Here are 11 easy Christmas crafts ideas for kids to try this holiday season. Create homemade ornaments, gift tags and more!
Updated January 2021
Are you looking for some easy Christmas crafts ideas for kids this holiday season?
Here are 11 Christmas crafts and activity ideas for kids to make the whole month long! Most double as holiday decorations or gifts, so you’ll get to enjoy them or give them after the fun of making is over.
11 Christmas Crafts Ideas for Kids
1. Glitter Stars
Try this simple Christmas craft made using popsicle sticks, paint and glitter for simple holiday decorations or ornaments.
2. Two Beautiful Salt Dough Ornament Ideas for Christmas
Here are two beautiful salt dough ideas for ornaments this Christmas. Create lacy hole punched ornaments or add beads that add a colorful twist.
3. DIY Lighted Wooden Stars
Add a warm glow to your house this season with these wooden stars. All you need is a yard stick, paint, glue and lights to create this beautiful holiday decoration.
4. DIY glitter tape Christmas trees
Add sparkle to handmade Christmas cards with this DIY glitter tape! Easy to make with double sided tape.
5. Chocolate Pretzel Christmas Trees
This is a delicious holiday treat that kids can easily make––and it’s hard to go wrong with chocolate and pretzels!
6. Make Your Own Candy Cane Lollipops
These are simple and easy to make with three ingredients and lollipop sticks. Makes a great holiday gift for friends and family!
7. Coffee Filter Holiday Garlands
Paint coffee filters using watercolor paint and create a colorful decoration that will look great hanging anywhere in your home.
8. Make a Wintery Window with Paper Doilies
Give a beautiful wintery look to your windows with transparent Con-tact paper and doilies.
9. Styrofoam Printed Holiday Cards
These homemade Christmas cards are a fun introduction to a printmaking project for kids.
10. Candy Cane Playdough
This playdough is easy to make, smells great, and makes a creative gift for kids.
11. Mixed media flowers for Christmas cards
Draw and paint flowers in this mixed media art project. These make wonderful Christmas cards!
How about you? What are your favorite Christmas crafts ideas for kids? Leave a comment below!
More Christmas Crafts Ideas for Kids
- How to Make a Christmas Tree Craft with Cardboard and Buttons
- 11 Salt Dough Ornaments Kids Can Make This Christmas
- 3 Easy Process Oriented Christmas Arts and Crafts for Kids
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3 Comments
Andrea
December 5, 2013 at 2:55 pmMaking a lighted star is on our list for this month!
Kristin
December 10, 2013 at 7:26 pmThis is great. I wonder if you’d also consider doing a roundup of ideas for Christmas ornaments. I’m sure you must have many. We’re planning to make some this weekend, and I need inspiration. Something you can make a bunch of. I’m thinking maybe melted beads, but we don’t have a gas grill so not sure about stinking up the house with plastic fumes. We did salt dough last year, so we need something new.
rtoz
December 11, 2013 at 7:23 amMerry Christmas and have a Joyful day
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