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Sara Noel
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White script text reading Christmas Crafts For Kids centered on a tan background bordered by red and white polka dots.

Making Christmas crafts is festive and fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Young kids love having a gift to give, too. While there are tons of Christmas craft ideas for kids available, there are a few that kids often make in school.

Before I was a mom, I used to joke that these are the crafts only a mother could love. I guess that’s true because I’ve saved every one that my kids have made.

I’ve compiled a few Christmas craft ideas that either I made when I was a kid or my kids have made for me.

Let me know if you made any of these in school or at home when you were a kid.

If not, what Christmas craft projects do you remember? If you have kids, have they made any of these crafts?

 

1. Ice Cream Cone Christmas Tree

Text reads Christmas Tree Cone Decorating Activity for Kids above ice cream cones decorated with frosting and colorful candies.

Ice cream cone Christmas trees in progress: sugar cones with whipped frosting, M&Ms, mini marshmallows and crushed candy canes

Photo and instructions: Fantastic Fun and Learning

 

2. Mason Jar Lid Ornament

 

Mason jar lid ornaments filled with glitter and sequins, hanging on red ribbons

A tray of mason jar lid ornaments with vintage Santa pictures and white feather trim

Photo and instructions: Aunt Peaches

 

3. Hand Print Wreath

 

A collection of Christmas wreaths crafted from paper and painted child handprints with a red banner reading Handprint Wreaths.

A holiday card featuring a green handprint wreath below a poem reading My hand made the wreath, My thumb made the berry.

Photo and instructions: Fun Hand Print Art Blog

 

 

4. Paper Plate Wreath

Paper plate Christmas wreaths adorned with patterned tape and bells under overlay text reading Paper Plate Christmas Wreaths.

Photo and instructions: At Home with Ali 

Several paper plate wreath crafts covered in overlapping green construction paper rectangles and small red squares on a floor.

Photo and instructions: Fun with PreK

Paper plate wreaths decorated with crumpled green tissue paper, red pom-poms, and red bows hang along a white door frame.

Photo by Happy Home Fairy

 

5. Countdown to Christmas Paper Chain

An alternating red and green paper chain hangs on a white wall under white lettering reading Christmas Countdown Chain.

 

Photo and instructions: 7 on a Shoestring

Black and white Christmas bell outline with a countdown poem beginning with From now until Christmas

 

 

6. Glitter Pine Cones

A child decorating a pine cone painted green with glitter and beads like a little Christmas tree

Photo and instructions: Elementary Art Fun 

Glittery pine cone ornament decorated with white paint hanging from a lit Christmas tree branch

7. Magazine or Book Christmas Tree

 

Folded green magazine page Christmas trees decorated with ribbons and text reading Magazine Christmas Trees

Photo and instructions: Seven Clown Circus

A Christmas tree folded from the pages of an old book, with stockings hanging behind it

Photo and Instructions: Blog A La Cart

 

Tutorial showing steps to fold book pages into decorative trees with text How to make a paperback book christmas tree

Photo and instructions: Kayla Aimee

Folded book page Christmas tree topped with a silver flower ornament and wrapped in sparkly tinsel garland

 

8. Reindeer Paper Bag

 

Brown paper gift bags decorated like reindeer with pipe cleaner antlers and labels reading Thanks for making my future BRIGHT

Photo and instructions: A Spotted Pony

Brown paper treat bags decorated as reindeer faces with red pom-pom noses, googly eyes, and candy cane antlers

Photo and instructions: Maxabella Loves

9. Graham Cracker Gingerbread House

 

Unadorned graham cracker house surrounded by bowls of colorful candy with text reading Easy Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses

Photo and instructions: Meet Penny

Several small houses constructed from graham crackers and white icing sitting on blue paper plates

Photo by Happiness Homemade

Six decorated graham cracker gingerbread houses with rainbow candy roofs and names written in icing on the fronts

 

10. Cotton Ball Santa

Santa Claus advent calendar printable with cotton balls glued onto the beard and text reading Christmas Countdown Free Printable

 

Photo and instructions: Tomfo 

Paper plate Santa with a cotton ball beard and a red paper hat


Paper plate Santa Claus faces with cotton ball beards and red paper hats hanging from a classroom ceiling

 

11. Chinese Paper Lantern

 

Diagram showing the step-by-step instructions for folding and cutting yellow paper to make a hanging lantern

 

Photo and instructions: Aunt Annie

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12. Popsicle Stick Ornaments

Collage of Christmas ornaments made from craft sticks with text reading Christmas Themed Popsicle Stick Crafts for Kids

Photo and instructions: Buggy and Buddy

Snowflake ornaments made from popsicle sticks and decorated with glitter, beads, and colorful sequins hanging from strings

Popsicle stick reindeer ornament with googly eyes, red button nose, and green ribbon with text Reindeer Ornament

Photo by Craftaholics Anonymous

 

13. Gum Drop Ornaments

Five-panel tutorial showing how to glue colorful gumdrops onto foam balls to create hanging Christmas ornaments

 

A hand holding a round Christmas ornament covered in colorful sugar-coated gumdrops with a red ribbon hanger

 

14. Paper Snowflakes

 

Paper snowflakes cut from printable templates

Photo and instructions: Imagine Gnats

Grid of twenty-four unique paper snowflakes cut in intricate geometric patterns displayed on a red background

Photo and instructions: La Pappa Dolce

Rows of white paper snowflakes in different patterns on a dark background

Photo by Craft Craft

A child hanging large three-dimensional paper snowflake stars in various colors on a gray wall

Photo and instructions: This Mama Makes Stuff

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15. Popcorn Garland

Four-panel sequence showing a woman threading popped popcorn onto red string with a needle to make a garland

 

Photo by a kiss of color 

Popcorn and cranberry garland and red and green paper chains on a Christmas tree

Photo by Homemade Christmas

16. Paper Bag Gingerbread Men

Applying dots of red paint down the center of a brown cardboard gingerbread man cutout

 

Photo and instructions: Alisa Burke 

Two brown paper cutout gingerbread figures holding hands, decorated with googly eyes, buttons, and rickrack trim

A row of brown paper gingerbread men with buttons and bow ties

Photo and instructions: Ankle Biter Art

17. Candy Cane Crafts

Collage with text Candy Cane Crafts For Kids featuring wreaths, miniature trees, mice, and reindeer made from candy canes

 

Photo and instructions: Moms and Munchkins

Green tin bucket filled with candy cane reindeer made with brown pipe cleaner antlers and red pom-pom noses

Photo by A Pumpkin and a Princess

 

18. Pipe Cleaner Tree and Candy Canes

 

A miniature Christmas tree crafted from green pipe cleaners and sequins, beneath red text reading Pipe Cleaner Christmas Trees.

Photo and instructions: Play Trains

A candy cane ornament made from twisted red, pink, and white pipe cleaners with a gingham bow on a tree branch.

Candy cane ornaments made from red and white pony beads on pipe cleaners

Photo by Fountain Avenue Kitchen

A Christmas tree ornament made from a green pipe cleaner threaded with beads, topped with a yellow star

A colorful beaded snowflake suncatcher made with multifaceted plastic beads hanging against a sunlit window.

Photo and instructions: Craft Junkie Blog

 

19. Macaroni Wreath

Macaroni picture frame ornaments painted gold, holding children's school photos

 

20. Plaster or Salt Dough Handprint

A round white salt dough ornament featuring a child's handprint impression, hanging from a Christmas tree branch by a red ribbon.Photo by Robbie and Erin 

A graphic titled Salt Dough Hand Ornament showing a Santa painted handprint ornament alongside recipe and baking instructions.

Photo by Paper Blog

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