Make a gumball ornament with kids...

The finished gumball machine ornament
for kids to cut, color and glue together.

    To make a simple cardboard ornament like this one with your kids you will need the following art supplies: colored pencils, cardboard, pom-poms, a recycled metal spout from a salt box, white school glue, hot glue gun and glue, the pattern to trace around (it is located here.), a wire hook for hanging the finished gumball machine ornament.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Download and print out the pattern with a template for the gumball machine.
2. Cut out the gumball pattern and trace around it on top of a nice piece of cardboard using a soft lead pencil.
3. Cut out the cardboard background and draw in the rest of the design lightly to look just like the photo of our gumball Christmas ornament on the right.
4. Color in the globe with a pale blue pencil and color in the stand for the gumball machine with a bright red pencil.
5. Now glue in colorful pom-poms to act as "gumballs" for your candy machine.
6. Ask an adult to help you hot glue on the metal salt spout and then glue another pom-pom inside of this at last.
7. Poke a hole at the top of the gumball machine and work a wire hanger through it for hanging on the tree.

More Gumball Machine Crafts:

• Craft a Small Wooden Gumball Machine
• A Gumball Machine Provides More Than One Cent of Fun

       "Would we know the joy of Christ on Christmas Day? That joy and delight springs forever from the feeling that we are doing good, loving and living and giving happiness to others with no thought of the self.'' by Lucille Browne, Age 16