Holiday Decorating with Kids: Sequinned Christmas Trees

We have built up quite a collection of colourful sequins left over from creative projects, in all manner of shapes and sizes, so when I came across some tall, polystyrene cones recently I was reminded of our sequinned Christmas ornaments and thought they would be easily transformed into a wonderful Christmas tree-shaped table decoration. This technique of using sequins and short pins is wonderful for developing the fine motor skills of preschoolers and bigger kids and Immy had a fabulous time decorating these ‘trees.’

Sequinned Christmas Trees

You will need:

• 1 Polystyrene cone for each tree
• Child friendly acrylic paint
• Sequins in a variety of shapes and sizes
• Small plastic pins or short dressmaking pins with a round head
• Optional: glitter tape or colourful washi tape

To make:

1. Paint the cones with the acrylic paint and allow to dry.

2. Wrap lengths of glitter tape around the cone to represent tinsel (I found this sequin-like tape in the scrapbooking section of Big W but you could also use glitter scrapbooking tape or colourful washi tape, or leave the tape off all together).

3. To hang ornaments on your tree, push a pin through the hole in the sequin and then press into the polystyrene.

4. Have fun covering the tree with colourful, sequin ornaments.

Do you have a collection of sequins left over from creative projects? How do you plan to use them?

More festive fine motor fun…

• Preschool Sewing Christmas Tree
• Miniature Button Tree Ornaments
• Beaded Snowflake
• Fine Motor Skills at Christmastime