Santa List Ornament

I know that everyone has their own "Santa Tradition", but in our house... we don't want Santa to take over the holiday!  Derik and I decided after last Christmas that our children would be allowed to ask Santa for 5 things, and each year Santa will bring 3.  We bought Santa bags, and Santa will leave each child a bag with their 3 gifts every year!  We thought this would be a good way to incorporate the story of Jesus into Christmas... the wise men brought Jesus 3 gifts as well!  This way... everything comes back to the real meaning of Christmas. 

I saw an idea on pinterest, and I had to make it mine!  The idea was to use wooden spools to create an ornament with your child's wishlist for Santa on it.  So, off to JoAnns I went (coupon in hand of course)!! 

I only had to purchase 2 items, wooden spools, and twine! 

I found the spools in a pack of 6 amongst the wood crafts, 

and a package of hemp twine in the jewelry department!

I wanted an ornament for last year's Christmas as well, so I needed to make 2.  Even making 2, this project took about 15 minutes!  I painted the spools red, and waited for them to dry.  After putting my daughter to bed, created a Word Document and inserted a text box.  The size of the spool was 1 1/2" wide, so I made the text box 1 1/2" x 4.5" tall.  I typed a small "letter" to Santa from Abbie including her 5 wishlist items, printed them, and cut them out!  I ran twine through the spool and tied a knot in the end.  Taped on the list, and voila!  I created a Santa's List Ornament!  I will make one each year for each child! 

It was a lot of fun to hang them on the tree, and one day... I will give them all of their spools!!

Wooden Spools $2.57 with my coupon!
Twine $1.99

Total Cost of this project $4.50 (and I have another 2 years worth of spools!!)

 - Jessica