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My 2025 Christmas Gifts for Piano Students

Around this time last year, I found and recommended some beautiful yet affordable music ornaments to order as holiday gifts for my piano students. Many of you ordered and told me you were pleased with those ornaments.

Guess what: here I am again this year, with another recommendation I’m thrilled about!

I’m delighted to have found the wooden music snowflake ornaments pictured below. [Update: these appear to be sold out currently on Amazon. Check back later to see if restocked, or scroll to the end of this post for other ornament recommendations.] Aren’t they elegant and fun?! I think my students will enjoy recognizing the music symbols hidden within the snowflake designs.

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seasonal / holiday

Sheet Music Christmas Ornament — Gift Idea for Piano Students

Christmas is nearing! Today, I’m busy making sheet music ornaments as gifts for my piano students.

I found this idea from this blogger, thanks to Pinterest. Here’s my own take on this sheet music ornament idea.

Materials:

  • Old sheet music paper
  • Jute twine
  • Black pony beads
  • Scissors
  • Hole puncher
  • Ruler

For each ornament, I cut 12 pieces of sheet music into strips measuring 1 inch x 6.5 inches, and then punched holes at each end of the paper. I cut a length of 30 inches of jute twine, folded it in half, knotted it to create a loop, and added beads and knots at various places along with the sheet music (as described in the video). The last step is to gently pull apart the paper around to form a circular shape. I love how it turned out!

There are many ways to vary the ornament: perhaps cutting smaller strips of sheet music, cutting the paper with fancy-edged scissors, using a different type of bead, etc.

Thanks for reading.