the day before Winter break. It kept them very busy.
Sarah H. –
Perfect for what I was after! Thank you so much for your hard work.
Melissa Adams –
Melissa Adams
True Heart Teaching (Teacher-Author) –
Thanks for a fun resource! It kept my students entertained for quite awhile! Some designs were hard for my 1st graders to draw, but I encouraged them to just try their best. It was good practice in perseverance and they turned out darling!
joanne kaleita –
With some modifications, this was a perfect addition to my holiday unit. Thank you for your hard work.
Joni S. –
My students had the best time with this resource!
Meera J. –
My students loved this. Students were engaged and easy to use.
Hillary P. –
My students always have fun with these activities!
Lauren K. –
Fun activity for students to complete during the holiday season.
Cindy A. –
This was so much fun! My students loved the spinner. Great addition to the activity.
Savannah Cole –
My students had so much fun with this activity! They were very engaged!
Melanie Mitchell –
This is a great resource! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas!
Tamara Konya –
My kids loved making these and writing about it too.
Kristal F. –
Awesome resource, my kids and I loved it! So engaging! 🙂
Brandan D. –
Thanks!
Goodwin G. –
This was a fun activity for my students. We hung them up on our classroom door. Thank you!
Discus Designs (Teacher-Author) –
Great!
Alexis Bryson –
Great resource!
Amber S. –
We loved this! We used it as a gift to parents!
Brenna B. –
Students were engaged while do this activity!
The Cozy Classroom (Teacher-Author) –
I loved that it allowed students to practice different lines and designs. It was fun to see the many different creations students made at the end of this activity.
cindy P. –
My students enjoyed this activity and they looked amazing when complete.
Riley P. –
Great Resource!
Melissa M. –
We used these to decorate the school Christmas tree in the cafeteria. They were beautiful!
Laura C. –
We loved this resource! It was so easy to prep and use. The students were able to be independent while creating beautiful work during the craziness that is December…!
Vanessa S. –
My students really enjoyed doing this activity and passing out their ornaments to other students in our school.
Mallory T. –
Very fun.
Jennifer S. –
Loved it!
Tiffany B. –
Fun and engaging
Brittany M. –
My students loved designing their own ornaments. Great activity!
Kaitlynn Davis –
This was a great Christmas activity to use to boost creativity.
Sunshiney in Second (Teacher-Author) –
Such a great resource to use in the classroom!
Kate S. –
Great activity leading up to the holidays.
Megan V. –
This was a lot of fun for my kids!
Lindsey Bowman –
My student’s loved this resource and it was easy to use in groups with a variety of disabilities at one time.
Miranda O. –
WOW! My students loved this. Leading up to break it was the perfect way to get them to sit and focus quietly. They loved working on these and the final products were absolutely beatutiful.
Lyn J. –
Just like the ugly Christmas sweater, this project was very engaging for students. Great for teaching pattern and line, and the results were amazing!
Red Headed Teacher (Teacher-Author) –
My students had a great time coloring and decorating these ornaments!
Mary W. –
My kids loved doing this activity in the library!
Angela R. –
Combined this activity with the ugly sweater and the students had fun.
Colleen N. –
Such a great resource! Thank you for uploading this!
Adriane F. –
This was the best Christmas themed resource I used this holiday season. My students loved it and I enjoyed it too!
Andrea H. –
Great last minute art activity for a hectic week before Christmas break
Kimberlee Wright –
This was a great independent activity for them while the we made ornaments in small groups.
Taryn H. –
It made a wonderful display.
Lori L. –
This was a really nice activity for my students.
Jessica Ellingson –
Thank You
Sarah M. –
Fun activity to get the students engaged and creative
Miss G’s Teacher Resources (Teacher-Author) –
Thank you for creating such an engaging resource. My students loved completing these activities. Thanks so much!
Alaska B. –
We didn’t do the writing activity that accompanied the craft project, but I could see doing so in the future. The large format meant that even my most fine-motor-skilled students could participate, and the accompanying tips are very helpful.
Emily H. –
Students had a great time doing this activity. We just used it as a relaxing art activity.
Pamela E. –
My students loved these activities. It was exactly what I needed.
Jane F. –
Children in my class loved this resource! Perfect Christmas activity that is displayed in my classroom. Will get use of this resource every December.
Lily F. –
Great resource and super cute craft!
Camille F. –
Great resource for a class art lesson. Especially on short notice.
Katie G. –
This was a fun resource we used to help decorate our door for a contest at school. I like that it gave students plenty of options since sometimes they get stuck on what to create. The ornaments turned out really unique and pretty!
Leslie M. –
This is a fun activity for students – interactive and artsy at the same time! Easily adapted to different learning needs too – students who didn’t like drawing – or find small motor activities tougher- still loved rolling the dice and cutting and gluing the patterns before adding colour!
Passionate Prairie Pupils (Teacher-Author) –
Love these activities. They are so much fun for my students and each of them turns out unique.
Janet Wentz –
So much fun! My students loved this activity.
Lovin’ That 5th Grade Life (Teacher-Author) –
My students loved decorating these ornaments last year and I can’t wait to use them again!
Ashlyn P. –
My students from previous years say they still have there’s!
The Peachy State Teacher (Teacher-Author) –
This was so much fun to do during our holiday party!
Made 4 Middle School (Teacher-Author) –
This was a great addition to our zen-tangle art unit. It made a really cute and festive display.
Powell Power (Teacher-Author) –
So fun!
Katelyn M. –
My students loved making their own ornaments. They had lots of fun!
Elizabeth B. –
Excellent.
Jess at FeelTheLearn (Teacher-Author) –
very cute and fun
Sharae G. –
Thanks for creating this resource!
wendy H. –
My students really enjoyed this activity! Nice thing to create and bring home for the holidays!
Kathy Lee –
super fun
Jamie Adamson –
they loved it
Kendall B. –
We loved using this resource in class to give us something new and fun to create!
Laura L. –
Thank you for providing such an engaging product for my students.
deanna potasnik –
Fun activity to do with my kids virtually
Sidney H. –
Great resource!
Carole S. –
Super easy to use! My kids really enjoyed it! Excellent writing practice for my students!
Paige B. –
I liked how this had so many options for how to implement this resource! I used it both as a game and as the simple coloring page. Very satisfied.
Brianna Vento –
my students had a great time making these at Christmas!
Patricia S. –
Such a fun project to do with my Art students at Christmas time. They love rolling the dice and drawing the design. They have so much fun, they ask for it every year!
Alisha W. –
So fun with the students
Stephani Ann –
Perfect, fin, engaging holiday activity for my third-grader’s first week back to school from virtual learning (the week before Christmas Break… no joke)!! This activity was PERFECT for helping me keep them busy while getting to know them better at the same time.
Amelia L. –
This was a fun activity!
Laura B. –
My students LOVED this activity. It kept them very engaged and then we used it as easily finisher work throughout the week as they completed them. I then hung them up at the back of our classroom with yarn to make our classroom look like a Christmas tree. Very fun! Thanks for a great resource!
Melissa Mitchell –
Great resource! Thank you:)
Kaitlin S. –
My students loved this activity and seeing how their ornament turned out. An especially great activity if you have students who are not as creative and get discouraged.
Megan T. –
My students loved this activity! It was short and fun! It created a great craft for us to hang in the classroom during the holidays!
Trenee C. –
I loved being able to use these ornaments to decorate my classroom door for the winter season! My only disappointment was that they only came in such a big size. I thought they would be smaller for me to be able to hang on my classroom tree.
a Colorful Mixture –
This was a great purchase. It was fun and simple and comes with amazing step by step directions. My students really enjoy these activities. And once they understand the process of the roll a drawing, students loved that they could do multiple times with different results each time. This was easy to use and would make a great sub lesson since students are able to use it with minimal supervision or instruction (especially for upper grades) from the teacher.
Paula R. –
Kids love this, and I loved that they were learning important art skills.
Jeffrey Kuntz –
Thanks!
Angie N. –
Students loved this resource!
Morgan B. –
I used this activity with my 6th graders as a fast finisher and they loved it so much! I then used it in my mom’s second-grade class before they left for their Christmas break and they loved it too! For the 2nd graders, you definitely need enough time to give some very detailed instructions. Once they get going though, they’re quick and love the activity!
Emily F. –
My students loved this over the Christmas period as an art activity during transition.
Lindsay H. –
My students loved this activity! So much fun for the week before break!
Allison A. –
My students loved being able to create their own ornament. I placed this resource in a center before winter break and loved it. They also wrote a story to go along with their ornament.
Judy W. –
Fun Activity
Sara W. –
My students loved this resource! They loved practicing with the colouring activity and then enjoyed moving on to making their own pattern.
Jordyn H. –
students loved making the ornaments
amy revelas –
My gifted students loved the challenge of duplicating the patterns.
Alexandria S. –
Students loved designing ornaments when they had free time during the holiday season.
melany C. –
Awesome
LeAnne Donson –
My students enjoyed doing the activity and use it to decorate the hallway.
Cynthia F. –
This was an easy lesson to prepare for my virtual art classes in grades one and two. They could look at the one design page for several options.
sara M. –
I needed a quick art project for a sub. This was fun and simple and comes with amazing step by step directions. The sub said it was a lot of fun!
Sibel Y. –
The students loved this activity!
Debbie P. –
Awesome Resource
Kalli Sexton –
Soooo much fun!!
Jamie Hallowell –
A fun resounce to use during distance learning!
Sarah B. –
Love this!
Andi Travis –
THIS WAS SO FUN FOR MY STUDENTS TO USE!
Maria B. –
This is a great resource!
Melissa W. –
This was a perfect way to make decorations for my classroom.
Jessica L. –
My students loved this activity!!
Carmen J. –
This was a great activity to leave with my sub that required minimum prep and explanation by me.
Jodi P. –
I used this as an art project.
Shelley S. –
Had to find something quick and effective for a fellow teacher that ended up in the hospital. This was a quick and fun way for the 4th graders to show creativity.
TyLee Heredia –
My students loved doing this activity! Thanks!
Breanne O. –
Thank you!
School Sisters Elementary (Teacher-Author) –
Very cute!
Learning with Lincoln (Teacher-Author) –
So wonderful! Thank you for creating this resource.
Ashlyn Whaley –
Fun and engaging activity!
Grades and Grace (Teacher-Author) –
Fantastic Resource!
Lisa S. –
Fun
Arianna G. –
Great activity!
Regina G. –
Great resource!
Lacey S. –
so cute!
Karen D. –
My students enjoy these. They freehand the designs provided and the masterpieces they create are amazing.
Cassandra Y. –
Can’t wait to use this resource!
Jaclyn M. –
Perfect holiday craft!!
Betsy P –
Perfect for the holidays. Very cute!
Monica W. –
I can’t wait to do this with the kids!
Brandon C. –
Fun Holiday activity.
Candyce R. –
thank you
A Page by Paige (Teacher-Author) –
LOVE this resource! Used it for my 5th grade English classes – students created a winter themed sentence for the middle section and decorated the rest. Students loved it, and it’s made a nice bulletin board display! Now to decide on which one of your winter roll a masterpieces I’ll get for January!
Angelique Martinez –
My K/1 class did this with our 4th grade buddies and they had so much fun that they asked to do it again!
The Yellow Mustard Resource Door (Teacher-Author) –
THANK YOU for making this. It is so easy to use by students when they finish their work early. I am excited to decorate our classroom door with the students’ finished work- THANK YOU!!!
Bailey Grigsby –
Loved it
Kristin A. –
Love these activities and this one did not disappoint. Adorable template and fun designs!
Nikki McCarty –
Students loved creating ornaments for our classroom Christmas Tree! So cute!
Kristi H. –
I had a sub two days before winter break and this was a perfect, creative activity to leave for my students. Thank you!
Denise C. –
Perfect ‘follow directions’ activity for those days before break!
Stephani Munson –
Awesome easy art activity during a very busy time of year!
Mrs Ampersand In The Middle (Teacher-Author) –
Super Cute!
Lisa J. –
Fun, easy craftivity for the holiday time!
Tina D. –
Great resource
Kassi L. –
My kids loved this!
Angela M. –
This was a great ornament activity for the kids to use their creativity.
Robert M. –
This was fun for the students. They loved it!
Tracy L. –
I was looking for creative ideas to help my students have some downtime to work on skills like following a pattern, coloring in the lines, and having something creative to do. I didn’t realize that the patterns were not all across but in small squares so this caused some issues at first for my kids. We figured out a way to make it work but next time I will adapt it to their needs.
Charla B. –
Perfect early finisher activity for those last days before winter break!
stacy J. –
good
Jan B. –
Perfect for art as we are fast approaching the holiday.Love it!
April Johnson –
My kids loved making these! Thank you!
Redawna W. –
This was a very fun activity for my students to do before Christmas break. They enjoyed a stress free activity and I enjoyed watching them create some fun!
Rita S. –
Great for the last week before the holidays.
Myra L. –
Great resource!!
CHRISTINE K. –
Really fun Christmas activity for the last week of school and the choice board is great for introducing lines in art.
julia S. –
LOVE!!!!
Nakita Dostie –
Thanks
Kristy JJ –
My students had a great time decorating these ornaments. Great fine motor activity!
jennifer D. –
Thanks! My students are going to love this
Hema T. –
I loved this resource!!
Karry R. –
My kids loved these
Valerie W. –
Love them all!
Caitlin Miller –
What a great idea!
Cactus and Chaos (Teacher-Author) –
Always love these!
Rachel C. –
The kids just love all of these activities! Such a simple and creative way for students to get involved in art!
Nicole H. –
great resource
Type B Teaching (Teacher-Author) –
This was so much fun to do as a class before break!
Courtney N. –
Fun small group activity during the last day before break.
Jennifer T. –
Thank you.
amy hufstedler –
My kids loved making these ornaments!!
Garden Full of Knowledge (Teacher-Author) –
My students absolutely loved this activity! Their ornaments turned out so cute. What a great way to decorate the classroom, too!