Christmas Crafts

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

Help your child make this great Christams Jingle Bell musical instrument and then send them off to be with their grandparents. :)

Material:

Pipe cleaner
Bells

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

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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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

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

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

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

Save those Christmas candies for this unique Valentine's Day craft!

You'll need:
2 candy canes for each heart
wrapped hard candy
hot glue gun (adults or older kids)
yarn or ribbon
decoration - optional

You will love celebrating the holidays or just having a good time with your kids by making these Easy Candy Houses with your kids. These are meant to be similar to Gingerbread houses, but it is a LOT easier to make then Gingerbread houses. To make these Candy houses with your children, you can learn how to make an easy candy house with these easy instructions.

Materials Needed:

Graham Wafer Crackers
--4 - 2"x4" crackers
--2 - 2"x2" crackers
Royal Icing
Candies
Pine cones
Styrofoam Meat Trays covered with Tin foil
Icing Sugar

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

Your children can learn how to make a handmade Angel Christmas Ornament for your Christmas Tree. This craft for kids is to help kids to celebrate Christmas by making their very own Craft Stick Angel Ornament for Christmas - Make a cute little angel from craft sticks, buttons, and more. This also makes a great gift for family members on Christmas or a great keepsake.

ARTS AND CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS WILL NEED:

# Craft stick or tongue depressor
# corrugated cardboard
# white felt
# cream or light yellow felt
# beige or light yellow yarn
# gold cord
# small rope or raffia
# 2 small round buttons, any color
# small scrap of material, trimmed with pinking shears
# black fine tip marker

Your kids can make this really cool star that can be used for a Chistmas tree star or a Christmas Ornament, or a decoration for your rooms' wall, or even something else. This kids' arts and crafts project is called the Paddle Pop Star crafts. This childrens' crafts star activity is to create a star made using paddle pop sticks and decorated with colored paint to suit the occasion, (Christmas) or with glow in the dark paint to light up a bedroom.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS WILL NEED FOR THIS FUN CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY

# 10 Popsicle sticks, coloured or plain
# Hot glue gun or ordinary glue
# Length of fishing line
# Paint or textas (felt tip pens), glitter, etc.

Chennille Candy Canes - Chenille stems make the easiest candy canes crafts and you will be amazed and how happy your child will be after making these easy ornaments. Perfect for any age, this is a wonderful holiday craft for kids .

Note: This wonderful arts and craft idea forkids could become Christmas gifts from a younger child. Not only could the craft project decorate your family's tree, but the child could make these crafts for grandparents, aunts, uncles, and others.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

White and red chenille stems
Ribbon (optional)
Scissors

How to make it:
Hold one white and one red chenille stem side by side (they should be of equal length). Twist one end together and then twist together working your way down to the bottom.
Twist the bottom end together to secure. One chenille stem makes two nice sized candy canes.

Tips:
For a shiny look, use glittery chenille stems instead of the standard red and white. We used glittery red and silver.
Try different sizes and shapes of chenille, including bumpy chenille, for a different look.
You can buy chenille stems in large packages of multiple colors to save money.

Who would have thought a simple office item could become a beautiful Christmas tree ornament!

You'll need:

Plastic Push pins - white or clear
Small Styrofoam ball
Satin ribbon
Glitter spray (optional)