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33 Super Simple, Fab Fun Kids Christmas Crafts
Children make an extraordinary number of kids christmas crafts, don’t they?
Some of them are so bad they get thrown away at the earliest opportunity. Others are loveable but fall apart, only making it through one season of glory.
But no childhood is complete without that one item of craft that forever remains part of the annual reveal of ornaments and decorations.
Every year my grandmother would bring out a paddle pop stick nativity scene that my father made as a child. This delighted us as kids as it was a reminder that Dad was once a child too!
Every year my mother would hang on the tree a bunch of heart-shaped green and red woven bags that my brother and I made (with Mum’s help) as kids. Right into adulthood we loved the joy of finding special sweets in the little bags.
What Christmas craft is going to become part of your family’s yearly tradition? These 33 ideas ought to get you in the crafty Christmas spirit.
1. Peg Angels
How precious are these singing angels, made from pegs and paper doilies?
From Crafty Morning
2. Bead Tree Ornaments
From True Aim
3. Cup Angels
You’ll never look at a cup the same way again with this colourful activity, a wonderful way to give used products a new life.
From MollyMoo
4. Christmas Pet Print
From Canvas Factory
Get the kids to dress up the family pets for a super cute photo canvas that will live on, year after year. Keen to get even more crafty with canvas? Discover more Christmas present ideas to create.
5. Popsicle Stick Snowmen
From Crafts by Amanda
6. Pine Cone Trees
Spray on some green paint to a conifer cone, add some beads and – voila – a mini Christmas tree! Too easy.
From Smart Class
7. DIY Snow Globe
From Tatertots and Jello
8. Toilet Paper Roll Santas
Craft these super cool Santas using toilet rolls, craft paper and pens.
From Krokotak
9. Cinnamon Stick Star
Looks gorgeously rustic and smells nice. Top it up each year with your favourite smelly oils.
From MomDot
10. Cupcake Paper Garlands
From One Perfect Day
11. Star Tree Ornaments
From Gathering Beauty
12. Pom Pom Tree Ornaments
From Northstory
13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Baubles
How easy, effective and eye-popping is this brilliant idea? The kids will love it!
From Live it. Love it. Make it.
14. Sock Snowmen
From JOYBOBO
15. Button Tree
From This Grandma is Fun
16. Olaf Sock Toy
Tis the season for Frozen all year round right? But with Olaf, a white Christmas is the best time of year.
From One Creative Mommy
17. Colourful Elves
From Pink and Green Mama
18. Cinnamon And Button Tree Ornaments
From Crafts Unleashed
19. Cool Canvas
Gather around the computer with the kids, find a cool Christmas image in our canvas art gallery and print it on canvas. Instant Christmas art!
From Canvas Factory.
20. Cork Reindeer
From Vicky Barone
21. Personalised Ornament
From Cutesy Crafts
22. Paper Towel Roll Starts
How insanely gorgeous are these sparkly stars? Noone would even know they’re made from recycled paper towel rolls. Shhhh.
From Blog a la Cart
23. Penguin Prince
From Empress of Dirt
24. Snowman Jar
From Club Chica Circle
25. Paper Santa
26. Popsicle Christmas Tree Ornaments
So stylish yet so simple, give a popsicle tree its own unique, colourful finishing touch.
From One Little Project
27. Cotton Ball Santa
From Family Ever After
28. Snowmen Pegs
There’s something comically perfect about these snowmen made out of pegs, a wonderful Christmas card holder.
From Easy Peasy and Fun
29. Classy Ribbon Tree Ornament
30. Colourful Paper Straw Tree Ornaments
From Crafts by Courtney
31. Pom Pom Paper Tree
From Creative Family Fun
32. Reindeer Photo Frame
From The Educators’ Spin On It
33. Fingerprint Bauble
Buy some plain baubles, paint your child’s hand and have them place their hand to print onto the bauble. Beautiful – and definitely one that will return to the tree year in, year out.
From Whatever