Easy Christmas Tree 'Ornaments' to decorate a Class Christmas Tree

I wanted to have a classroom tree this year, but was a bit worried that if I took in ornaments from home, they might get broken...

And ornaments from a teacher's home aren't very personal anyway, so I decided to let my class make their own ornaments to decorate the class tree. 

These 'ornaments' (I use the term loosely!) are very easy to make, as you can see from the picture to the left. The children just colour the picture (they can also colour the frame and either colour or trace the word), you punch a hole in the top, thread a bit of ribbon through the hole, laminate, and hang on your class

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tree. Laminating isn't necessary, of course, but it improves durability - and if you put the child's name and the month/year on the back, it also makes these little 'ornaments' into a nice keepsake for parents at the end of term. 

In the file, I've included colour versions of the different ornaments. I used these as my 'look what I prepared earlier' version (a bit of a cheat, but we are always so short on time...).

​At the end of the file, there are a couple of different versions of Christmas colouring/writing sheets (suitable for pre-K/K, probably). If you think you could use these in your own class, just click on the picture above. 

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