Growing Book by Book

discovering with babies playing with toddlers exploring with preschoolers building with beginning readers

Home » Reading Ideas » Reading Fun » The Legend of the Poinsettia Book and Ornament

The Legend of the Poinsettia Book and Ornament

• 14 Comments

Sharing is caring!

Our house is full of Christmas books and activities.  We have been reading a few holidays books each day and making ornaments to fill our tree! I love this time of year.

One of my favorite holiday books for kids  is the Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola.

Today, I’m so excited to be a part of the 10 Days of a Kid-Made Christmas.  Each participant is sharing an ornament inspired by a children’s book.  So many great ideas for our literacy tree!

The Legend of the Poinsettia ornament and holiday book for kids from growingbookbybook.com

Full Disclosure:  This post contains affiliate links.

The Legend of the Poinsettia

The Book

The Legend of the Poinsettia is a Mexican legend that tells how the poinsettia came to be the flower of the Holy Night.  Tomie dePaola is a master storyteller and the pictures in the book are beautiful.

The Ornament

Materials Needed: 1 sheet of red felt, 1 sheet of green felt, pink glitter glue, fabric glue, small piece of bubble wrap, yellow acrylic paint, paintbrush, scissors, string or ribbon

1.  Cut five petals out of red felt.  We free handed them, but you could use a pattern to trace.

2.  Cut out three green felt leaves.

Use pink glitter glue for the veins of your poinsettia ornament

3.  Using the pink glitter paint to squeeze on the veins for each petal.  Allow to dry.

make a raised center for your Legend of the Poinsettia ornament

4.  Cut a small piece of bubble wrap into a circle and paint with yellow acrylic paint.  Allow to dry before moving on to the next step.

5.  You are now ready to assemble your flower with fabric glue.  Allow to dry.

The Legend of the Poinsettia Ornament and Christmas Book for Kids from growingbookbybook.com

6. Attach a string or ribbon so you will be able to hang it on the tree.

Don’t miss The Legend of the Poinsettia Pointillism Poinsettia Gift Tag we made too!

Check out these other great ideas book inspired ornaments today:

DIY STained Glass Gingerbread Ornament from The Educators’ Spin On It

Rainbow Fish Ornament from Happy Brown House

Sugar Plum Fairies Ornaments from Made with Happy

Stick Man Ornament from One Time Through

Adventures of Adam

ornaments

To see all of the ideas in the series, head to Mama Miss’s main page and check out her super cute Elmer ornament.

 

Did you get your free list of Books Kids Will Beg You to Read?

Get It

Sharing is caring!

About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

Comments

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  9. Patricia Tilton says

    Really great selection. I love Tomie dePaola’s books and read them to my daughter in the 1990s — when he did a lot of book tours. But, I’ve not read this one. Thank you for sharing, such a great holiday book by a master storyteller.

    Reply

Trackbacks