Christmas Crafts for Kids: "Fabulous Foam Penguin Ornaments"

Trying to find fun crafts for kids can be a little tricky if you have kids in different age ranges. Thankfully places like Oriental Trading Company and Century Novelty have a lot of fun, entertaining and reasonably priced craft kits for kids of all ages. One of the cuter girlie Christmas craft kits is the Fabulous Foam Penguins. While these are classified as ornaments you can use them for decorations, to add to greeting cards or on presents instead of a gift tag. They are extremely easy to make and there is no glue needed as the accessory pieces have an adhesive on the back so all you have to do is peel off the paper. The foam penguins in this craft kit are almost four inches high so they are not tiny little things that will get visually lost on a tree.

We made these a few years ago and they looked great hanging from the light in the diningroom and when we glued them to a grapevine wreath. Some of the accents you get with this include mittens, hats, earmuffs, scarves, stars and tiny little cups of cocoa. All of the accessory items that get added to the penguins are different in color so you can mix it up a little and get some interesting combinations. This is a great craft kit for younger kids because you don't need to cut anything out and there is no need for glue unless they want to add other things to the penguins.

The kit costs about six dollars and you get enough material to make twelve complete penguins. If you are a bargain shopper you can look for these kits after the Christmas holiday and get them for half off and save them up for next year. This is a great way to get a lot of small crafts for the following year and you can save a lot of money in the process. Because these are individually packaged you can get five or six different craft projects and put them in a stocking for kids to make as they are counting down to the holidays. They are also great little gifts that kids can make for friends or for teachers.

One of the nicest things about this foam craft kit is that you can make the penguins look different so kids won't be stuck with ornaments that all look the same. This also makes it nice if they want to help out with making decorations or personalized gift tags. Because these are so colorful and festive there is no limit to what you can use them for. If you have other craft supplies like buttons, felt, sequins or glitter you can use them to add even more color to these cute penguins.