I recently put my crafty hard hat on again and I came up with ANOTHER first-seen-here tutorial to share with my awesome readers!
Today we are taking a basic craft foam bulb shape from Michaels and turning it into a festive Christmas Ornament Snail idea! Do you see my vision?
Keep scrolling for the full how-to and a few tips on getting started on this clever idea!
This Christmas craft idea is perfect for kids! They can make these snails from basic craft foam shapes, and they’ll love the festive results. Hang them on your tree or give them as a gift.
I’m so excited to be adding this Christmas kids craft tutorial to my blog archives. Seriously – my best ideas always hit me late at night, when I’m about to go to bed. AHHH I can’t contain the excitement anymore! I feel like a kid on Christmas morning. BTW – do you see my vision of how I took the Christmas bulb ornament and made it the “shell” for my holiday snail?! Clever, right?!
If you would like to recreate this Paper and Craft Foam Christmas Ornament Snail idea with your child today, you can find all the details below. I purchased ALL my materials from Michaels recently but honestly you can raid your own craft stash for pretty much everything you need. You don’t even need the craft foam Christmas bulb shapes I used in mine. You could use a paper plate that you decorate to look like an ornament or cut out a large, basic circle shape from paper and decorate that instead. So many ways!
I just want to throw out there that I really hope that you and your child are encourage to think outside the box when it comes to designing your snail made from a Christmas light bulb. I want you both to feel good about what you use, so don’t feel limited by what you see in my pictures. If you want it to really sparkle – grab the glitter, the sequins – whatever your crafty heart desires to make it shine! You want it more plain? No worries! Add as little or as much as you like! With today’s post, I just hope to inspire and get those wheels spinning as you build away! After all – that’s the BEST part of crafting in the first place. You take my idea and expand on it & the creativity just grows from there!
So without further ado, I’ll let you get to “designing” the perfect Christmas bulb snail friend today! I’ve linked to a few supplies the Michaels’ and Amazon website below, to get you started on the perfect building supplies!
And on last note – one of the steps is to add some string to the hole towards the top of the craft foam bulb piece. Guess what? This makes this craft PERFECT to display on the Christmas tree afterwards, as a real ornament! Mind blown!
Happy crafting, my dear friends and don’t forget to share pictures of your new Christmas light bulb ornament snail with us on our Facebook page! I can’t wait to see how you give your snail it’s own personality and style! #gluedtomycrafts
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Snail Craft Supplies:
- Green and Red Craft Foam Light Bulbs {I found mine at Michael’s}
- Basic Craft Scissors
- Light Brown Colored Cardstock
- Matching Green or Red Colored Cardstock Paper
- Wiggle Eye Stickers
- Black Sharpie Marker
- School Glue
- Hand-Held Office Stapler
- Various Small Holiday Stickers and Sparkles
Directions:
- First things first – grab one of your craft foam ornament shapes and all of your crafty embellishments. You only need ONE ornament shape per snail craft.
- Decorate the ornament shape however YOU like with your embellishments. Make it sparkle and shine for your snail friend!
- When done decorating the bulb, set it aside till later.
- Now grab all your sheets of cardstock and scissors.
- Cut out a simple hot dog shape out of the cardstock for his body.
- Go ahead and also cut out TWO antennas for on his head.
- Next adhere some wiggle eyes and draw on a smile with the Sharpie marker, on the larger cardstock piece.
- Finally, to finish off the Christmas Light Bulb Snail project, staple or glue the snail’s cardstock body to the decorated ornament from the first step. Follow that up by adhering the antennas in place as well.
- Then allow it to dry completely before you display it proudly for all to see!
- Remember – you can also add string to the back of the finished piece, to turn it into an ornament for the tree if you like! In our case, the craft foam shapes I purchased from Michaels had a pre-cut hole on the ornaments, so it was super easy to string some ribbon through it and then hang them on your tree or give them as a gift.
- Don’t forget to share pictures with us, of your finished Christmas snail, on your various social media sites! #gluedtomycrafts
- Now pair your finished snail craft with our —> Paper Plate Christmas Camper
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Craft Foam Christmas Ornament Snail
Supplies:
- 1 Craft Foam Ornament Shape
- Cardstock Paper
- 2 Wiggle Eyes
- Embellishments
Instructions:
- First things first - grab one of your craft foam ornament shapes and all of your crafty embellishments. You only need ONE ornament shape per snail craft.
- Decorate the ornament shape however YOU like with your embellishments. Make it sparkle and shine for your snail friend!
- When done decorating the bulb, set it aside till later.
- Now grab all your sheets of cardstock and scissors.
- Cut out a simple hot dog shape out of the cardstock for his body.
- Go ahead and also cut out TWO antennas for on his head.
- Next adhere some wiggle eyes and draw on a smile with the Sharpie marker, on the larger cardstock piece.
- Finally, to finish off the Christmas Light Bulb Snail project, staple or glue the snail's cardstock body to the decorated ornament from the first step. Follow that up by adhering the antennas in place as well.
- Then allow it to dry completely before you display it proudly for all to see!
- Remember - you can also add string to the back of the finished piece, to turn it into an ornament for the tree if you like! In our case, the craft foam shapes I purchased from Michaels had a pre-cut hole on the ornaments, so it was super easy to string some ribbon through it and then hang it.
- Don't forget to share pictures with us, of your finished Christmas snail, on your various social media sites! #gluedtomycrafts
