Thank you Moose Toys for sponsoring this post. Get crafty with your kiddo and make “ooniements” with Oonies by Moose Toys this holiday season!
Holiday crafts were always my very favorite as a child and are a part of so many of my best memories. The Christmas tree at my parents’ home is decorated with the ornaments my brothers and I made in elementary school and crafting at home. This holiday season has felt so busy but I did make sure my daughters had time to craft with their friends. Last week my daughters invited neighborhood friends over to craft with Oonies by Moose Toys and make the same type of wonderful memories I have from my own childhood.
What are Oonies? The coolest way to create anything you can imagine.
“Using the Oonies inflator you can inflate Oonies that magically stick together and make an ooniverse of creations. Just inflate them, stick them together and then decorate with Oonie Deco Bits. Create and ocean scene, a jungle of wild animals, a sword or some ice cream! Play games, throw ”em or even just pop ’em!”
For a couple of hours my daughters and there friends used their creativity to design their own ornament ideas.
Oonies are not a seasonal craft activity but because you can make truly anything with the inflatable pellets, they were the perfect start to a fun holiday crafting party. The Oonies Starter Pack came with an Oonies inflator, Oonies Pellets, Oonie Connectors, Oonie Deco Bits, Display Connectors and Oonie Eyes. The instruction manual included step by step directions to make very specific creations. We’ll be playing with Oonies again to make the creatures in the instruction manual but this evening was all about the holiday ornaments!
Inflating the Oonies was easy. Simply place a pellet in the inflator, lock and pump.
The process is fascinating to watch and our party guests had fun taking turns with the inflator.
Winter break is the perfect time to host a holiday craft party for kids. Save wrapping paper, bows and decorations when you open your holiday gifts to reuse for an easy holiday craft party while your children are home from school during winter break.
How to host an easy holiday craft party for kids
Friends
Invite friends over for to make holiday crafts. The Oonies are easy to inflate and adult supervision is only necessary with younger children.
Snacks
Each guest at our party made a holiday shaped pizza before we started crafting.
Crafts
Provide children with wrapping paper, bows, tinsel and any other small wrapping supplies to recycle and use for their Oonies creations. Oonies stick to each other so kids can make amazing creatures and designs without glue.
Is your holiday tree currently decorated with crafty ornaments your children have made too?
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It will be an awesome gifts for Birthday or Christmas. They are creative and great fun craft toys.
That looks like a great party for those kids to decorate with the Oonies and other crafts. It will be fun to look back years later to see these ornaments that they made when they were younger.
These Oonies are everywhere all of a sudden! They do look really fun, and what a great idea to make a party out of it!
I have seen these in the stores, but I had no idea what they actually were. My 6 year old daughter would love these! What a fun crafting party!
These are soooooOoo cool! They would look awesome and festive for a new years eve bash! OR even a baby shower! Great gift idea for our niece.
What a timely post. My friend’s daughter was just telling me about these. Thank you for the visual.
My youngest son is my creative one and would love these. I am going to have to get him some so he can get busy creating!
I love the idea of making keepsake ornaments with the kids. They will become a part of precious family traditions for years to come.
I love craft parties, it’s always a fun way to learn a new technique. Making your own ornaments would be so much fun and definitely something I would do.
Wow these look so cool. I bet they were a total hit at the party. They all look fascinated and like they were enjoying their time. I really like crafts that are not only fun but intriguing.
Oonies sounds like something I would have loved as a kid. I think it’s great when you get to let kids be creative. There’s so much you can do with this!
This is so cute!! As a December baby, quite a few of my birthday parties growing up had holiday crafts involved (one year was a cookie-decorating party, another year we made snowflake necklaces for ourselves and our American Girl Dolls). These are definitely great tips!!
These all look like wonderful craft ideas. Oonies sounds like something really cool and I would of enjoyed as a kid, maybe my little cousin will enjoy this. Will send this to my uncle.
These look so fun to make! I have never herd of them but I would definitely like to check them out and do some cool crafts with my son.
What a fun idea! I bet my daughter would love to craft with Oonies. She and her friends would have fun with this.
I’ve jever heard of oonies before but they look and sound like so much fun! They clearly kept the girls busy. It’s nice to be able to keep homemade ornaments for years to come.
This looks like a lot of fun. My oldest would love this, she loves making crafts
This looks like it would be so much fun to do with the kiddos. I need to look into these for different crafts.
I had not seen these, but they are so cute! My daughter will love making these ornaments!!
I’ve never heard of these before but they do look super cool! I love the idea of hosting a kids ornament party full of crafting and fun. 🙂
I honestly had never heard of these but that is because I don’t have kids. Looks fun and I think my niece would enjoy – sending it to my sister.
Such a fun and cute concept! I can not wait for my mini to get out of the toddler stage so we can try these out!
Oonies looks so much fun! I want to throw a craft party now with the kids! I know they would have a blast.