DIY Sesame Street Ornament Activity

/ Mary, Mother of the Light Academy/

What toddler doesn’t love the holidays, and what toddler doesn’t love Sesame Street?  The answer would be slim to about zero...but what makes a toddler who loves Sesame Street the absolute happiest?  Combining those two loves, of course!  This holiday season, add a little DIY to your Christmas tree with a fun project that you and your toddler can do together.

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PRO TIP: Ornaments are typically super fragile, but they don’t always HAVE to be.  When buying the necessities for your project opt for the plastic ornament bulbs instead of the glass ones.  Clear, plastic ornament bulbs can be found at any craft store around this holiday time of the year.  You’ll avoid many mishaps, tantrums and tears this way.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

-  Clear Round Ornaments

-  Red Shredded Paper*

-  Blue Shredded Paper*

-  White Paint

-  Black Paint

-  Orange Paint

-  Paint Brushes

-  Paper Plate For Paint

*You don’t have to use shredded paper here! This is really to give your bulb color so that Elmo looks like Elmo and Cookie Monster looks like Cookie Monster.  You can use tissue paper, loose glitter, or colored sand.  If you’re really brave you and your little one could coat the inside of the clear bulb with acrylic paint – just understand it might take a while for the inside of the bulb to dry!

Let’s get to work!

Step 1: Fill the inside of your ornaments.  This is super easy and a great task for your toddler to take on.  Filling a round-ball of plastic with pieces of paper is a very tedious task and you’ll realize not long into it that it will take a touch longer than you would think.  This is prime time to get your paints ready.

Step 2: Place the top of the bulb back on so none of the paper falls out while you’re painting.

Step 3: You’ll really need three circles – two eyes and one nose for each ornament.  There are actually templates for this but it’s more fun if you try to show your toddler a picture of these characters and instruct them on what steps to take.  Their sense of accomplishment when this whole thing is over will be sky high if you let them do it themselves.

Step 4: Draw a mouth!

Step 5: Take your creations and hang them on the tree.  These ornaments will give you something you can hold on to until your toddler has their own tree with their own family. 

Tis the season!