Christmas Crafts for Kids

Having your kids make Christmas crafts is a great way to keep them occupied and bring out their creative sides! Craft making is something that most kids enjoy and making crafts for Christmas allows the finished product to be displayed in your home for all to see and admire during the holiday season. Check out the crafts below and watch your kids eyes as a few supplies turn into a Christmas decoration!

Pinecone Christmas Tree

Materials Needed:

Pinecone (from nature or a craft store)

Green acrylic paint

Small lid from a laundry detergent bottle

Glue

Sequins, beads, glitter

Red plastic berry

Paint the pinecone green and let it dry. Place the pinecone on top of the small plastic lid and glue in place. Have your kids decorate the tree with sequins, beads and glitter. Place a red plastic berry on top of the tree. This pinecone Christmas tree craft is just adorable! And it is inexpensive to make.

Wooden Spoon Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

Materials Needed:

Wooden spoon

Brown foam

Red pompom

Wiggle eyes

Glue

Black paint

Help your kids by drawing two antler shapes on the brown foam. Then let them cut out the shapes that you have drawn. Glue to the bowl end at the top sof the spoon. Let dry completely. Glue on the wiggle eyes. Glue on the pompom for a nose. Paint the mouth on with the black paint.

Optional: Put a small amount of glue on the antlers and sprinkle with glitter for an extra special glitzy effect!

Paper Plate Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

Materials Needed:

1 small paper plate

1 large paper plate

Brown paint

Brown construction paper

Red pompom

2 large wiggle eyes

2-4 brown pipe cleaners

Glue

For this activity, first paint the fronts of the plates and let dry. Arranging the plates to be a reindeer (large plate is the body and small plate is the head), glue the plates together. From the construction paper, cut 4 strips to be used as the legs. Glue these strips to the bottom of the big plate. On the small plate, glue the wiggle eyes on and then the pompom as a nose. Draw a mouth. Twist several pipe cleaners into antler shapes and glue onto top of small plate. Wouldn't this homemade reindeer look cute on your walls as a Christmas decoration!

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