Picasso was an amazing creative person who left a legacy behind him. These DIY tree ornaments are based on his works! They're made from clay and then fun and easy to make!

Toddlers, preschoolers, and even uncomplicated aged children volition have so much fun making  these.

Picasso Inspired Christmas Tree Ornaments
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Make Picasso Inspired Ornaments

Our pal, Maggy over at Reddish Ted Art, has a series about kids crafts inspired past the great masters in art, we've had a couple of "main" inspired projects in the by, Kandinsky inspired Circles, and Pollock inspired Drip Painting.

Today, nosotros are inspired by Pablo Picasso…nosotros are making silly faces! (This mail service contains affiliate links.)

Supplies Needed To Make These DIY Picasso Inspired Ornaments:

  • Oven Bake Clay (we used the brand, Scuplty  because it was very pliable)
  • Plastic wrap
  • Toothpicks
  • Harbinger
  • Ribbon

I made the mistake of creating a semi-normal face offset. This art project would probably be a bit more true-to-Picasso if I had not made a sample… my half-dozen and seven yr olds had fun interpreting cubism in their own way.

Picasso Inspired Christmas Tree Ornaments that are tan and white with red lips, blue eyes with red, yellow, and blue hair
All of these DIY Picasso inspired Christmas ornaments look dissimilar. Lightheaded pilus, skewed mouths, big eyes, petty optics, big noses, they're all perfect!
The purpose of art is washing the grit of daily life off our souls.
— Pablo Picasso
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
— Pablo Picasso

How To Make These DIY Picasso Inspired Christmas Ornaments

Step 1

Use the toothpicks to "cut" new pieces of dirt off the blocks. We tried our fingers, merely the remnants of color on our fingertips bled onto the colour we were breaking off. The darker colors are very vibrant a little goes a long way if you are mixing colors together.

Footstep 2

Make sure that your ornaments are at to the lowest degree a quarter inch thick. You desire the piece to be durable once created.

Step 3

Add faces, pilus, anything you want to make your Christmas ornament unique.

Step 4

Use the straw to put a pigsty in the top.

Step five

Later on you lot take your face "made" place information technology gently onto a piece of foil and bake in the oven at 225 degrees for 20 min (or until solid – if your ornamentation was larger or thicker than ours yous might need longer).

Footstep six

Take ribbon and thread information technology through the hole and necktie a knot! Now you're fix to decorate your Christmas tree!

Picasso Inspired Christmas Tree Ornaments with red hair, mouth, blue nose and eyes, with green pupils, and a green ribbon
This Picasso inspired ornament makes the Christmas tree expect and so colorful and abstract!

Hang it on your tree and enjoy!

Materials

  • Oven Bake Dirt (we used the make, Scuplty  because information technology was very pliable)
  • Plastic wrap
  • Toothpicks
  • Straw
  • Ribbon

Instructions

  1. Utilize the toothpicks to "cut" new pieces of clay off the blocks
  2. Make sure that your ornaments are at least a quarter inch thick.
  3. Add faces, hair, anything you want to make your Christmas ornament unique.
  4. Utilise the straw to put a pigsty in the meridian.
  5. After you lot have your face "made" place it gently onto a piece of foil and bake in the oven at 225 degrees for xx min (or until solid - if your ornament was larger or thicker than ours you lot might need longer).
  6. Accept ribbon and thread information technology through the hole and tie a knot! Now you're ready to decorate your Christmas tree!

More DIY Christmas Ornaments From Kids Activities Blog:

At that place are so many astonishing bootleg ornaments you lot can make with your kids this Christmas. If you need fifty-fifty more inspiration try these:

  • Make this cute handprint ornament!
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  • Kid-made easy painted articulate ornaments art.
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  • Make the coolest natural ornaments with outdoor found objects
  • Free Printable Kids Christmas Ornaments
  • Salt dough handprint ornaments you can brand – this one is a nativity scene.
  • Brand your own ugly sweater ornamentation perfect for your Christmas tree!
  • We honey these popsicle stick ornaments.

Related: The best Christmas crafts for kids! <–Over 250 to choose from.

Will you be making this Picasso inspired ornaments? Let us know in the comments below, we'd love to hear from yous!

Rachel is the founder of the blog, One Crazy House.  She is the co-author of 101 Kids Activities that are the Bestest, Funnest Always! and The 101 Coolest Simple Science Experiments. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband and six children.