4. Personalized Scrabble Tile Ornaments
Wordplay meets holiday cheer in this highly customizable craft. Personalized Scrabble tile ornaments are fantastic for celebrating family names, showcasing favorite holiday words like “PEACE,” “JOY,” or “BELIEVE,” or commemorating milestones like a baby’s first Christmas. This project is incredibly simple, making it ideal for families with children of all ages, and it offers a wonderful opportunity to practice spelling and vocabulary with younger kids.
You can purchase wooden letter tiles online or harvest them from thrift store board games. Decide on the words you want to spell and arrange the tiles. You can glue them in a straight horizontal line, or get creative by interlocking words crossword-style to represent all the names of your family members. For the backing, use a sturdy material like a jumbo wooden craft stick, a strip of cardboard, or a piece of colorful felt. Apply a thin line of craft glue or hot glue to the backing and press the tiles firmly into place.
Once the glue has dried, you can decorate the borders of the ornament. Glue a row of miniature faux evergreen needles, tiny red pom-poms, or festive ribbon along the top or bottom of the tiles. To hang the ornament, glue a loop of red-and-white baker’s twine to the back of the craft stick. These ornaments have a charming vintage feel and make excellent gift tags for presents, adding a personalized touch that recipients can hang on their own trees after opening their gifts.