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Salt Dough Ornaments
Salt dough is an inexpensive modeling material made of items you might already have on hand–salt, flour, and water. Salt dough crafts are ideal for kids because it is easy and fun to craft with. Kids can use cookie cutters to cut out their desired shapes. When the shapes are dry, they’re ready to be decorated. Get a FREE salt dough recipe and ornament ideas at All Recipes.
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Giant Christmas Coloring Page
This is a great craftivity for kids that like to color and put together puzzles. It consists of 21 pages of paper. With a little help from an adult, kids can trim, and glue each page together to form a giant picture of a Christmas tree featuring whimsical illustrations. Kids can color in a little bit at a time all season long. You’ll need a place to hang this cute creation, crayons, markers, glue, scissors and this FREE printable from Mr. Printable.
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Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornaments
This Christmas tree craft stick kit comes with everything kids will need to make 12 unique tree ornaments. Little ones will love hanging these on the family Christmas tree and parents will treasure these Christmas keepsakes for years to come.
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Holiday Paper Chain
Paper chains are an easy craft that kids of all ages will enjoy. Paper chains can be made by cutting strips of construction paper or decorative paper. The strips are then formed into interlocking loops that are glued into place. They can be strung above an entryway, draped around a Christmas tree, or hung on a mantle. Kids will love making these paper chains in their favorite colors. Paper chain kits are a great way to simplify for younger kids that don’t know how to use scissors yet. These strips are pre-cut and come with peel-and-stick ends. Simply peel off the adhesive backing and stick the ends together.
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Paper Snowflakes
No matter where you live, you can surround yourself with a flurry of delicate snowflakes– the paper variety! Kids can use their imagination as they experiment with different cutting patterns to make their own unique snowflakes. Paper snowflakes can be strung to hang in windows or on the Christmas tree. All you’ll need for this craft is white paper, scissors, and this tutorial at Almanac.
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Custom Fillable Ornaments
Ornament blanks like clear acrylic fillables are ideal for kids to decorate. The top of these ornaments can be easily removed and then filled with a variety of embellishments. Decorate the inside of clear fillable plastic ornaments with festive fillers like tinsel, confetti, bells, pom-poms, shredded metallic paper, crimped paper, or glitter. Hang them on a Christmas tree, a wreath, or in a window for holiday flair.
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Washi Tape Christmas Art
Washi tape is a kind of multi-purpose tape that is thin, decorative, sticks to a variety of surfaces, and is easy to remove. Kids can create their own holiday-inspired washi tape work of art on a piece of cardstock. Do you have any bare wall space? Give them the holiday treatment! Kids can use a variety of washi tape to create Christmas trees on a wall. All you need is an assortment of washi tape in festive colors and prints, and wall space. Get the FREE tutorial at Hobby Lobby.
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Holiday Luminary
Light up your holiday decor with a festive luminary. Kids can craft a luminary using their favorite holiday motif. You’ll need a glass jar, glue, metallic foil paper, glitter, and a battery operated tealight. When finished, place the luminary on a mantle, table, or window sill to be admired by everyone.
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Handprint Art
Kid art is the best art! What better way for kids to express themselves than with some holiday-inspired handprint art? Handprint art is a special Christmas keepsake for parents and a fun craft for kids. Adults can help little ones by applying washable tempera paint to their hands to create the desired design. Kids can then press their hands on a piece of cardstock to make their artwork. Need some ideas? Kids will love this handprint Grinch craft. Get the FREE tutorial at All Kids Network.
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Rainbow Christmas Tree
Crafting with paper is a fun way for kids to create a unique piece of art. This rainbow Christmas tree is made of several different colors of paper cut to form different levels of a cone shaped tree. Construction paper or card stock will work well for this project. Kids can let their imagination take over to create an ombre tree or a tree made of different types of printed paper. Use a hole puncher to punch holes into any leftover paper scraps. Glue those round punch outs on as the ornaments for the tree.
