DIY Car and Truck Popsicle Stick Christmas Ornaments

These adorable car and truck Popsicle stick Christmas ornaments couldn’t be easier to put together with a few inexpensive supplies. The ornaments also make great photo frames for your family holiday portraits!

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We’re just a couple weeks away from Thanksgiving now, and we finally have our plans for the holiday. Thanksgiving day will be pretty low-key with just the usual parade-watching and feasting. Then, we’ll spend the next day driving into the mountains to go to a cut-your-own Christmas tree farm.

We moved to North Carolina from Florida about 5 years ago, and it’s something I’ve always wanted to do with the kids.

I couldn’t be more excited. And, I’m hoping we can go ahead and snap some family photos to use for our Christmas cards this year.

I love seeing cars and trucks driving down the road with their trees strapped to the hood. It’s so exciting, and the imagery really gets me into the holiday spirit. And, it’s what inspired this Christmas ornament craft! We love making homemade ornaments as part of our family Christmas traditions!

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How to Make Your Own Popsicle Stick Car Ornament with Christmas Tree

Popsicle stick ornaments are so easy to make, and you usually only need a few simple items.

What you’ll need:

colorful wooden craft sticks
glue
glue gun
sharp scissors
glitter paper (or photo) for window
cinnamon sticks
green pipe cleaners
black buttons
twine

Most of the items you need to make the Christmas car and truck ornaments can be found at the Dollar Tree.

1. Make the bottom of the car ornament

Use regular school glue or hot glue to attach small black buttons to the bottoms of two popsicle sticks.
Refer to the images below to see how the base popsicle sticks are positioned.
Glue two popsicle sticks horizontally above the buttons, as shown on the bottom right.

2. Make the top of the car ornament

Use a pen to mark across the two popsicle sticks facing upward
Cut the popsicle sticks using your marks as a guide
Glue one of the cut ends of the popsicle sticks across the top to make the hood of the car

3. Make the car window

Cut a piece of the glitter paper in the shape of the car window and glue to the back of the ornament
- This could also be a great place to put a small family photo

4. Create the Christmas Tree

Break one of the cinnamon sticks in half and get one green pipe cleaner
Starting at one end of the pipe cleaner, wrap around in a spiral that gets bigger as it goes down, then attach the other end to the bottom so that the tree keeps its shape (you can refer to my lollipop witch post or watch the video in this post)
Slide the cinnamon stick into the bottom of the tree

5. Attach tree and twine or ribbon

Use a hot glue gun to attach the pipe cleaner tree to the top of the car
Tie the ends of a small piece of twine to make a loop, then hot glue the knotted end to the back of the ornament to make your ornament hanger

How to Make Your Own Popsicle Stick Truck Ornament with Christmas Tree

What you’ll need:

colorful wooden craft sticks
glue
glue gun
sharp scissors
glitter paper (or photo) for window
cinnamon sticks
green pipe cleaners
black buttons
twine

1. Make the bottom of the Christmas truck ornament

Use regular school glue or hot glue to attach small black buttons to the bottoms of two popsicle sticks.
Refer to the images below to see how the base popsicle sticks are positioned.
Glue two popsicle sticks horizontally above the buttons, as shown on the bottom right.

2. Make the top of the truck ornament

Use a pen to mark across the two popsicle sticks facing upward
Cut the popsicle sticks using your marks as a guide
Glue one of the cut ends of the popsicle sticks across the top to make the hood of the truck
Cut a smaller piece off of one of the popsicle sticks and glue onto the back side of the truck at the end

3. Make the truck’s window

Cut a piece of the glitter paper in the shape of the truck window and glue to the back of the ornament
- This could also be a great place to put a small family photo

4. Create the Christmas Tree

Break one of the cinnamon sticks in half and get one green pipe cleaner
Starting at one end of the pipe cleaner, wrap around in a spiral that gets bigger as it goes down, then attach the other end to the bottom so that the tree keeps its shape (you can refer to my lollipop witch post or watch the video in this post to see how I create this cone shape)
Slide the cinnamon stick into the bottom of the tree

5. Attach tree and twine

To attach the tree to the truck, use your glue gun to dab glue onto the bottom of the cinnamon stick. Then, glue the Christmas tree to the back side of the truck ornament. Only the bottom of the tree gets glued, while the top of the tree looks like it’s hanging out of the truck bed
Tie the ends of a small piece of twine to make a loop, then hot glue the knotted end to the back of the ornament to make your ornament hanger.

Popsicle Stick Ornament Frame

In the instructions, I used glitter paper for the windows. But, after my family goes on our trip to a tree farm, I plan on putting a photo from our outing into one of these ornaments to keep as a special keepsake ornament. I will also likely add the year somewhere on the ornament. The photo below shows how it will look, but this is not my family. I used a stock photo in order to respect my kids’ privacy (and the fact that I don’t actually have the photo that I’m going to use yet!).