An art teacher I worked with used those shiny AOL discs to make ornaments. Beats me where she got them from, unless she just hoarded them. At any rate, she gave the kids access to glitter, sequins, tissue paper strips that could be used as is or crumpled up, yarn, etc, and regular white glue. Cafeteria trays helped contain spillage. The kids could decorate their shiny ornaments with whatever they wanted. They could draw on the disc with the glue and then stick on the yarn or glitter to make raised patterns. The glitter was too easy to flake off, though, so I suggest sand. A ribbon glued at the top allowed it to hang. For a student with severe motor impairment but useful vision, we connected a sturdy personal fan, not one of those little ones you carry around--I had a small personal metal one for use in an office--to a Big Mac switch through one of those devices, the name of which escapes me. We got a flat cookie baking sheet (only one side raised edge) and lightly sprinkled on small decorations, like the sequins. We assisted her in squeezing and drawing on the disc. When she was ready, she used the Big Mac to blow her chosen decorations onto the disc. Ye gads, what an incredible mess we made, but the student laughed hysterically. Other students wanted to do it, of course. Looking back, I would see if the student could use a thin brush with an adapted grip to get glue on the brush for her to swipe on the disc. We had chosen a metal baking sheet for sturdiness, but I would cover it with aluminum foil to mold up edges and create a bit of a funnel to maximize stuff sticking to the ornament and not all over the floor. The art teacher. Me. I'm not sure if you can buy the silver discs, but you can buy inexpensive opaque ones in packets of different colors that would look nifty on a window. If you have two sessions, your kids could decorate the other side. It gave the kids ways of practicing fine motor skills, choice making, cooperative play, and, of course, the making of a mess they could then help clean up. Depending on how much time you have, you could limit the number of items they have available, glue the ribbon hangers on ahead of time, reduce how much they're expected do to for clean up, etc. We had an hour, but could have used an hour and a half. This sounds complicated and time consuming, but we had a couple of one-to-one aides to help. It was the set up that took the most time, and you could do a lot of that ahead of time. I thought the results were good. The kids made an ornament large enough to handle easily, and with personal decorations that could be felt, and resembled the kind of projects their younger siblings might bring home. You need: One tray with raised edges per kidOne CD per kidOne glue bottle for every pair of kidsA selection of lightweight decorationsContainers to separate the decorationsOne small container with wet paper towel per kid, for sticky fingers Optional: A cookie baking sheetAluminum foil to mold edges and make a sort of open top funnelA big Mac switchAn Ablenet(?) Connector A small, sturdy fan Bottle or flat dish of glueThin paint brush with adapted gripAccess to an electrical socketExtension cord, if needed--the converter's cord is short Optional: any or all Wet cloths, wet wipes, wet paper towels, wet sponge, or whatever works for cleaning table topsIndividual dust pans with the hand brushes for sweeping table top, chairs, each otherFull size broom with dust panNon-powered sweeper, like a Bissel, for floorsPowered sweeper, like an electric broom, for floors Laura Nickolai