Use plastic lids from all that holiday entertaining food to make ornaments and play with glitter glue. Plastic does not work well with washable markers, so be prepared to use a permanent marker set for this project. Definitely a project for older preschoolers. Make sure, if you use glitter glue, it isn’t layered on too thick, otherwise when it dries, the glitter might peal right off the plastic.
Plastic lid ornaments
Coloring a recycled plastic lid
Once the marker or paint, or whatever you use to decorate your plastic lids dries, add a ribbon to hang it up. Punch a hole in the top edge of the lid, tie on a ribbon and you’re all set. Plastic lid ornaments are an inexpensive activity that you can make to decorate or give as hand made gifts from your preschooler.
Written by Jen Goode
Jen Goode is a work-at-home mom of 3 and the owner and “doodler in charge” of JGoode Designs, a Denver based art and design studio. She has been a creative professional since 1996. Jen, shares her creative inspirations here at Projects for Preschoolers as well as 100 Directions and as a featured contributor on various sites throughout the web.
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