Find It Ornaments

Do your kids have those Find It games?  It’s a clear plastic tube, filled with little plastic beads and about a gazillion tiny objects.  My hooligans keep theirs in the car, and it’s proved a great quiet game for them. For their ornaments this Christmas, I decided to make a version of the game.

Find-It-1

Supplies:

Flat round ornament with tiny styrofoam balls in it

12 tiny Christmas objects

Embellishments for the tag

Ribbon for the edge

Find-It-2

I found all sorts of miniature Christmas-y things at the craft store, along with the ornaments.  The ornaments were already filled with styrofoam balls, and opened along the side, so I didn’t have to have objects small enough to fit into the top opening. All mine did fit that way, so I didn’t need to open up the ornament, but I could have bought larger stuff if I wanted!

To make the tag, I downloaded and printed a vintage-look tag with a “12” on it, from Designer Digitals Counting Christmas Tags No. 1. I just wrote “Can you find all” above the number.  The I printed a list for each ornament (they were slightly different) and cut it to fit the front tag. I used an adhesive runner to stick the front and back tags together.

Then all I had to do was tie the tag on using some bakers’ twine and a little jingle bell.  I ran a strip of sticky strip along the side seam and covered it with ribbon, just to hide the seam and make the ornament a bit more colorful.

Making four of these (I made one for an ornament exchange, as well) took about an hour, mostly because I had to figure out the correct size and type the list.

Hope your Christmas plans are moving along swimmingly!

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My various hats: mom to three crazy teens and one quirky dog, wife of 27 years to my retired GI Joe, and high school math teacher. After my husband's retirement from the Army, we've settled in the Pacific Northwest. Crafting, cooking, photography, and reading keep me sane (that's a relative term!) and I hope you'll enjoy following along as I navigate the chaos of life!
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4 Responses to Find It Ornaments

  1. Tanya says:

    Live this idea!!!! Totally hitting the after Xmas sales with this in mind.

  2. Dania says:

    That is super cute! I love the idea of an interactive ornament!

    • Megan says:

      Well, you know how it is…the hooligans handle every ornament on the tree anyway, so I might as well give them ones they’re actually encouraged to touch!

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