Christmas Crafts for Kids - Page 1

Joy to the World Baby Jesus Star Ornament

This craft is available to members of Danielle's Place. Click on the link to get directions and a pattern.

Christmas Dog Treat Gift Bags Craft for Kids

What you will need: Lunch bags, paper glue, color printer and paper, and ingredients to make dog treats.

What to do:

1. Print out the dog treat bag patterns and cut them appart. Glue them to the front sides of lunch bags. Make dog treats or dog toys for your dogs and place them inside the bags. Roll down the top of the bags and staple them closed. Add a bow.

2. If you are placing dog biscuits in the bag, place the biscuits in a plastic bag before putting them in the dog treat gift bag. You can find dog treats and biscuit recipes to make for your dog on this web site: http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/christmas/recipes/animals/dogtreat.htm

Craft Stick Christmas Star Ornament Craft for Kids

What you will need: craft sticks, hot melt glue, gems, buttons, or other decorative items, and ribbon.

Rhinestones - Type in 57/7014 in the search box at Oriental Trading Company to find this item.
Jewels - Item number 48/2089
Snowflake Jewels - Item number 48/1580
Colored Craft Sticks - Item number 57/1001

What to do:

1. Print out the star pattern (available to members only) and use it to glue the craft sticks together to form a star shape, or use the picture above as a diagram. Glue a ribbon loop to the back of the star so you will be able to hang in on your Christmas tree.

2. Paint the star if you aren't using the colored craft sticks.

3. Glue on beads, buttons, jewels, and other decorative items, or use glitter glue to decorate your stars.

Peppermint Candy Frame

What you will need: Peppermint Candies, jumbo craft sticks, tacky glue, card board, and a photograph or drawing to put in the picture, clear acrylic spray.

What to do:

1. Glue four jumbo craft sticks together to form a square. Turn the picture so it is facing you. Glue peppermint candies all the way around the edge. You can leave the wrappers on or take them off. If you take the wrappers off spray several coats of clear acrylic paint over the candy and let dry between coats. This will keep the candy looking fresh and keep ants away.
2. Glue a picture backed with cardboard on the back of the craft stick frame. Cut out a stand and glue it to the back.

Christmas Crafts on Members Only Section

Coffee Filter Angel Craft

These little angels are very simple to make and very inexpensive.

What you will need: Three coffee filters for each angel, one large bead for the head, a pipe cleaner, doll hair, and paint.

What to do:

1. Cut the pipe cleaner in half.  Gather up one coffee filter across the width and wind one of the halves of pipe cleaners around it to make the wings.
2. Cut about 10 strings of doll hair about 6 inches long. Wrap the other half of the pipe cleaner around the middle of the doll hair lengths leaving about 1 1/2" of pipe cleaner at one end.
3. Wind the 1 1/2" length around to form a halo.  Insert the other end of the pipe cleaner through the center of a coffee filter and then through the center of the bead and then through the center of another coffee filter. Bend a loop in the end of the pipe cleaner so the coffee filters and bead don't fall off.
4. Bring the top coffee filter down around the bead and gather it around the bottom of the bead to form the neck of the angel. Attach the wings to the body just below the bottom of the bead.  Wind the ends of the pipe cleaner from the wings around to form the arm.
5. Paint the angel with watercolors or glitter glue and draw on a face.

Christmas Crafts and Activities on The Resource Room

Folded Angel Ornament	Angel Bible Verse Review Game	Pin The Hay in The Manger Game
Bible Verse Spinner Game	Christmas Four-In-A-Row Game	Christmas Match Game

Ice Cream Cone Christmas Tree Craft

Children of all ages will love decorating these trees.  They are great activities to make at Christmas parties.

What you will need:  Sugar cones, green frosting, small candy like red hots, tiny M&M's, cake decorating toppings or sprinkles, and paper plates.

What to do: Turn the cone upside down on a paper plate and cover the entire cone with green frosting.  Decorate the tree with candy and toppings.

 Poinsettia Flower Angel Craft

What you will need: Silk poinsettia flowers, 1 1/2 " red ribbon, 1 1/4" wooden ball head, fake hair, two small beads for the feet, 6 mm red ribbon, small bird, hot melt glue, white glitter pipe cleaner.

What to do:

1. Remove the center of the poinsettia flower so that a pipe cleaner can be inserted into the center.
2. Insert the pipe cleaner through the center of the flower.  Pull it all the way through the flower from the top until you have only 1" showing. Bend the 1" length left to form a circle.
3. Glue the flower petals down toward the pipe cleaner so that they don't stick out too far.
4. Tie a bow using the 1 1/2" ribbon onto the pipe cleaner just above the poinsettia petals.  Pull the bow ends around to form the arms of the angel and glue in place. Glue a small bird onto the arms.
5. Next thread the wooden head onto the pipe cleaner just above the bow.  Pull the head down tight and wind the remaining pipe cleaner around on top of the head to form a halo.
6. Glue on the hair.
7. Tie two ribbons with beads attached to the bottoms onto the loop under the poinsettia flower to form legs and feet.
8. Glue a loop of ribbon to the back of the angel to hang.

Picture Frame Christmas Ornament Craft

These little ornaments are simple to make and make great keepsakes. You will enjoy looking at them and remembering Christmases past.

What you will need: Small plastic picture frames, old photographs, ribbon, lace, and other decorative items.

What to do: Remove the plastic photo covering from the frame if there is one. Use the covering as a template to cut your photographs to fit the frame. Insert the picture and glue on ribbon and other decorative things to finish.

  Lace Angel Craft

What you will need: Wooden head bead, white or clear pipe cleaners, wings, 2 1/2 lace, silver material, star bead or sequin, white doll hair, very thin florist wire.

What to do:

1. Cut about a five-inch length of hair. Insert a 6 1/2" or longer pipe cleaner into the head bead.  Bring it up through the hole and wrap it around the center of the length of hair leaving about an inch of pipe cleaner at the top. Put a dab of hot melt glue on the pipe cleaner where you wrapped it around the hair and pull it back down into the bead head just a little ways. Use the one-inch length of pipe cleaner at the top of the head to form a halo.
2. Cut a four-inch piece of pipe cleaner and wrap it around the pipe cleaner with the head attached to it just below the head so that you have two arms of equal length.
3. To make the lace skirt cut a piece of lace 6" long.  Sew the top of the lace using the florist wire and bunch the lace together by pulling the wire tight and winding the wire around itself. Make a loop with the remaining length of wire that will be used to hang the angel. (Instead of using the wire loop to hang the angel you can also use the pipe cleaner inside the angel to wrap around a tree branch so that the angel will be standing on a branching instead of hanging from branch.
4. To make the silver skirt cut a piece of silver material 5" by 5".  Fold it in half.  Use the florist wire to sew a straight stitch across the cut edge of the fabric (opposite the fold). Bunch the material together like you did with the lace.
5. Insert the bottom of the pipe cleaner through the hole in the top of the lace skirt. Push the arms through the holes in the lace.
6. Insert the bottom of the pipe cleaner through the hole in the top of the fabric skirt. Secure it with glue.
7. Glue wings onto the back of the angel.
8. Glue or tie on a star sequin or bead to the angel's hand.

Angel Hershey's Kiss Party Favor Craft

What you will need: Hershey's Kiss candy, aluminum foil, chocolate covered peanuts, and powdered sugar.

What to do:

1. Cut a strip of aluminum foil about 5" by 2". Crinkle up the center and wrap the foil around the top of the Hershey's kiss. You may want to add a dab of glue to the foil to keep it on the kiss.  Spread out the foil to form wings use scissors to shape the wings. Form a cup in the aluminum foil at the top of the Heresy's Kiss so that a chocolate covered peanut or raisin will sit inside.
2. Mix a small amount of water with the powdered sugar to make a frosting.  You can place a small amount of frosting on the bottom of the chocolate covered peanut and place it on the wings and Hershey's Kiss to make it stay in place a little better. Use a cake-decorating tool to make a halo on top of the angel's head. (If you want to get really creative you can add hair and face feature with other icing.)

Dog Bone Christmas Dog Craft

What you will need: Small Dog bone treat, Large dog bone treat, wiggly eyes, ribbon, black felt, brown felt, pink felt.

What to do:

1. Cut out some ears from brown felt, a nose from black felt, and a tongue from pink felt.  Glue them onto the small dog bone treat.
2. Glue the small dog bone treat to the large dog bone treat as shown in the picture. Glue on a Christmas bow to finish.

Communion Cup Reindeer Craft

Here's another great craft to sell at Craft Fairs and Rummage Sales! Great moneymaker.

What you will need: Communion cups, wiggly eyes, brown fun foam, scissors, Heresy's Kisses, tiny red pom poms (optional), glue

What to do:

1. Trace the top of a communion cup twice onto fun foam.  Cut out the circle. Draw antlers sticking out of one circle and cut out both shapes. 
2. Place one Hershey's Kiss into each cup.  Glue the circle onto one cup using the hot melt glue gun so the Heresy kiss is sealed into the cup. This is the bottom of the reindeer.
3. Place the other Hershey's Kiss into the other cup. Glue the antlers onto this cup sealing in the candy.
4. Glue wiggly eyes and a pom pom for the nose onto the cup.  Then glue the cup onto the other cup as shown in the picture.

Glass Crystal Ornament Craft

These beautiful ornaments are a lot of fun to make, easy, and inexpensive. This craft is not designed for young children.

What you will need: Clear glass ornament with removable top, crystals (Found in the floral arrangement section of your craft store), food coloring, sequins, beads, glitter, lace, or anything tiny you want to put inside the ornament, base to set ornament in (optional), and Liquid Nails Sealant - Clear Seal all-purpose sealant.

What to do:

1. Find something you can use to hold the ornament upright while you work.  The ornament base below works well.
2. Remove the metal lid and metal hanging wire from the glass ornament. Dip the ends of the metal hanging wire in the sealant or spray the end with a rust proofing paint. Let them dry.  You will be putting water in the glass ornament. If you don't seal the metal it will rust and discolor your ornament.
3. Fill the ornament with a few sequins or beads; add water (You can add food coloring to the water if you would like) to fill the ornament about half full and then a few sprinkles of crystals.  You will probably only need to use 1/4 teaspoon or less of crystals per ornament.  The crystals will expand quite a bit.  Let the ornament stand a few minutes so that the crystals expand.
4. After the crystals have expanded, you can use something skinny and long like a pencil or craft stick to push the sequins in place next to the glass.
5. Put more water in the ornament up to where the ends of the wire top will be. You don't want the wire to come in contact with the water in the ornament if possible because it rusts. Put in more sequins and crystals. Use your craft stick to push the sequins around. Let the ornament set for at least half an hour. (If you are not happy with the results, you can start all over by placing the ornament under running water.  The sequins and crystals will come out.)
6. Now you are ready to put the lid on. Make sure you don't have crystals or water in the top area of the ornament where the metal wire will be inserted.  If you do, remove any excess with your pencil.  Now fill the rest of the ornament with the clear sealant up to the top. Insert the wire and metal top.  Let dry and then remove any excess sealant by pealing it off.

Pipe Cleaner Christmas Tree Craft

What you will need: Green pipe cleaners, Red beads, star button, and wire.

What to do: String red beads on a pipe cleaner about one inch apart. When all the beads are in place bend the pipe cleaner in the form of a tree as pictured.  String a star button on to the top and bend the pipe cleaner end down to secure it. Use a short piece of wire to hang the three. Secure the wire by bending it around the button back. If you don't want to use buttons, glue star gems to the top.

Paper Towel Poinsettia Craft

These beautiful flowers are easy to make and very inexpensive. Young children will love painting them with water colors and picking a button or bobble to glue into the center.
See Paper Crafts 3 page for directions

Christmas Candle with Base Craft

What you will need: Christmas candles, Plaster of Paris, plastic container from a can Wilson tennis balls $1.88 at Wal-mart, fun foam or felt, gold or silver water based paint, tacky glue, ribbon, lace, or anything you would like to decorate the candle holder and candle with.

What to do:
1. To make the plaster of Paris mold for the base cut the bottom off the plastic container about two inches from the bottom.  Cut another inch off but leave two or three one-inch tabs sticking up.  This mold can be used over and over again.
2. Fill the base with Plaster of Paris according to the directions. Remove the plaster cast when it is dry by lightly tapping the tabs of the mold on a table.  The plaster cast should pop out.
3. Cut a three-inch circle from fun foam or felt and glue to the bottom of the plaster base. 
4. Paint the base with water based paint and let dry.
5. Decorate the base and candle with whatever you would like.

Christmas Ornament Place Holder Craft

What you will need: Christmas ornaments (plastic for young children), Fun Foam or felt, Wilson tennis ball container, gold or silver water based paint, tacky glue, permanent marker, sequins, ribbon, lace, beads or anything you would like to decorate the ornaments and base with.

What to do:
1. To make the Plaster of Paris mold for the base cut the bottom off the plastic container about two inches from the bottom.  Cut another inch off but leave two or three one inch tabs sticking up.  This mold can be used over and over again.
2. Fill the base with Plaster of Paris according to the directions. Remove the plaster cast when it is dry by lightly tapping the tabs of the mold on a table.  The plaster cast should pop out.
3. Cut a three-inch circle from fun foam or felt and glue to the bottom of the plaster base. 
4. Paint the base with water based paint and let dry.
5. Decorate the base and ornament with whatever you would like.
6. Write a name on the base with a permanent marker.

Reindeer Craft

What you will need: Wooden spoon, small oval wooden pieces for ears, wooden clothes pin with stand, brown pipe cleaners for the ears, green pipe cleaner, red beads and red ribbon for the wreath, oval wiggly eyes, red pompom for the nose, glue and paint.

What to do:
1. Glue the wooden pieces together to form the reindeer as shown. The wooden spoon I used came from the spoon you get with ice cream cups at the grocery store.
2. Paint the reindeer brown and let dry.
3. Glue on the eyes and nose. Draw in the mouth and other face features. Make some antlers out of brown pipe cleaners and glue on.  Make a tiny wreath out of green pipe cleaners and glue on tiny red beads for berries. Add a red ribbon to the wreath and hang it on the reindeer to finish.

CD Christmas Ornament Craft

Recycle your old CD's and make beautiful Christmas decorations.

What you will need: Old CDs, pretty ribbon or lace, drill, pictures from old Christmas card, and beads

What to do for star ornament:
1. Place two CDs back to back so that the shinny sides face out.  Tape them together so that they don't move around while drilling holes.
2  Print out the star pattern and cut it out.  Place it on top of the CDs and mark with a  permanent marker where the holes should be drilled.
3. Drill the holes big enough so that your lace or ribbon will fit through twice.
4. Starting at the top of the star, lace the ribbon in and out all the way around the star twice so that you have a star.  Tie the ribbon at the top and add beads if you would like.
5. To finish, glue a picture from a Christmas card or family picture in the center.

What to do for Ray Ornament:
1. Glue two CDs together so that the printed sides are together.  Keep wrapping ribbon around and through the middle hole of the CD's until you get back to where you started from.  Tie the two ends together and add some beads to the top.

  Gift Bags with Gift Tags Craft

This is an easy and inexpensive craft that all ages will enjoy.

What you will need: Brown or white lunch bags or grocery bags (depending on how big you want to make them), paint (use washable paint with small children), glitter, sequins, or anything else you want to use to decorate the bags:  ribbon, stickers, sponges cut into Christmas shapes,  rubber stamps, Christmas scenes cut from material or old Christmas cards are just a few suggestions.

What to do: Decorate the bags with whatever you would like. Make a matching gift tag. When the paint is dry, fold over the top edge about two inches and punch two holes at the top. Lace ribbon through the holes and attach a gift card.  Tie the ribbon in a bow.

Christmas Card Ornaments

Make Christmas tree ornaments using old Christmas cards.  Save plastic lids from plastic containers such as butter tubs, coffee cans, and cottage chesse containers.  Cut out pictures from old Christmas cards and glue them onto the lids.  Then add ribbon, glitter, or any kid of decor.  Punch a hole in the top and tie a ribbon for the hanger.  They make great gifts for residents nursing homes and people who can't get out at Christmas time. Sent in by Ann, New Braunfels TX

 Other Christmas Crafts on this site

Christmas Crafts Page 2

Winter Crafts Page

Bible Themes - Christmas Crafts

1. Clay Star Ornaments - This craft is on the Clay Crafts Page.

2. Snowman Paper Doll - This craft is on the Paper Dolls Page

3. Shepherd Puppets and Skit - This craft is on the Puppets Page.

4. Clay Gift Tags and ornaments - This Craft is on the clay Crafts Page.

5. Angel Paper Chain - This craft is found on the Bible Themes Page.

Christmas Gifts
Bed Buddies

Links to other Christmas Crafts

Candy Cane Lane - Here you will find the complete story of the Candy Cane.

Candy Cane Story - The fascinating story behind the candy cane ... The birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ are signified through the elements of the candy cane. (includes scripture references)

Crafts Central Station - 101 great gift basket ideas, 101 ways to decorate for Christmas, gift tags you can make, gift wrap ideas, 12 basic Christmas patterns, lots of free craft projects, and directory of craft fairs.

Crafts n Things - You will find crafts for snowmen, penguins, tree ornaments, wreaths, baskets, St. Nick and books you can order to get even more ideas.

Christmas at Imagitek- 25 crafts for Christmas

Lisa's Christmas Crafts - Here's a page of some simple Christmas craft that children will love to make.

Snowflakes - Make these beautiful paper snowflakes to decorate your tree or windows.  Dave's Snowflakes Page has many examples of paper snowflakes you can make. He has included patterns you can download and print out. It's as simple as folding the paper and cutting on the lines.  He has also included links to other snowflake pages

Paper Snowflakes for all Ages - Many of the patterns on this site were designed using photographs of actual snowflakes. You can also learn more about ice crystal formation. There are also patterns in finished form for people to use as woodcutting, embroidery or stencil patterns, and for children to color.