15 Easy Pasta Ornaments to make for Christmas with Kids!

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Give your Christmas tree a heartfelt touch of homemade with 15 Easy Pasta Ornaments to make for Christmas with Kids!

With different kinds of pasta, you can create amazing snowflakes, flowers, and small tabletop Christmas trees. Your kids will love helping you and by using their imagination, they can come up even with some new forms and designs. Bowties, wagon wheels, elbows, stelline ..  there are so many different pasta types that you can use. Glue them together by using a hot glue gun, color the ornaments with various paint colors, and decorate with other embellishments. How easy and creative can pasta be!

15 Easy Pasta Ornaments to make for Christmas with Kids!

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1. Make Macaroni Pasta Angel Ornaments

I found these really cool ideas for making my own Christmas ornaments this year. From Suzy’s Sitcom
Macaroni Angels .. You’ll need Pasta- Rigatoni, Elbow Macaroni, and Bow Ties, Small Christmas balls,  Hot Glue & White Acrylic Paint
 
13 Easy Christmas Ornaments for Kids to make with pasta - Pasta angels, pasta elf, pasta gingerbread house, fun and easy pasta ornament craft ideas.
 
She made name tags, You can  use them as ornaments for your Christmas tree

2. Make Cute Painted Farafelle Pasta ornaments

Have had a lot of fun painting pasta bows! String them up & hand them up to your Christmas tree.

Idea from http://www.agusyornet.com/2012/04/cute-painted-pasta-pasta-decorada.html

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3. DIY  Macaroni Pasta Snowflakes

I absolutely fell in love with her DIY snowflake ornaments. A sweet and cost-effective gift for the holidays. –

See more at http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/2008/12/budget-gifts-ideas-winner.html

13 Easy Christmas Ornaments for Kids to make with pasta - Pasta angels, pasta elf, pasta gingerbread house, fun and easy pasta ornament craft ideas.

4. Bow Tie pasta Ornaments

Electric garlands may be pricey, so why not make an alternative with what you have at fingertips? For example, pasta? Just cover it with glitter

More details at  http://thegoldjellybean.com/2012/11/diy-bowtie-pasta-garland.html
13 Easy Christmas Ornaments for Kids to make with pasta - Pasta angels, pasta elf, pasta gingerbread house, fun and easy pasta ornament craft ideas.

5. Make  a painted pasta gingerbread house ornament

Use a variety of different pasta shapes like mini wheels, farfalle bow ties, tubular rigatoni, and mini spirals and paste on a mini birdhouse.

More details at  http://club.chicacircle.com/painted-pasta-gingerbread-birdhouses/

How to make a painted pasta gingerbread house - 13 Easy Christmas Ornaments for Kids to make with pasta - Pasta angels, pasta elf, pasta gingerbread house, fun and easy pasta ornament craft ideas.

6. Make a pasta star photo frame

Cut out a star, paste pasta shapes, spray painted them with some gold paint, put a ribbon through the top, and tape a picture to the back.

Pretty cute for macaroni art idea –http://martyreneemaycee.blogspot.in/2010/11/christmas-ornament-craft.html

13 Easy Christmas Ornaments for Kids to make with pasta - Pasta angels, pasta elf, pasta gingerbread house, fun and easy pasta ornament craft ideas.

7. Make Pasta Star Ornaments

Idea from http://www.free-homemade-gift-ideas.com/simple-homemade-christmas-ornaments.html

Get your pasta out, heat up your glue gun and create away! Choose your pasta and glue them together the way you please.

simple homemade Christmas ornament to make from plain pasta 13 Easy Christmas Ornaments for Kids to make with pasta - Pasta angels, pasta elf, pasta gingerbread house, fun and easy pasta ornament craft ideas.
 

8. Make a Pasta Elf

Found at http://weheartit.com/entry/43663561

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9. Make a pasta Tree ornament

Pasta Tree Ornament. Need: wagon wheel pasta, tiny bells, spray paint, hot glue gun, cord to hang the ornament.
Spray paint pasta green and bells red. Glue the wheels into a pyramid, with one extra on the bottom to act as a trunk.

Glue the bells over the center hole in each wheel except the trunk wheel. Add a cord to the top and hang on the tree.

Idea from http://www.housewifeeclectic.com/2010/12/tutorial-christmas-tree-ornament-made.html

13 Easy Christmas Ornaments for Kids to make with pasta - Pasta angels, pasta elf, pasta gingerbread house, fun and easy pasta ornament craft ideas.

10 . Make pasta flowers

Spray paint Dry pasta, beans, lentils, spices and glue them like a flower

Idea here  http://www.serendipityrefined.com/2012/06/using-my-noodles.html

13 Easy Christmas Ornaments for Kids to make with pasta - Pasta angels, pasta elf, pasta gingerbread house, fun and easy pasta ornament craft ideas.

11. Make a Painted Penne Pasta Christmas Tree shaped ornament

With lots of Penne pasta & a glue gun, we can make this tabletop Christmas Tree ornament for Christmas. Idea via http://diy-enthusiasts.com/decorating-ideas/christmas/christmas-crafts-kids-ornaments-pasta/

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12. Make a White with Red bead pasta Christmas Tree shaped ornament

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How gorgeous does this look? I love how they have used the natural color of Pasta with a pop of red.

13. Join the silver spray-painted pasta to form beautiful snowflakes

pasta flower ideas

14. Make Candy Cane Christmas ornament with pasta, cardboard, paint and glue

Shell Pasta Christmas Ornament

Cut a piece of cardboard in a candy cane shape. Stick Some pasta Paint – Check out the simple tutorial at Growing up Gabel

15. Make a Rainbow Pasta Christmas Tree Craft using Mezza Rigatoni Pasta. 

rainbow pasta christmas tree craft

Put a Christmas twist to the classic pasta craft this holiday season by making this festive Rainbow Pasta Christmas Tree Craft!

Once your littles are done weaving and practicing their threading, hang up your cheerful pasta tree for a colorful Christmas tree decoration!

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Wasn’t that simple to make? All you need is pasta, glue, and lots of imagination.

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  1. I was trying to find the Christmas Elf made of pasta and am just being led in a loop it’s a bit frustrating . You might want to check the source and remove it if you don’t have the instructions. It’s adorable that’s for sure