TBT: Find It Ornaments

Here’s my favorite ornament I made last year…a Find It Ornament for each hooligan.

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 last Christmas, I decided to make a version of the game, lightweight enough to hang on the tree.

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. After I printed a list for each ornament (they were slightly different), I trimmed 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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5 Responses to TBT: Find It Ornaments

  1. Stephanie F. Asbridge says:

    I love this ornament! Where on earth did you happen to find one with styro balls already in it???

  2. Gerri says:

    My son and I are making these this year. We are using larger round ornaments, but I really like how yours turned out. So far, I’m having a hard time being able to actually find the items through the “snow” because the ornament is too large I believe. I may have to rethink this and look for ornaments like yours. We are doing a different theme for each ornament depending on what that child is into and I have looked everywhere for toys that fit. It’s been awhile, but I think I have enough (thank goodness for vending machine toys! lol)

    I love your Christmas themed ones! Do you remember which section you found your tiny objects in?

    • Megan says:

      Thanks, Gerri…I’m so glad you and your son are having fun making them! I think I got all my little things at Hobby Lobby, in the section for decorating mini-trees. That’s where I found the flattened ornaments, too. Good luck, and Merry Christmas!

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