Craft Gift Bags for pre-k kids, ribbon, glitter, and handcrafted ornaments!

Pretty and fun!

I don't often toot my own horn, but if I ever want to blog for Better Homes & Gardens I need to get blogging about how crafty and artistic I am.  Have you seen my refurnished furniture?  My husband is pretty good at it too.

For the girls' preschool presents this year I decided to go all out.....there are no real step-by-step pictures but I promise you the finished product tells all!

Here is a play by play of their friends and teachers gift bags, all courtesy of the craft super store Michael's (which is awesome by-the-way)!

1) Purchased gift bags in bunches of 13, inexpensive adorable wooden ornaments, holiday pencils and bag stuffers!

Already have white paint, glitter, and letter stickers to adorn the ornaments with!

I'm ready to get crafting!  Be patient with yourself and if time allows when finished, have a nice glass of holiday cheer with your spouse!

Just before I begin, when I start a project, I easily become obsessed.  It's important not to go overboard because keep in mind these are kids and they will receive presents from everyone and their families so I want to make it memorable on my end!

I love gift tags so I embellish where necessary so buying a small roll of holiday ribbon at Target for $1.00 should keep these kiddie gift bags under budget!

2) Get your kids ready to paint the ornaments with white paint, brushes, and smocks.  Make sure your kiddies aren't hungry or thirsty before they start this project!  Snack them first.

3) Gently shake glitter on top of ornaments and let dry for 20 minutes.  I use an aluminum pan to capture extra glitter!

This can get messy!

4) Hot glue Letter stickers (kids this is a no-no I'm sorry) in the middle of wooden picture frame ornaments. Oh did I leave that out?  These ornaments are shaped like mirror frames!!  So pretty!

Use what you have!

5) Tie ornaments with pretty holiday ribbon onto holiday gift bags and stuff with prizes!!!  I chose puzzles (my kids were not allowed to pick stuffers for the simple fact that they would of picked large sized stuffed animals to put in bags and other large items like Mermaid Barbie dolls, so I chose mini puzzles of 50 pieces!)
Puzzles are great gift ideas five year olds and I keep them handy in my purse and take them out at doctors offices so that my kids don't touch other items in the office that may or may not be awash with bacteria!

Happy Crafting!