Crafts for Christian Holidays

This Easter, get your little chickadees to hatch a new creation. The Easy Egg Mosaic will make quite the holiday sensation! Your child can color and create, and help you decorate for their upcoming visit from the Easter Bunny!

Materials

* Crayon, pen, or marker
* Construction paper
* Glue
* Colored eggshells
* Scissors
* Clear contact paper
* Tape
* Tissue paper in pastel colors

Insert a second strip through the loop and staple its ends together to form a second link on the chain.

Materials

* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Used Christmas cards
* Stapler

Beginning at one edge of the paper plate, cut along a spiral path, cutting around and around until you reach the center of the plate.

Materials

* Pen or marker
* Christmas cookie cutters
* Construction paper
* Scissors
* Glitter pens or paint pens (optional)
* Hole punch or tape
* Dental floss or embroidery thread
* Dinner-size paper plate (or file folder cut into a circle)

It is hard for kids to wait until Santa comes, so make this Christmas Countdown Chain to help them understand the passage of time. And make it even more fun by writing in special things to do with their families each day.

Materials

* Multicolored or red, green, and white construction paper
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Non-toxic glue or tape

Celebrate Christmas with a little something sweet. Stuff your stockings with your favorite sugared treat. Deck your halls with stockings until the New Year! It's a great way for you and your tiny elf to spread Christmas cheer. Your colorful creations will glisten with glee, put them above the fireplace or hang'em on the tree. It's so much fun for the entire family!

Materials

* Red or green craft foam (or red or green construction paper covered with clear contact paper)
* Clear plastic page protector
* Scissors
* Hole punch
* Yarn or ribbon
* Candy

Easy homemade Christmas tree ornament craft for kids.

Material:

white tri beads
red tri-beads
red pipe cleaner

Save your childrens' hand prints and get a cute Christmas wreath with this holiday craft project.

Material:

Construction paper (different colors)
Ribbon
Glue

Kids will love making their own handmade Christmas candle.

Material:

Beeswax
Wick
Sparkles

Kids will love making their very own East Egg clay magnet. Cool.

Material:

Clay
Paint
Glitter
Markers
Magnets

Kids will love their very own hatching baby chicks craft.

Material:

Half of a plastic Easter egg
Artificial grass
Medium yellow pom-pom
Small yellow pom-pom
Black bead eyes
Small piece of orange construction paper

Kids can make their own Easter Eggs with Paper Mache. No more cracking eggs by accident.

Material:

Small blown up balloon
Flour and water for paper mache recipe
Newspaper
Paint and glitter for decorating

A way to recycle the painted easter eggs. This craft for kids is a beautiful way to release your artistic spirit.

Material:

Construction paper
Broken up colored Easter egg shells
Glue

The history of Advent, how to make an advent wreath at home, advent calendar craft idea. Create your own wreath every year, using greens from the yard, florist wire, pine cones, candles and candle holders. Insert your greens pine cones candles etc. into a Styrofoam ring. You can also find wood or metal bases to be used year after year.

Materials:

greens from the yard
florist wire
pine cones
candles
candle holders
Styrofoam ring

Easter egg coloring for kids, everything you need to know to color easter eggs. Everything you need to know to make artistic, traditional and even silly Easter eggs.

Some Things You Might Use:

An Easter Egg Kit
Eggs
Handmade Dye
Purchased Dye
Paints
Rubber bands
Sequins
Glitter
Buttons
Beads
more...

Save your little boxes! You can use an empty baking soda box, food coloring box, a box from a bar of soap etc. and make Christmas Gift Box ornaments.

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Easter crafts, easter bonnet craft for preschool and young children from Amazingmoms.com.

Materials Needed:
paper plate
ribbon
hole punch
glue
supplies to decorate the hat i.e. lace, bows,
ribbons, beads, costume jewelry, chenille stems,
feathers, felt, crayons, poster paint

Christmas crafts for kids, star decorations and gingerbread ornament instructions.

You'll Need:
Glitter in assorted colors
Plastic food wrap
Large piece of cardboard
A bottle of White glue
Yarn for hanging, optional

Easter Craft ideas for kids with Easter bunny crafts. A whimsical Easter basket, that kids can make and fill with Easter treats!

You'll need:
white or brown paper lunch bags
scissors
pink construction paper
pink pom-pom (optional)
glue stick
markers - black, gray, pink
plastic google eyes (optional)
Easter grass

Use wood craft spoons or tongue depressors to make a Christmas tree craft for kids. This can be a Christmas Ornament, Decorative Pin, or Gift Tag.

You'll Need
Wooden craft spoons
or the spoons that come with ice cream cups.

Acrylic paint
Fabric paint tubes
Paint brushes
Yellow fun foam or felt
Craft glue
Scissors
Pin backs or ribbon

Easter Craft ideas for kids, make a threaded egg decoration. These beautiful Easter eggs can be used as a decoration
or surprise someone with an Easter gift. This is a perfect activity for scout troops, Sunday school, classroom projects, or make them at home as a family activity.

You'll Need:
Small oval balloons
Liquid starch or fabric stiffener
Scissors
Embroidery floss or sewing thread

Christmas crafts for kids, Scout troops, and family decorations. Make a Pretzel Wreath and a Cinnamon Cut Out Christmas Ornament.

Easy Christmas craft ideas to make with kids, pine cone Christmas tree, candy cane reindeer craft.

Materials You'll need:
Dry Pine Cones
Green Glitter
Glue
Sequins

Easy to make Christmas decoration for kids with a juice lid great for parties, classrooms and Scout Troops.

Use last year's Holiday cards to make a new Christmas ornament.

You'll need:
A clean lid from frozen juice container
Construction paper
Old Christmas cards.
Ribbon
Glue

Make a Christmas snowman magnet or pin with a wood craft spoon and basic craft supplies for kids.

You'll Need
Wooden craft spoons - the type that come packaged with ice cream cups.
Acrylic paint
Fabric paint tubes
Paint brushes
Fun foam or felt

Make this sweet Candy cane mouse Christmas craft at home, in a classroom, with scouts or at kids Christmas party.

A super choice for a Christmas party craft, party favor, holiday scout troop project or in the classroom. this very easy for kids to make!



You'll Need:
Two colors of Felt
Wrapped 6 inch candy cane
Plastic Wiggle eyes
Small Pom-Pom for the nose

Christmas Gifts that older kids can make.

Christmas Gifts kids can make, easy homemade gifts that even little kids can make as presents.

Jingle bell door hanger craft for kids and family craft time. Make these festive door hangers for your home and as gifts!
They are affordable enough to use as a classroom craft or scout troop activity.

You'll need
Metal Jingle Bells (15-20 mm)
heavy gauge wire
wire cutters, pliers
curling ribbon
1 inch metal rings (key ring)

Little fingers will find these sparkling ornaments easy and fun to make! Super for classrooms, Sunday school or scout troops!


You'll Need:
Scissors
Silver and/or blue tinsel pipe cleaners 2 per snowflake
Blue, white, silver plastic pony beads

Easy to make beaded christmas napkin rings for kids, scout troops and classrooms. Your child can help you set a pretty holiday table, with these easy to make beaded napkin rings. This is also a festive touch to a New Year's Eve party table. Easy enough for little fingers and a super holiday craft for classrooms, Sunday school or scout troops!

You'll need:
Tinsel pipe cleaners (craft store)
Metallic shiny pony beads

A hat craft for kids that is perfect for Spring or Easter. Little girls will love wearing this Flowered Easter Bonnet on Easter. She will be as pretty as can be! Make this hat to wear or use it as a centerpiece.

Materials You need:

* 18" x 24" Heavy Ivory Paper
* Pink, Yellow, Purple, Green Letter Size Paper
* Flowers: Print 2 each on yellow, purple, and pink
* Leaves: 2 each on green
* Tacky Glue
* Scissors
* Hole Punch

Help your children celebrate Easter by doing Easter arts and crafts projects for kids with them. This is an arts and crafts project to make Easter Door hangers Sign. Easter Door Hangers Craft for Kids - Hang one your door to welcome the Easter Bunny!

You need:

* Pattern
* Teal Foam Door Hanger
* White, Pink Black Craft Foam
* Tacky Glue
* 1' of Black Plastic Lace
* Foamie Easter Shapes
* Two 1/2" White Pompoms
* Paint Marker
* Scissors

Make some cool Beaded Christmas Tree Ornaments

You'll need:
colored pipe cleaners
pony beads (make sure the opening of the beads are large enough to fit a pipe cleaner through
thin ribbon

Kids will love these Stained Glass Christmas wreaths to celebrate Christmas. Your children will love hanging them in the window. Size depends on the size of your window. The wreath measures 26" wide by 35" long. The materials and the pattern given below on the 2" grids is for the above dimensions. To make larger or smaller patterns, make the size of the grid squares larger or smaller, adjusting the construction paper size accordingly.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Two sheets of black construction paper— 30" x 40" for the wreath
one roll double-face transparent tape
X-acto knife No. 1 with extra blades
swivel knife
white or yellow carbon paper
heavy white tracing paper for the white portions of the wreath
one sheet each of colored cellophane as specified below (or gelatin sheets used by theaters to tint white spotlights, available at many photography shops)
two black illustration boards
Wreath Cellophane Colors: Red, orange, yellow, turquoise, chartreuse and emerald green.

Your children will love learning How to Make a Faux Stained Glass Christmas Ornament Craft for Kids. This Stained Glass Ornament will look great on your Christmas tree. It is a beautiful ornament or gift idea.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Clear, plastic, smooth tumbler glasses
# Permanent markers
# Hot glue gun
# Ribbon
# Foil

Acorn Ornament Craft - Instructions for making simple ornaments using acorn and paint

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED

# Acorns
# Paint
# Metalic chenille stems
# Hot Glue

Let your kids participate in making their own Christmas Tree ornament for the Christmas tree with this very cool arts and crafts project for kids, the Christmas Tree Balloon Ornament. - Find out how to make a Christmas tree ornament using a balloon and other materials.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Balloon (smaller,round ones)
# Liquid Starch
# Newspapers (cut in little pieces)
# Seeds of all kinds (I used corn)
# Glue
# Paint (I used gold)
# Matches
# Lace

Hey children, learn how to make a flower daisy puppet with the following CD Daisy Puppet instructions from About.com. A craft for kids to Make a flower using an old cd, a paper plate, a sock, and a few other supplies. Girls love this puppet. A great puppet to play with when Spring and Easter are coming around and the flowers are blooming.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED

# Paper Plate
# CD
# Glue
# Large Wiggle Eyes
# 2 Inch Pom-Pom
# Scrap of Felt or Construction Paper
# Old Green Sock

Make some Easter memories with this adorable bunny puppet. Let the kids join in on the creating, then have a family puppet show!

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:
* White Felt Squares (2)
* Pink Felt Square
* Opalescent Chenille Stem
* 10mm Wiggle Eyes (1 pair)
* Pink Pom pom
* White Pom pom



* Narrow Ribbon (color of choice)
* Paper (for pattern)
* Black Marker
* Scissors
* Straight Pins
* Low Temp Glue Gun