Candy Cane ChristmasOrnaments

These pony bead candy cane ornaments are perfect Christmas ornaments for toddlers to make.  They are an easy Christmas craft for toddlers, they look amazing on the Christmas tree and making them helps develop young children's fine motor skills. 

Making Christmas ornaments with kids can be a lot of fun. Toddlers will be so proud seeing their handmade ornaments taking pride of place on the Christmas tree and it's lovely to be able to bring out their handmade ornaments year after year.

More Christmas ornaments for toddlers:

• fingerprint ornament
• salt dough frame ornament
• snowman ornament 

Candy Cane Christmas Ornaments

Bead candy cane ornament supplies:

• Pony beads (red and white)
• Red pipe cleaner 

How to make bead candy cane ornaments

STEP 1: Prepare supplies

Before beginning to make your candy cane ornaments help your toddler to organise the pony beads into coloured sets. This will help when it comes to the threading, but it is also a great activity for toddlers working on colour recognition and sorting skills. 

STEP 2: Thread the pony beads

Now the beads are sorted by colour it is time to thread them onto a pipe cleaner. Fold one end of the pipe cleaner over slightly so the beads stay on and then start threading. Continue threading beads until the pipe cleaner is full alternating between red and white beads. 

STEP 3: Complete candy cane ornaments

Once you have finished threading the red and white pony beads double over the end of the pipe cleaner so they won't fall off. Finally bend the top of the pipe cleaners over to make them look like candy canes.

 

They are now ready to be hung on the Christmas tree!

Even our elf on the shelf Elfie enjoyed making them!

We hope that you have as much fun making candy cane ornaments as we did. They are the perfect Christmas craft for toddlers.