Easy Christmas crafts for kids to keep them entertained this festive season

With Christmas just around the corner, you have to be worried about so many things. Christmas decorations, festive menu for Christmas Eve, buying presents, etc. With all of these things on your mind you might be in search of ways to keep your child entertained while you are busy planning,... The post Easy Christmas crafts for kids to keep them entertained this festive season appeared first on Architecture E-zine.

Easy Christmas crafts for kids to keep them entertained this festive season

With Christmas just around the corner, you have to be worried about so many things. Christmas decorations, festive menu for Christmas Eve, buying presents, etc. With all of these things on your mind you might be in search of ways to keep your child entertained while you are busy planning, decorating or cooking. Which is why, today we have gathered a few fun and easy Christmas crafts for kids. They will definitely keep them entertained and, what’s more, they will develop your child’s creativeness and imagination.

Easy Christmas crafts for kids

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Let your child’s imagination run wild

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DIY Grinch Christmas ornaments

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Easy Christmas crafts for kids – DIY Grinch ornaments

Supplies:

  • clear ornament
  • craft supplies of your choice (feathers, pom poms, pony beads, glitter, etc.), as long as they can fit into the ornament
  • red glittery heart sticker
  • red bows

Easy Christmas crafts for kids – fun baubles

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Instructions:

  1. Carefully remove the top of the ornament
  2. Fill it with the craft supplies of your choice.
  3. Re-attach the ornament’s top.
  4. Stick the red heart sticker at the front.
  5. Decorate the top top with a bow.

You can definitely use any crafts and colors you want

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Felt is one of the most popular fabrics for Christmas crafts

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DIY popsicle stick elf

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DIY popsicle elfs

Supplies:

  • popsicle sticks
  • felt
  • construction paper
  • paint
  • glue
  • pom poms
  • cotton balls

This is the arrangement on the back of your elf

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Instructions:

  1. Glue together the popsicles and glue a few on the back to hold them together.
  2. Cut the hat out of felt and glue a few pulled-apart cotton balls on the bottom of the hat. Glue a red pom pom as shown in the picture.
  3. Cut ears out of a carton box and glue them to the side. Cut the eyes out of construction paper or just get some googly eyes.
  4. Draw the nose and mouth with a marker and add pink paint to give your elf rosy cheeks.
  5. Finally glue the hat to the popsicle sticks and you are all set.

Fun craft to try with your kid

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There are so many easy Christmas crafts for kids you can try

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DIY salt dough ornament

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Easy Christmas crafts for kids with salt dough

Supplies:

  • salt dough
  • rolling pin
  • tree shaped cookie cutter
  • paint

Instructions:

  1. Roll out the salt dough and cut out your tree shapes with the cookie cutter. And poke small hole on top where you will hang them.
  2. Have your family members dip their fingers in paint and then press down on the dough.
  3. Arrange the trees on parchment paper and microwave for 15 seconds. Microwave for another 15 seconds at a time until the dough hardens.

Such a fun and personal craft for the whole family

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DIY felt Christmas tree garland

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Christmas tree garland

Supplies:

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Instructions: 

  1. Trace the shapes from the template onto the felt and cut two of each of them out.
  2. Glue both of them together, leaving the top of the tree not glued, because this is where you will glue the thread later.
  3. Decorate to your preference.
  4. Glue the thread in between the the felt on top of the trees and you are ready.

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DIY paper plate Santa

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Cute paper plate Santa

Supplies:

  • paper plate
  • red, white, black and orange paint
  • PVA glue
  • white pom-poms
  • cotton wool

Instructions:

  1. Paint half of the plate in a light orange hue (skin color) and the rest in bright red with a small curve for the hat. Paint a big red nose.
  2. Add glue to the border between the orange and red color, spread out the wool and glue it to the plate.
  3. Add glue to the bottom of the plate and add cotton wool again for a fluffy beard.
  4. Glue the pom pom to the end of the hat.

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DIY pinecone Christmas tree

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Easy Christmas crafts for kids – DIY pine cone tree

Supplies:

  • pinecone
  • wooden slice
  • wooden star
  • paint (white, red, green, blue, yellow)
  • glue
  • paintbrush

Instructions:

  1. Paint the pinecone green. Let dry.
  2. Paint the tips of the pinecone white for a snow effect. Then, add some “lights” with the rest of the colors. Let dry.
  3. Paint the wooden star yellow and glue it to the top of the pinecone.
  4. Finally glue the pinecone to the wooden slice.

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DIY ribbon Christmas tree

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DIY ribbon Christmas tree

Supplies:

  • twig
  • ribbons
  • twine
  • scissors

Instructions:

  1. Tie the ribbons to the twig and cut them out with scissors so that the shape resembles a Christmas tree.
  2. Tie the twine to the top of the twig.

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DIY snow globe

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DIY snow globe

Supplies:

  • clear plastic plate
  • white paper (cut into a circle)
  • black construction paper
  • glue
  • scissors
  • crayons
  • styrofoam snow

Instructions:

  1. Let your kids draw on the circle that you’ve cut out of the white paper
  2. Out of the black construction paper, cut out a rectangular shape, which is going to serve as the base of the snow globe. Glue them together with the snow globe.
  3. Put the styrofoam snow on top of the drawing.
  4. Glue the plastic plate face down to the snow globe.

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DIY snow globe #2

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Another snow globe tutorial

Supplies:

  • plastic snow globe
  • craft supplies of your choice (glitter, pom poms, snowflakes, etc.)
  • water
  • glycerin

Instructions:

  1. Fill 3/4 of the snow globe with water and add a few drops of glycerin.
  2. Fill the snow globe with all of your supplies and glitter.
  3. Hot glue the cap to the snow globe.

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DIY snowflake ornament

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Snowflake ornaments tutorial

Supplies:

  • popsicle sticks
  • jigsaw puzzle pieces
  • glue
  • glitter
  • blue paint
  • ribbon
  • scissors

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Instructions:

  1. Glue two sticks together so they cross in the middle. Do the same with another two. Finally glue both crosses together.
  2. Then, glue the puzzle pieces onto the sticks.
  3. Paint everything in blue. Let dry.
  4. Mix the glitter with clear glue and paint over the paint.
  5. Glue ribbon to the top of the ornament.

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DIY Handprint Christmas wreath

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Handprint Christmas wreath

Supplies:

  • pen
  • scissors
  • green (different shades) and red card stock
  • glue
  • ribbon

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Instructions:

  1. Trace your child’s handprint and cut it out of the green cardstock. Cut out around 20-25 handprints.
  2. Onto the dark green cardstock trace a large circle and cut it out (you can use a large plate). Then inside that circle trace another smaller one and cut it out (you can use a bowl).
  3. Start adding the handprints to the circle one at a time with glue.
  4. Cut out a few small circles out of the red cardstock and add them to the wreath.
  5. Finally add the ribbon around it for a hanger

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Easy Christmas crafts for kids

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Preschool Christmas crafts

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DIY Christmas crafts

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Christmas arts and crafts

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Homemade Christmas crafts

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Christmas activities for preschoolers

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