Set the scene for a festive holiday with today’s super EASY Wood Santa Star Ornament tutorial! All it takes is some basic wood star shapes, a little craft paint and some crafty imagination!

Keep scrolling for the full how-to and recreate your own star shaped Santa pieces with your child today!

I know some of you are cringing at the thought of Christmas right now {after all, we haven’t even had our turkey yet!} BUT if you want to be on your A-game this time of year, you are going to have to start thinking about those holiday crafts right now! So let’s dust off the craft supplies and get ready to DIY some Santa ornaments today!

Lucky for you, today I’m sharing an EASY {and fast} Christmas kid craft that is perfect to turn into an ornament afterwards. I call it the Santa Star Ornament and it’s just that – a simple {and inexpensive} wooden star turned into a Santa ornament with just a few simple steps!

My son absolutely LOVED making this simple DIY with me and I’m so excited to add this sweet keepsake to our tree, for years to come!

I want you to keep scrolling to find ALL the details below in the full tutorial. Then recreate a few wood star shaped Santa ornaments with your crafty helper and then share pictures of your finished creations hanging on your tree, with us on our Facebook page! I just LOVE seeing the inspiration come to life and I know you are going to feel good when you are done!

Happy crafting, my friends! #gluedtomycrafts

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Wood Star Santa Ornament Craft Supplies:

* Assorted Sized of Wood Stars {affiliate link}
* Craft Paint {Red, Black, Tan}
* Small Paint Brushes
* Small Paper Plate
* White Cotton Balls
* Kid Friendly Craft Scissors
* Hot Glue Gun
* Glue Gun Sticks
* Twine/Ribbon

Directions:

* First things first – squirt your craft paints on the small paper plate.
* Next up – grab ONE star per ornament you want to make today.
* Have your child paint their stars completely red.
* Once done, paint on a Santa face in the center of the star.
* You will also want to paint on black boots on two of the star points.
* Set aside to let your pieces dry completely.
* Now take a single cotton ball and cut it into fours with your scissors.
* Hot glue a cotton ball piece near the face of Santa to represent his beard.
* Take another cotton ball beard piece and hot glue it on one of the other star points, to give the look of his hat.
* To finish it off and turn it into a Santa Star ornament, hot glue some ribbon or twine to the back of the wood star.
* Then display proudly for all to see!
* Don’t forget to share pictures with us on our Facebook page or use our special branded hashtag #gluedtomycrafts for us to see!

Now wasn’t that easy?! If you love this holiday themed Santa star craft idea from Glued To My Crafts, you will also want to check out our Paper Bag Santa Puppet w/Handprint Beard – Kid Craft, DIY Wood Slice Grinch Ornament and Paper Plate Christmas Bear – Kid Craft posts! #gluedtomycrafts