Make these easy Melted Peppermint Ornaments this Christmas season with the kids! Simply fill cookie cutters with peppermint candies and melt. The perfect addition to your Christmas ornaments.
It’s Christmas and it’s time for crafts and activities! My kids love making ornaments for Christmas trees. These Melted Peppermint Ornaments only require a few items and are so fun to make.
Plus, they are cute and festive with the mix of red and white in the ornaments.
The kids will have fun picking our their favorite Christmas cookie cutters to make them with. They make fun gifts for grandparents too! And if you want to make even more homemade Christmas decorations, check out these adorable Homemade Snow Globes!
Materials Needed!
- Peppermint Candies
- Metal cookie cutters
- Baking pan
- Aluminum foil
- Bamboo skewer or toothpick
- Oil
- Twine or Ribbon
How to Make the Ornaments
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. This will help protect the baking sheet and make it easier to release the ornaments.
Place cookie cutters on prepared pan.
Fill each cookie cutter with a single layer of peppermints. Break the peppermint pieces to fill in the large gaps. As the peppermint candies melt they will fill in smaller openings.
Carefully put the baking sheet in the preheated oven. Bake for 5 minutes, check to see if they are fully melted. The baking time will vary depending on the brand of peppermint you use.
When candies are fully melted remove baking sheet from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.
Dip a bamboo skewer in a little oil and use the skewer to create a hole for the ornament hanger.
Cool ornaments completely. Then remove from the cookie cutters.
To remove the ornaments, gently pull the sides of the cookie cutter away from the ornament.
Tips
These ornaments are sticky and will only last one year. You can not save them and reuse them for the next year.
MORE CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
- Easy to make Christmas Peppermint Playdough with a peppermint scent is the perfect holiday activity!
- With only two ingredients these Cinnamon Ornaments are a fun craft activity for Christmas with the kids.
- Just print this easy Santa Christmas Countdown and put on a cotton ball for each day until Christmas Eve! Cute, simple and easy!
- This adorable Handprint Santa Claus craft is a great activity for little hands during the holidays and they are so precious!
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Melted Peppermint Ornaments
Make these Melted Peppermint Ornaments for an easy Christmas craft!
Materials
- Peppermints, unwrapped
- Metal cookie cutters
- Baking pan
- Aluminum foil
- Bamboo skewer or toothpick
- 1 teaspoon oil, any kind of liquid cooking oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. This will help protect the baking sheet and make it easier to release the ornaments.
- Place cookie cutters on prepared pan.
- Fill each cookie cutter with a single layer of peppermints. Break the peppermint pieces to fill in the large gaps. As the peppermint candies melt they will fill in smaller openings.
- Carefully put the baking sheet in the preheated oven. Bake for 5 minutes, check to see if they are fully melted. The baking time will vary depending on the brand of peppermint you use.
- When candies are fully melted remove baking sheet from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Dip a bamboo skewer in a little oil and use the skewer to create a hole for the ornament hanger.
- Cool ornaments completely. Then remove from the cookie cutters. To remove the ornaments, gently pull the sides of the cookie cutter away from the ornament.
Notes
These ornaments are sticky and will only last one year. You can not save them and reuse them for the next year.
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