Christmas is a magical time for families as they experience the joys of the season through their kids’ eyes. Aside from sipping hot chocolate and watching classic holiday specials, there’s no better way to celebrate Christmas than with crafts that engage the whole family, from toddlers to preschoolers and beyond. Here are a few crafts to consider this season as the family gathers around the table with homemade cookies and milk.
Craft Stick Sled Ornament
Your tree will get a boost with the beauty of this cute handmade craft stick sled ornament.
You will need:
- Craft sticks
- White and blue paint
- Hemp cording
- Assorted gemstones
- Glue
- Optional: Hot glue gun (with adult assistance)
Directions:
- Lay four craft sticks flat down next to each other.
- Glue another craft stick diagonally along the back.
- Paint the center sticks blue, then paint the outside sticks white.
- Paint three more craft sticks blue.
- Once the paint is dry, glue the three craft sticks on top of the additional craft sticks.
- Glue a craft stick on either side of the sled’s bottom.
- Cut a six-inch piece of hemp cording.
- Glue this to the top of the sled’s bottom.
- Tie in a bow and decorate the homemade sled with silver gemstones.
Mason Jar Wonderland
Explore your creative side this holiday season with this pretty mason jar wonderland scene.
You will need:
- Large mason jar
- Fairy string lights
- Mini snowman
- Artificial snow
- Bottle brush trees
Directions:
- Open the mason jar, then add some artificial snow.
- Add the bottle brush trees and the miniature snowman.
- Add the fairy lights (attach the battery pack to the lid)
- Close the top of the jar and display
Handprint Bird Painting
This handprint bird painting would make a pretty card for your kids to send loved ones and friends. All you will need is some paper, paint, and paintbrushes to complete this craft.
You will need:
- Construction paper
- Red or blue paint
- Black paint
- Brown paint
- Orange paint
- White paint
- Paintbrushes
Directions:
- Brush blue or red paint on your child’s hand and your hand.
- Spread your hands evenly across the paper.
- Use brown paint to make the branches.
- Create a mask around the birds’ faces and their feet with the black paint.
- Using the orange paint, add a beak to the thumb of the handprints.
- Add snow to the branches with white paint, and then add dots of falling snow.
- Add eyes to the birds’ faces with a dot of white paint.
- Let dry and hang or send to friends.
Tealight Snowman Ornaments
Add a festive glow to your home this holiday season with these tealight snowman ornaments.
You will need:
- 10 battery-operated tealights
- Black marker
- Black construction paper
- Thin red ribbon
- Thick red ribbon
- Pipe cleaners
- Small multicolored pom-poms
- Glue stick
- Glue dots
Directions:
- Cut five black snowman hats from the black construction paper.
- Glue a thin red ribbon between the rim and the top of the hats.
- Draw eyes and a dotted smile around the tealight with black marker to make a snowman face.
- Use glue dots to put hats onto the snowmen’s heads.
- Attach the pom-poms to the sides of the heads using glue dots.
- Glue pipe cleaner pieces between the pom-poms for an earmuff line on the top of each head.
- Glue thick ribbon “bow ties” and “scarves” at the bottom of their heads.
- Glue thin ribbon to the backs of each tealight on the snowmen’s heads.
- Turn each tealight on to see the noses of the snowmen glow.
We hope you enjoyed these fun family crafts that you and the kids can do to ring in the season of togetherness!
