Wooden Slice Rudolph Ornament (with Video)
A fun Rudolph craft for kids, these Wood Slice Rudolph Ornaments are super simple to make with just a few everyday craft materials and make a cute addition to your Christmas decor.
DIY Rudolph Wood Slice Ornament Craft
Every year, one of our advent calendar activities is spending an afternoon making our own Christmas ornaments.
This year, we bought a package of unfinished wood slice ornaments to paint as one of our Advent activities and we’ve been having so much fun coming up with different ideas and designs. I love the rustic charm these ornaments lend to anything you make with them – and I especially love mixing it with glittery elements for a fun contrast.
These Rudolph ornaments make a cute stand-alone ornament, or you can make all nine of Santa’s Reindeer. These wood slice ornaments can be hung on a tree or turned into a cute reindeer bunting banner.
If you want to give these Rudolph ornaments a 3D effect, you can use a red glittery pompom instead of the red glitter foam for the nose.
More Wood Slice Ornaments for Kids
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- Grinch Wood Slice Ornament
- Wooden Slice Penguin Ornament
Check out our quick video to see how to make your own rudolph wooden ornament – and then don’t forget to scroll down for the printable instructions:
Rudolph Ornament Materials
- Wood Slices Ornaments
- Glitter Foam
- Baker’s Twine, optional
- Scissors <– these are the ones we have in our daycare, super easy to use and actually cut through things (unlike a lot of safety scissors). They’ve lasted for over 5 years
- Glue
- Paint Pens, optional
Tip: if you want to add a 3D element to this craft, use a red glittery pompom for the nose instead of the red glitter foam.
How to Make a Rudolph Wood Slice Ornament
Remove the twine that comes on the wood slice.
Trace the shape of a reindeer antler to the back of the brown glitter foam. Cut out the antler and use it to trace a second antler.
Glue the antlers to the back of the ornament, about a finger width apart.
Cut out a circle of the red glitter foam and attach to the front of the ornament, in the center.
Use your paint pens to draw on two reindeer eyes.
Allow paint to try before restringing the ornament and hanging.
Pin this Rudolph Ornament for your Christmas crafting with the kids:
Grab your free printable instructions for our Rudolph Wood Slice Ornament craft:
Wooden Slice Rudolph Ornament
An easy step-by-step tutorial for how to make your own Rudolph Ornaments using wooden slices. You can make a full set of all nine reindeer and use them as tree ornaments or make a reindeer bunting banner.
Materials
- Wood Slices Ornaments
- Glitter Foam
- Baker's Twine, optional
Tools
- Scissors
- Glue
- Paint Pens, optional
Instructions
- Remove the twine that comes on the wood slice.
- Trace the shape of a reindeer antler to the back of the brown glitter foam. Cut out the antler and use it to trace a second antler.
- Glue the antlers to the back of the ornament, about a finger width apart.
- Cut out a circle of the red glitter foam and attach to the front of the ornament, in the center.
- Use your paint pens to draw on two reindeer eyes.
- Allow paint to try before restringing the ornament and hanging.
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I hope your kids love getting to make their own Rudolph ornaments for Christmas!
For more reindeer fun and games for kids, check out our Rudolph Yoga Series for Kids or our Kid-Made Reindeer Cookies.
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Love these ornaments – and I’d like to have my class make them. Was there an SVG file you used for the antlers? Or a template? I love how they look and haven’t found anything similar.
A template for the reindeer antlers sure would be nice. It would make it so much easier!