A craft using fine motor skills, creativity, and your child’s senses is making a Christmas Pomander Ball! There are several ways to make them and we will go through some examples!
Pomander Balls were originally used to ward away illness with the strong scents of cloves and other spices. Today, we make pomander balls with citrus fruits and cloves as a decoration, gift, centerpiece, or for scenting the room.
What you need:
Citrus fruit: clementine or oranges work best (make sure they are on the harder side)
Whole cloves (you can get a large bag that will last for years at the food store)
Ribbon for decoration
To make holes you can use a fork, pushpin, or toothpick (optional): my kids like to use a small fork to poke several holes at once
- Pour some whole cloves into a small bowl for the kids to chose from
- Next, have your child use a fork to poke holes
- Take the whole cloves and poke them through the holes
- Make a design as you chose, and hang with ribbon
- Dry out in a dark place, preferably in a brown bag for a week or two until dry then hang them or decorate with them! If you chose not to dry them, then they usually last a week before they brown and get moldy. You can also place them in the fridge at night if you want them to last a little longer.
- If you fill the whole fruit with cloves completely, it will dehydrate the fruit and you wont need to place it in a bag at all (my kids don’t usually have the patience for this yet)
My kids wanted to law shapes on their clementines with the cloves!
Enjoy and let me know how they turn out!!!
Follow
Share
All you need is white paper, crayons, and leaves!
