One of the easiest Christmas crafts for children is making a Christmas village. Not only will this project keep your child busy during the holiday, but it will also give her a sense of pride and accomplishment.

A Christmas village has staying power, and the parts that make up the village can be used year after year. If your child makes two Christmas village houses each year, one for the village and one to use as a Christmas ornament, you’ll have the added benefit of watching her budding artistic talents grow each year as the houses become more elaborate and her artwork more controlled.

Creating A Milk Carton Christmas Village
Supplies You Will Need:
Several small milk cartons
Scissors
Tissue paper in different colors
Hole punch
White spray paint
Tape

Open the milk carton from the top. Wash and dry the milk carton. While you cut out the windows, instruct your child to cut out squares of colored tissue paper, slightly larger than the windows, to be taped or glued over the windows from the inside of the carton. Let your child be as creative as she wants. For instance, encourage her to use the hole punch to punch a design into the tissue paper. After holes have been cut for the windows, cover the house in white spray paint. Allow the house to thoroughly dry before you add a second coat. Two or three coats should do the trick.

When the paint has dried, insert the tissue paper, and tape it over the windows from the inside of the carton. Close the top of the carton, and secure.

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