Christmas Foam Crafts for Kids

By: Denise Oliveri

Let little ones celebrate the Christmas season by making their very own Christmas crafts. These Christmas foam craft decorations give little artists the chance to express their creativity. They make wonderful homemade gifts for someone on their shopping list. This a great project for classroom crafts, as well.

Craft Difficulty Rating: Easy

You Will Need:

  • Ready-made foam shapes or template [TEMPLATE LINK]

  • Card stock

  • Glue

  • Glitter pompoms

  • Glitter glue

  • Scrap foam pieces

  • Ribbon

  • Felt

  • Cotton balls

  • Sequins

  • Hole punch and yarn, optional

Instructions:

  1. Use ready-made shapes or the template to create the basic shapes out of foam.

  2. Cut out stars for Christmas trees out of card stock or felt.

  3. Set up bowls of sequins, pompoms, ribbon, cotton balls and other decorative items.

  4. Give your child (or each child in a class setting) some glue and glitter glue to decorate their foam shapes.

  5. You may want to punch a hole at the top of the decorations and thread with yarn, if you want to hang the decorations on a tree.

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