Children's Christmas crafts not only entertain and engage young children, but they also get them excited about the upcoming Christmas holiday. Even better, they'll have some cute decorations to save and cherish through the years. Depending on the age of your children, crafts can range from the simple to the elaborate, and many provide teachable moments as part of a homeschooling or preschool curriculum.
Children's Christmas Crafts: Paper Ornaments
Materials You Will Need:
Small bowl
Cardstock
Scissors
Hole puncher
Yarn
Seasonal magazines to cut up
Glue
Glitter
Use a small bowl to trace a circle on cardstock. Older children can cut the circle out on their own, while younger children may need some assistance.
Use the hole puncher to punch holes around the edge of the ornament. Children can weave the yarn through the holes, and then tie it in a knot toward the back of the ornament.
Let children locate a Christmas picture in a magazine to cut out and glue into the center of the ornament. Create a glitter border on the picture to finish it off. Be sure to write the child's name and year on the back of the ornament so you'll be able to save it for years to come.
Holiday Card Mailboxes
Materials You Will Need:
Shoebox
Construction paper
Scissors
Glitter
Glue
Markers
Empty cereal box
A brad
Cover the shoebox with construction paper, preferably green or red. Cover the top of the box and the bottom of the box separately with two pieces so that the box can still be opened to retrieve letters.
Cut a slit in the top large enough for a letter. Allow children to use glitter, glue, markers and other craft items to decorate their mailbox. Be sure to label each child's box with her name.
Cut a flag out of the cereal box, cover with black construction paper and attach with the brad to the mailbox. Children can save their boxes for years to come, mail their Santa letters from their boxes or create a new box every year.
Christmas Symme-Tree
Materials You Will Need:
Construction paper
Scissors
Paint
Glitter
Markers
Make this a teachable moment for a math lesson with this paper Christmas craft. Have children cut out a Christmas tree (a triangle with a rectangle base is all you need) from construction paper. Fold the tree in half longways so that children can see the two sides of the tree. Unfold the tree and then allow them to use paint to decorate just one side of the Christmas tree. Next, fold the tree back in half and explain to children that the paint went to the other side, and that now they have a perfectly symmetrical Christmas tree. Allow them to use glitter or markers to finish off the tree, and add the star to the top.
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