25 Easy Christmas Crafts Ideas For Kids To Make

Christmas is just around the corner! You and the kids are probably waiting for the holiday season on tenterhooks. So, if you are planning a fun family Christmas, why not let the kids take part in the decorations this time? This would be the good time to introduce some Christmas craft ideas for kids.

Christmas is a perfect time to get the kids to settle down to do some crafts- the days are short, and the cold weather discourages them from playing outside. So, engaging them in some fun indoor activities like making crafts is probably the best way to entertain your kids while they wait for Christmas Day. For your benefit, we have compiled a list of some fantastic Christmas craft ideas for children.

1. Paper Bulbs:

You Will Need:

• White or any colored text paper (You can also use magazine papers).

• Scissors

• Thread

• Needle

How To:

1. Cut out 10 circles from the paper. They must be of the same size.

2. Cut each circle along its radius.

3. Now place small pieces of double-stick tape on each side of the cut, just near the edge of the paper.

4. Flip over the circle. The taped side should be down now. Now form a cone from the circle. Press down the taped sides to secure. You will end up with two cones now. Do the same with the other ten circles.

5. String the double cones with a thread and needle. Gather it snugly into a ball and tie a knot. Use the ends of the thread as a loop for hanging.This is one of the easy Christmas crafts for kids.

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2. Wooden Snowflake Ornament:

You Will Need:

• An assortment of wood pieces.

• Hot glue gun

• Thick white glue

• String or wire for hanging.

How To:

1. Take a 2-inch square piece of wood for the base. The base will support the other pieces

2. Assemble the pieces until you get a snowflake design and affix with white glue. Remember, a real snowflake has 6 points. Do not wedge the pieces against each other.

3. Now attach a wire or string and your snowflake is ready to be used for decoration.

3. Jolly Lolly:

You Will Need:

• Red and white construction paper.

• Pencil

• Scissors

• Popsicle sticks

• Red and white glitter glue.

• Red ribbon

• Craft glue

How To:

1. Cut out 4 red and 4 white 21/20 circles from the construction paper.

2. Outline each paper with glitter glue and leave it to dry.

3. Now overlap and stick each circle onto the next in alternating colors. It will form a large circle.

4. Glue a popsicle stick to the back of the swirl.

5. To create a loop, cut a small piece of ribbon and fold it in half.

6. Glue it to the back of the lolly.

7. Cut another small piece of ribbon and tie a bow around the popsicle stick. This is a colorful and simple Christmas crafts for kids.

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4. Gingerbread Man Felt Ornament:

You Will Need:

• Brown colored felt.

• Gingerbread man cookie cutter.

• Thread and needle.

• Batting

• Buttons

• Yarn

How To:

1. Trace the gingerbread cookie cutter on the felt and cut out its two silhouettes. If you have young kids working on this project, then help him make cut the felt.

2. Stitch together the felt pieces with thread, needle or whipstitch, leaving one side open.

3. Stuff in the batting and sew again.

4. Make the gingerbread’s eyes and accessories with buttons.

5. Thread through a yarn from the top and hang on your Christmas tree.

5. Paper Snowman Tag:

You Will Need:

• White cardboard paper.

• Red, black, orange and brown felt.

• String.

• Owl builder punch.

How To:

1. Cut out a 1-inch wide and 2-inch long rectangle and a 2-inch square from the black felt.

2. Now cut two medium and large sized circles from the white cardboard paper.

3. Use the owl builder punch to cut out the heart buttons. Stick in the center of the large circle.

4. Cut out a 1-inch nose from the orange felt and stick to the center of the nose.

5. Trace and cut out the branches from the brown felt. It will make the hands.

6. Now stick the medium sized circle over the large circle.

7. Affix the hat on top of the smaller circle and branches one its sides.

8. Thread a string through the center of the hat. Your snowman tag is ready. It is a fun Christmas crafts for kids.

6. Pom Pom Christmas Ornaments:

You Will Need:

• Red, blue and white 1-inch pom-pom.

• White glue

• Cardboard

• Ribbon for hanging.

• Hole punch

How To:

1. Trace and cut out the candy cane and wreath shapes from the cardboard.

2. Punch a hole at the top of both candy cane and wreath and thread through a piece of ribbon.

3. For the candy cane, glue the red and white pom poms in alternating colors.

4. Cover the wreath cardboard with green pom poms.

5. Stick a red glue bow at the top center of the wreath.

7. Snowman Light bulbs:

You Will Need:

• A light bulb

• Craft bond spray

• Tweed or string

• White glitter

• Stick

• Black and orange, puffy paint or acrylic paint.

How To:

1. Spray the light bulb with the craft bond spray.

2. Now coat the light bulb with glitter. Leave it aside to dry completely.

3. Thread through the string or tweed from the light bulb. You can even put the tweed before putting glitter on the bulb.

4. Break the stick to the size you want your snowman’s arms to be. Now glue the ‘arms’ to the sides of the light bulb.

5. Use black acrylic paint to make the face and buttons on the snowman. If you are using glitter paint, then make sure it dries completely before you use the ornament.

6. Use the orange paint to make the snowman’s nose. This is a beautiful and cute Christmas crafts for kids to make.

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8. Pom Pom And Lace Christmas Tree:

You Will Need:

• 3 yards of 3 mm pom pom in red, green and aqua blue.

• 12*12-inch white card stock paper.

• Glue gun

• Pencil and string.

How To:

1. Take the white card stock paper and make a cone of it.

2. Tie a string around the pencil, holding the end of the string and use it as a compass to get a pie shape.

3. Take the pom pom trims and starting from the bottom, glue the pom poms in alternating colors. Continue until you are done. Your pom pom Christmas tree is ready.

9. Paper Snowflakes:

You Will Need:

• White or blue square paper

• Scissors

How To:

1. Fold the paper in half. Now fold the paper in half diagonally. It will make a triangle.

2. Now fold the triangle into another triangle to make the pointed corners meet.

3. Fold the triangle into thirds. Fold again to form a rocket. Don’t crease the paper until the folds are perfect.

4. Now chop off the bottom. The paper should be straight.

5. Cut the folded paper with straight and curvy lines.

6. Unfold the paper to see your unique creation.

10. Frosty Lantern:

You Will Need:

• Round, white lanterns.

• Red and orange felt

• Black construction paper.

• Double-sided tape

• Hole punch

How To:

1. Cut 2 medium sized and 5 small sized circles from black construction paper. Use the medium-sized circles to make the eyes and the small circles to make the mouth. Stick the circles to the lanterns using double-sided tape.

2. Cut a carrot shape from the orange felt for the nose and attach to the lantern.

3. Take a whole, A4 sized red felt and cut it in half lengthways.

4. Sew the felt together and cut the edges to look like a scarf. Wrap it around Frosty’s neck.

11. Pine Cone Christmas Ornament:

You Will Need:

• Pine cones

• Yarn

• Glitter

• Craft glue

• 2 bowls

• Water

How To:

1. Fill a bowl of water with three parts glue and one part water. Mix well.

2. Fill the second bowl with a thin layer of glitter.

3. Dip the ends of the pinecone into the glue mixture.

4. Now hold the pine cone over the glitter bowl and apply glitter over it. Leave it to dry.

5. Tie a piece of yarn on top of the pinecone and hang on the tree.

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12. Flowerpot Reindeer:

You Will Need:

• Terracotta pot

• Red pom pom

• 2 large googly eyes

• 4 brown pipe cleaners.

• Scissors

• Craft glue

How To:

1. Place the terracotta pot upside down and affix the googly eyes to it.

2. Now glue the red pom pom just beneath the eyes. It will form the reindeer’s nose.

3. Cut pipe cleaners in half. Now wrap the pipe cleaner around the long pieces of cleaner to make the antlers. Repeat the same for another set of antlers.

4. Glue the antlers to the each side of the pot. Your reindeer is ready.

13. Orange Pomander:

You Will Need:

• Firm and fresh orange

• A few toothpicks

• A jar of whole cloves

• Vegetable peeler

• Ground spice

• Elastic

• Kitchen twine

How To:

1. Use the corner of the vegetable peeler to make a few patterns on the skin of the orange. Or place a rubber band around the citrus and make the pattern. You will get a perfect circle.

2. Poke a row of holes in the patterns using a toothpick. Now push the cloves into the holes.

3. Roll the pomander into ground spices like nutmeg, cardamom, and cinnamon. It will give extra fragrance.

4. Thread a large needle with thick string through the pomander. Make a knot at the bottom and you’ll get the loop.

14. Beaded Christmas Garland:

You Will Need:

• A yard of yarn

• Beads with large, center openings.

How To:

1. Cut a 24-inch yarn and tie a knot at its end.

2. Thread the beads onto the yarn and tie it together.

3. Hang the garland on the fireplace, Christmas tree and above the doorway.

15. Gingerbread Cookie Ornaments:

You Will Need:

• 1 box gingerbread cookie mix.

• 1 small box of raisins

• 1 small package of red hots.

• 1 plastic drinking straw

• 1 can clear acrylic varnish.

• Ribbon or string

• Glitter glue

How To:

1. Prepare the gingerbread cookie dough and cut using the cookie cutter.

2. Use the red hots for the buttons and raisins for the eyes.

3. Poke a hole in the center of the gingerbread man’s head with a drinking straw. Bake as directed and leave it for 2 to 3 days.

4. Spray acrylic varnish over the cookies and decorate the border with glitter glue. Leave it for a day.

5. Thread a string or ribbon through the hole and hang on the tree.

16. Paper Christmas Ornaments:

You Will Need:

• Decorative foam stickers.

• Red and green craft foam.

• Hole punch

• Ribbon

• Scissors

How To:

1. Cut a large ornament from the craft foam.

2. Now tell your kid to stick the foam stickers on the foam ornament.

3. Create a hole at the top center of the ornament.

4. Cut a 4-inch piece of ribbon and thread through the hole.

5. Tie a knot and hang on the tree.

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17. Winter Wonderland Snow Globe:

You Will Need:

• Water globe with base.

• Reindeer toy

• Snowflakes for water globes.

• Paint

• Paintbrushes

• Waxed twine

• Silver beads for bells.

• Aluminum foil

• Screw and washer.

• Drill with a 3/32-bit.

• Ribbon and bells

• Silicone sealant

How To:

1. Paint the base of the globe red. Affix the bells in the center of the base.

2. Press the reindeer and tree into the clay and make indentations.

3. Bake the clay in the microwave.

4. Drill a hole in the center of the clay and attach to the gasket with a washer and screw.

5. Cover the seams with a silicone sealant.

6. Now glue the figures with the sealant.

7. Presoak snowflakes; fill the globe with water and seal.

18. Paper Bag Lantern:

You Will Need:

• Paper bags

• LED candles

• A single hole punch or.

• A cutting mat

How To:

1. Punch holes through both sides of the flat paper bag. Either you make the pattern yourself or let your child do the creativity. We’d suggest you to go for Christmas themes like a Christmas tree or snowflakes or stars. Even a mix of different styles will look great.

2. Now carefully open the bag. Turn on the LED candle and place it inside the bag. The light will give a beautiful golden glow, mimicking the real candle light. It’s also safer than a candle.

19. Feather Wreath:

You Will Need:

• 26 inch Styrofoam wreath forms.

• 3 brows feather boas

• Ball ornaments

• 3-inch wide ribbon

• Pins

• Wire snips

• Wire

How To:

1. Wrap around one boa on the wreath form and pin at the end.

2. Repeat with the other two boas.

3. Cut 12 inches wire and thread ornaments onto the wire. Twist to create a bow and wrap the wire around the wreath.

4. Pin the ribbon to the wreath and hang.

20. Tissue Pom Pom:

You Will Need:

• Tissue paper

• Thick string

• Thin string or cotton

• Scissors

• Large needle

How To:

1. Cut 6 sheets of tissue paper 15cm by 20 cm.

2. Starting with the short side, fold the tissue paper into a concertina fold, which we normally do for making a paper fan.

3. Now tie the middle with a short string and round its edges using a pair of scissors.

4. Fan open one side and pull each sheet of tissue apart until the tissues are evenly spaced. If you have young kids doing this craft, then make sure they do it carefully as it is quite tricky to separate.

5. Repeat the same procedure on the other side. Fluff it out so that the pom pom looks round and even.

6. Thread a thick string through the pom pom with a needle and wrap around the tree.

21. Christmas Star Ornament:

You Will Need:

• Styrofoam stars

• Glitter

• Tempera paint

• Toothpicks

• 1 disposable foil tray for each color of paint.

• Floral foam

• Ribbon

• Doll needle with wide eye.

How To:

1. Fill the foil tray with paint and paint the Styrofoam stars.

2. Insert toothpicks into the Styrofoam stars and dip each star into the paint.

3. Pull out the star out of the container and hold it over the container, letting the excess paint drip off.

4. Now roll the stars in glitter while the paint is still wet. Leave the stars to dry for about 24 hours.

5. Once the paint has dried, poke a hole through the stars using a skewer and thread a string through it.

6. Tie the star from the ribbon.

22. Pinecone Christmas Tree:

You Will Need:

• Craft paint

• Clean pine cones

• Craft glue

• Aluminum stars

• Brush

• Glitter

• Small terracotta pots.

How To:

1. Paint the pots in silver, brown or gold. Leave it aside to dry.

2. Paint the tip of each scale of the pine cones.

3. When the paint dries, put a thin line of glue on the edge of the scales. Sprinkle some glitter on it.

4. Set the pinecones in the painted pots and top with the aluminum stars.

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23. Handprint Ornament:

You Will Need:

• Large sized, glass Christmas tree ornament.

• White craft paint

• Sharpie

• Red, blue and green felt

• Hot glue gun

• Black felt

How To:

1. Paint your child’s palm with white craft paint.

2. Place the ornaments in the middle of his palm with fingers out.

3. Then tell him to close his hand to leave the print on the ornament.

4. Now tell him to take his fingers off the glass ornament. Leave it for a few hours or a day to dry.

5. Now use a sharpie to make faces on the fingerprint snowman. Use black felt to make tiny hats for the snowmen and black felt to make tiny hats.

6. Affix the scarves and hats on the snowmen using the hot glue gun.

7. Now make small white dots all over the ornament and leave it overnight to dry.

8. Hang on the tree the next morning.

24. Felt Christmas Tree:

You Will Need:

• Green, yellow and brown felt.

• Stuffing

• Buttons

• Needle and green thread.

How To:

1. Cut out two Christmas tree shapes from the green felt.

2. Sew both the felt using the green thread, leaving just one side open.

3. Now add the stuffing and sew the opening.

4. Cut a small tree trunk from the brown felt.

5. Stitch or glue the trunk to the back of the center of the tree.

6. Now affix the buttons on the tree.

7. Cut out a star shape from the yellow felt and stick at the top of the Christmas tree.

8. Thread a string through the top of the tree and it’s ready for hanging.

25. Tissue Paper Wreath:

You Will Need:

• Heavy weight paper

• Tacky glue

• White and red tissue Paper.

• Beads and trim

• Ribbon

• Hot Glue Gun

• Scissors

How To:

1. Draw and cut out a wreath outline from heavyweight paper.

2. Cut the white tissue paper into the 2-inch square. Crumple the pieces into a tight ball.

3. Dip the tissue paper pieces in the white glue and stick to the wreath. Continue doing the same until the wreath is full.

4. Make a flower from the red tissue paper and affix on the wreath.

5. Decorate the wreath with trims and beads.

Your kid might need your assistance for some of these crafts. When he’s done, you can help him decorate the Christmas tree. He can even make some crafts for mommy and daddy, and grandma and grandpa too. Does your kid enjoy making crafts? Which of the crafts did he make this Christmas? Tell us by commenting below!

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