Materials

• hard card stock paper (scrapbook paper works too)
• rotini (twists),elbow, farfalle (butterflies/bows), ruote (cartwheels), and/or rigatoni pasta
• markers or paint
• hot glue gun (works the best) or elmer’s glue
• a passport sized photo
• short piece of yarn about 9 inches long
• hole punch

Directions

1. Trace a circle on the backside of the paper with a small rectangle on top for the yarn and cut it out
2. Glue the photo onto the middle of the ornament
3. Color in the pastas various colors
4. Glue it onto the paper in random order
5. Punch a hole in the middle of the rectangular area
6. stick one end of the string through the hole and tie a knot to complete the loop

Tips

You can make different ones with a picture of your favorite things to hang all over the Christmas tree. It could be a picture of your favorite dog, toy, food, friend, mom, dad, etc.

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