Tell Their Story with Children’s Christmas Ornaments
In our family, ornaments are more than just pretty baubles to decorate our Christmas tree with; they’re personalized keepsakes that commemorate all of life’s milestones, both big and small! We love collecting ornaments for our children, starting from birth, to celebrate big and small moments and achievements that tell each child’s unique story.
Children’s Christmas Ornaments from Coton Colors
There are many reasons that we design such a wide variety of children’s Christmas ornaments to commemorate child milestones, memories, and more. Ornaments hold a special place in our hearts because they become cherished pieces of family history and permanently capture the moments that can easily be forgotten in the whirlwind of life.
Gifting special ornaments from childhood creates a tradition that can be passed on. Kids can have their very own set that will be theirs to take when they’re grown, setting the tradition in motion for the next generation. It’s also a great way to get each family member involved in holiday decorating and tree personalization, letting the ornaments tell their own stories that blend together to represent the whole family.
Whether celebrating a special moment or reflecting on their interests from the past year, keepsake children’s ornaments display the passing of time on your tree. Our Coton Colors ornaments make for easy gifting and storage with coordinating bows and boxes.
From Baby’s First to Their Current Favorite Things
We firmly believe that your tree tells the story of your life; when you have children, your tree starts to tell their story, too. As you add each child’s commemorative ornament to the tree, you also add a piece of their life story. As the kiddos grow, they will be able to pull out ornaments from each year and see how much they have changed and developed.
Children grow quickly, and it’s all too easy to forget the little details as the years fly by. With hobby- and sports-themed ornaments, keepsakes celebrating 'Baby’s First Christmas' and 'Baby’s First Birthday,' and designs commemorating religious milestones, you can preserve these precious memories.
Baby’s First Christmas Ornaments
We consider a Baby’s First Christmas Ornament an essential part of the Christmas tree and your story. These ornaments are perfect as keepsake gifts or as a memento for your own baby to mark their first holiday season. Personalize these special ornaments with our traditional style that allows for multiple lines of text with their first name or their full name and the year. If you’re celebrating a Baby’s First Christmas, you can choose vibrant, themed ornaments or a gender-neutral ornament to match any baby and any tree’s color scheme.
Baby Girl First Christmas Ornaments
For the sweet new baby girl in your life, we offer designs to commemorate her first Christmas. Depending on your style, choose from bestselling designs like our Pink My First Christmas Snowman Ornament or styles like our new Pink Baby’s First Christmas Ornament. Our first Christmas ornament designs are available in complementary styles with coordinating blue options for multiples or to match sibling ornaments.
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| Pink My First Christmas Snowman Ornament | Pink Baby’s First Christmas Ornament |
Baby Boy First Christmas Ornaments
Celebrate the newest little boy’s first Christmas with beautiful blue children’s ornaments. Add a sweet touch to the tree with our Baby's First Christmas Blue Giraffe Ornament, or go for a classic winter motif with the My First Christmas Snowman Ornament. With styles and designs in different themes, we have plenty of options to commemorate his first holiday season.
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| Baby's First Christmas Blue Giraffe Ornament | My First Christmas Snowman Ornament |
Baby’s First Milestones Ornament
Remember the day that your child took their first step, lost their first tooth, got their first haircut, or said their first words with our First Milestones Ornaments. Use a paint pen or fine-tip permanent marker and add the date of the event as it occurs so you’ll always remember those special moments. Write their first words on the first words ornament so there’s no debate years down the line when they ask.
Pro tip: Due to their smaller size, we recommend shortening the date format to two digits, like 12-16-24.
Hobby and Sports Ornaments
Adding children’s ornaments to your collection that mark hobbies and sports allows you to document each and every favorite pastime as the kiddos grow up. Parents and family members will enjoy remembering the big games as they hang a basketball ornament or their first dance recital with a ballet ornament. Make their ornament extra special with hand-written personalization with the final score of the championship game, their jersey number, or team name!
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| Basketball Glass Ornament | Ballet Glass Ornament |
Ornaments that Celebrate Their Favorite Things
Childhood is short, and so often, the whimsical dreams of unicorns and dragons are quickly replaced with real-world passions. Mark those special memories of when they tell you facts on the “Diplodocus” or the “T-Rex” and name their five favorite dinosaurs {at that moment} with a dinosaur ornament. Add personalization with their favorite dinosaur or customize our Superhero Girl Ornament with her superhero name to remember it forever.
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| Dinosaur Glass Ornament | Superhero Girl Glass Ornament |
These “favorite things” ornaments are great for special memories or interests that quickly {in our experience} pass by. Celebrate their love of books with a bookworm ornament {personalized with their favorite book of the year} or mark their interest in all things rockets and planets with an Out in Space Ornament.
Special Occasion Ornaments
Celebrate big moments for your family with ornaments that mark a variety of extra special occasions throughout your year. The baby’s first birthday can be commemorated with a special ornament paired with personalization of the location of that first bash. Gift our christening ornament at their baptism as a special reminder on the tree.
Whether celebrating becoming a big sister or big brother or marking a special trip there is a personalized ornament for every reason and season of life. Personalize with names, dates, or a special message.
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| Christening Gown Glass Ornament | Bam Big Sister 100mm Glass Ornament | Bam Big Brother 100mm Glass Ornament |
Holiday Themed Ornaments
Bring holiday cheer to your little one’s life with festive children’s ornaments. You can go the fun route and choose a beautiful glass reindeer ornament for a colorful depiction of Santa and his reindeer. You can also remind your little one about the meaning behind Christmas and gift a nativity ornament with a meaningful message and illustration on the front. These children’s ornaments not only add fun and festivity to your tree but also spark conversations about the significance of the holiday season.
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| Christmas Calling Reindeer Glass Ornament | Joy to the World Nativity Glass Ornament |
Children’s Religious Christmas Ornaments
If your family celebrates the religious aspect of the Christmas holidays, then you might want a reminder of your faith hanging on your tree. Choose a neutral cross ornament to gift as a thoughtful present or our special For This Child I Have Prayed Ornament to show love and bestow blessings onto the newest little love in your family. These ornaments add a spiritual touch to your tree and serve as meaningful symbols of home, faith, and love.
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| Neutral Cross Glass Ornament |
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Other Children’s Ornaments
We also offer some everyday children’s ornaments with sweet messages that you can gift or pass along “just because.” Add a new pet to the family and commemorate it with our I Love My Cat Ornament, personalized with the cutie’s name and its birthday or “gotcha” day. Remind your sweet little one that they’ll always be the light of your life with our You are My Sunshine Ornament.
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Personalizing Your Ornaments
Personalizing ornaments allows you to take a classic gift and turn it into a thoughtful surprise. Don’t hesitate to get creative when choosing the perfect ornament personalization. You can use our personalization guide to review the variety of styles we have that will fit your ornament and personalization needs.
Favorite Ornament Personalization Ideas
- Make personalization an annual tradition and add names to a yearly ornament – it’s so fun to see how your family grows
- For a fun everyday ornament, add the “To/From” style and insert names so they can think of you each year when they hang it on their tree
- Add the year to Christmas ornaments, so every holiday is cherished
- For a baby’s first Christmas ornament, add the baby’s name and the year so their special first Holiday season is captured
- Add the “Class Of” year to collegiate ornaments so you can celebrate your loved one’s accomplishments
Ornament Family Traditions
In case you haven’t noticed, our family is big on tradition, especially around the holidays. From selecting special ornaments to gift our friends to choosing our family’s annual ornament to hang on our tree, we have plenty of ornament traditions.
Ornaments become more meaningful as they are passed down, adding new pieces that commemorate life’s special moments each year. If you want to start your own ornament traditions, why not start with planning a night to gather the family and decorate the tree?
Other ornament traditions you can try out are:
- An ornament gift exchange (an elevated take on white elephant)
- Annual ornament crafting session with the kids
- Gifting your children an ornament each year
Plan a Family Tree Decorating Night
There is no better way to revisit past ornaments and spread holiday cheer than by spending time with your family and decorating the tree. This is an amazing tradition to practice that makes decorating the tree a much-anticipated activity, not a chore.
We believe that decorating the tree is more than a festive task; it’s an opportunity to reflect on how your family has grown and changed. Each year, your family can intentionally gather and look at past ornaments like they are a photo album.
We love to make cozy and relaxed snacks and drinks to enjoy from the couch or coffee table while we decorate. Nothing starts your holiday season off right like sipping from a mug of hot chocolate or tea while listening to Christmas music and appreciating together time.
Consider making these delicious recipes to accompany your holiday tradition:
Displaying Your Ornaments
Your children’s ornament gifts don’t need to be kept in their keepsake box and in storage until they are old enough to appreciate them. Start displaying the ornaments immediately and hanging them on the family tree as you weave together all the memories and tell the story of your family’s life together.
Once they are a bit older, decorate a mini tree in your child’s room with their special ornaments. While we love this idea, make sure they are at an age where they’ll be careful – our ornaments are durable, but they are made of glass.
We love displaying ornaments all year in our homes, from seasonal additions to celebratory displays of achievements (like trophies celebrating your little one’s accomplishments). Ornament stands are a stylish and functional way to showcase ornaments throughout the year. Choose a neutral option, like our white ornament stand, for everyday use, or add a more festive red and white striped ornament stand to your mantle.
Why Coton Colors Glass Ornaments?
Our children’s ornaments stand out from other baubles you might find in the big-box stores. Not only are they original and handcrafted, but they are also meant for year-round celebration, not just the holiday season. These Coton Colors designs were the first oversized 100mm ornaments to exist, and they hold more room for more memories and beautiful styles. Plus, we design new ornaments each and every year, so there's never a shortage of new memories and moments to commemorate on your tree.
Years ago, our founder, Laura Johnson, wanted ornaments that commemorated life’s occasions and accomplishments. When she couldn’t find what she was looking for, she created them herself. We now love sharing our ornament designs with everyone, allowing families to create new traditions as they create their own collection to tell the story of their lives.
Our commemorative ornaments were born from an artist’s desire – to have beautiful art pieces that could celebrate all of life’s little achievements and big steps. Today, our ornaments have become keepsakes in countless homes. Inventing new holiday traditions and continuing old ones is something that we pride ourselves on at Coton Colors, and we hope your family will join in on the sweet moments. By gifting keepsake ornaments to your children or other loved ones, you can keep the memories of all their moments, both big and small, alive to showcase their life story each year.
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