Need to make a Christmas decoration for DD's homework! Ideas please

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DD is 4 and has homework to make a Christmas decoration for the classroom tree. She's off school poorly today so thought it might be a good way of entertaining her.
Any ideas on what to make? It says no bigger than a beer mat

Cut a star shape out of cardboard and get her to decorate that with paint, glitter etc?

Punch a hole through one spoke and tie a bit of string through, and you've got a sort of star bauble.

Did similar to this with my DD. Its a plastic wine glass. Add glitter and glue a small toy to some card. Glue card to upside down glass. Add string to hang it up.

Look at krokotak website, they have absolutely loads of printables which she can cut out and assemble, or they also have ideas.
Or how about a pompom snowman (glue two white pom-poms together, cut out a scarf from some fabric and wrap around middle)?
Thread colourful beads onto pipe cleaners and shape them into stars/tree shapes/candy canes.

Ooh well yes!

You could make a pine cone Christmas tree...paint it green, touch the edges with glue and add glitter...also beads if you like as baubles. Tie on a string and done.

Or....a salt dough ornament....use a cutter to cut out salt dough in festive shape, bake in oven and let her paint and glitter it.

Ooh I've thought of another! Make salt dough (it's just salt, flour and water) and she can make whatever shape she wants (snowman, star etc) and paint it when its dry (bake until hard in a very low oven)

Cut snowflake pattern out of paper. Done.
Or give her the recycling box, some cotton wool and glitter.

Do you have an eggbox?

We have made bells before, cutting out the bottom half into 6 bells, cutting a q-tip in half and rolling the cotton in glue then glitter, stick that to the top of the inner of the "bell", paint the bell itself, and add some ribbon through a hole in the top to hang it.

Toilet roll inner - made into a santa or snowman or penguin to sit on a branch.

Paper chain made with lots of strips of different coloured papers.

Cut out snowflakes from plain white paper folded into triangles, snip out bits and unfold to have snowflakes.

Yesterday dd (4) and I made a paper chain snowman. White paper chains, black card for a hat that was cut to shape and stuck on top. And coloured in face and buttons on appropriate chains. She loved making it and not to fiddly.

Just saw it needs to be no bigger than a beer mat

Hama beads. Cotton/string hanging loop through finished creation.

How about making a gingerbread biscuit in a shape (stars, hearts, snowman etc) with a hole in that can be decorated and hung on a Christmas tree with ribbon

I came on to say pinecone as well. But the Hama bead idea is a great one too (google designs for inspiration)

If you have neither Hama beads or access to pinecones, then you could dig out last years xmas cards or some wrapping paper and cut out some pics for a beer mat sized collage

Let her use Sharpies on a plain coloured bauble.

Thank you for the suggestions everybody! MrsHouseBrownie I love the snow globe idea! Been out to but the things to make it today so that'll be our job after school tomorrow! I shall post pictures of the finished product

Your welcome. Have fun and be prepared for glitter everywhere!