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There’s just something about Christmas crafting with kids that makes the season feel extra magical — even if there’s glitter in your hair for days afterward! ✨
This roundup is packed with 25+ creative Christmas crafts for kids, from sparkly slime and handprint ornaments to adorable little Christmas trees they’ll be so proud to hang up or gift. Whether you’re planning a cozy afternoon at home or a fun classroom project, these easy ideas will keep little hands busy and big hearts happy all season long. 🎄
Handprint Christmas Crafts
When it comes to making your own Christmas decorations there’s nothing quite like capturing a moment in time, which is so easy to do with these salt dough kid’s handprint Christmas crafts.
You can hang them as ornaments from the tree, sit them on the mantel, or wrap them in tissue paper and give them to Granny as a Christmas gift she’ll treasure forever!
Of course it’s not just handprints you can make ornaments with, your children can use their fingerprints and footprints too!
I found 10 adorable ornaments to make with your kids with everything from robins and snowmen to gingerbread men and even a reindeer!
Easy Salt Dough Recipe
Salt Dough Ingredients
- 1 cup of salt
- 2 cups of plain flour
- 3/4 cup of boiling water
- Acrylic paints
- PVA to seal
Salt Dough Recipe Instructions
- Mix the salt and plain flour together in a mixing bowl and gradually stir in the boiling water.
- Keep mixing until it begins to form a dough, just make sure it isn’t too sticky.
- Use the dough to make your Christmas ornaments.
- Use a straw to put a hole through the dough so you can hang it up with a ribbon.
- Air dry overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 120 degrees (C) and bake your creations for three hours.
- Air dry overnight again.
- Decorate with acrylic paints and allow to dry.
- Seal with PVA glue.
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Kid’s Handprint Christmas Crafts
Handprint Robin Ornament
Handprint Robin Ornament – Every tree should have a red robin sitting in it at Christmas and this little guy with his shiny beak is just beautiful!
Salt Dough Snowman Keepsake for Kids to Make
Salt Dough Snowman Keepsake for Kids to Make – 10 Little Snowmen! Oh this is just a super cute way to capture the size of your child’s hands and make a salt dough ornament at the same time! If you have two kids you could have them each do one hand to show the difference in sizes.
Salt Dough Handprint Christmas Tree Ornaments
Salt Dough Handprint Christmas Tree Ornaments – We love these Christmas trees, and your little one will have a blast painting all the decorations on them!
Santa Handprint Ornaments
Santa Handprint Ornaments – Ho Ho Ho! How adorable are these little Santa ornaments?
Handprint Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Salt Dough Ornament
Handprint Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Salt Dough Ornament – We always say that not all Christmas decorations need to be “traditional” and that character ornaments tell a story about your child at a certain age. And that’s why this handprint ornament is perfect if your child is currently a Ninja Turtle fan!
Salt Dough Handprint Ornaments
Salt Dough Handprint Ornaments – If you really want a handprint keepsake to hang on your tree but you just don’t have the time or the energy for painting and being extra creative try these instead. Just simple salt dough ornaments with some festive ribbon to hang them on the tree. Remember its the handprint that counts!
Christmas Fingerprint Crafts
Don’t limit yourself to handprint crafts, while you have the salt dough out why not try making one of these Christmas fingerprint crafts with your child too.
Fingerprint Gingerbread Man Salt Dough Ornament
Fingerprint Gingerbread Man Salt Dough Ornament – Gingerbread men always raise a smile at Christmas and this little guy would do just that hanging from your tree. I wonder if you added some ground ginger to the salt dough ingredients whether he would smell once the dough had dried…
Fingerprint Snowman Salt Dough Christmas Ornament
Fingerprint Snowman Salt Dough Christmas Ornament – This snowman ornament is fabulous and your child can let their imagination run wild as they decorate him. He could be Frosty… or Olaf… or Chilly from Doc McStuffins!
Christmas Footprint Crafts
If your child is having so much fun they don’t want to stop take off their socks and capture the size of their feet with these adorable Christmas footprint crafts!
Mistletoes!
Mistletoes! – Oh we LOVE Mistletoes around here! We made a footprint painted craft for the kiddos’ first Christmas. This year we should capture those tootsies in salt dough instead!
Salt Dough Crafts: Reindeer Footprint Ornaments
Salt Dough Crafts: Reindeer Footprint Ornaments – Isn’t he just super cute? Love the red pom pom nose so everyone knows its Rudolph!
Wow! There are so many wonderful Salt Dough Kid’s Handprint Christmas Crafts to make you might want to make double or even triple the dough recipe and spend a whole weekend making memories with your children’s hands and feet!
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Christmas Tree Crafts for Kids
I love the run up to Christmas because it’s the best time of year to craft with the kids! There are almost more things to make than we have time for!
Today I’ve been searching out the best Christmas tree crafts for kids to make.
And I found everything from pinecones and toilet roll crafts to trees made from melted crayons and popsicle sticks!
Yarn Wrapped Christmas Tree Ornaments
Yarn Wrapped Christmas Tree Ornaments – Oh these yarn wrapped Christmas trees are SUPER CUTE! What a brilliant crafts to do with preschoolers to improve their fine motor skills!
Toilet Paper Christmas Tree For Kids
Toilet Paper Christmas Tree For Kids – BRILLIANT! A Christmas tree craft that uses app all those toilet roll tubes we’ve been saving for a rainy day!
Pine Cone Christmas Tree
Pine Cone Christmas Tree – Oh these pine cone Christmas trees will look FABULOUS on the mantlepiece.
Christmas Tree Ornaments
Christmas Tree Ornaments – These Christmas Tree ornaments are the perfect project for crafting with a tween!
Paper Plate Trees
Paper Plate Trees – Tee hee – LOVE the little smiley face on this paper plate Christmas tree – brings him to life!
Christmas Tree Crayons
Christmas Tree Crayons – We LOVE crafts that turn into gifts! These Christmas Tree shaped crayons would make great stocking fillers or party favours!
Felt Christmas Trees
Felt Christmas Trees – A WONDERFUL Christmas tree craft for preschoolers who love sticking jewels to anything and everything!
Christmas Tree Advent Countdown
Christmas Tree Advent Countdown – What a BRILLIANT idea of using paper chains to create a tree shaped advent calendar!
Tin Can Christmas Tree Activity
Tin Can Christmas Tree Activity – Can’t get enough PomPom crafts this Christmas and this tin can tree is so CLEVER!
Jeweled Christmas Tree Craft for Kids
Jeweled Christmas Tree Craft for Kids – LOVE this! A QUICK and EASY Christmas tree craft that even toddlers can have fun with!
Salt Dough Fingerprint Christmas Tree
Salt Dough Fingerprint Christmas Tree – We LOVE salt dough crafts so we can’t wait to make this ADORABLE little Christmas trees with our thumbprints!
Paper Strip Christmas Tree
Paper Strip Christmas Tree – Ooh a whole forest of these trees looks FABULOUS and it’s such a SIMPLE craft for toddlers and preschoolers!
Ribbon Weave Christmas Tree Ornaments
Ribbon Weave Christmas Tree Ornaments – We LOVE making Christmas ornaments and these GORGEOUS trees make the perfect craft for toddlers to tweens!
Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees
Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees – Time to grab the glue gun! These Christmas trees are so STINKING CUTE we’re going to have to make enough to fill an actual tree!
Pine Cone Christmas Trees
Pine Cone Christmas Trees – Aren’t these pine cone Christmas trees just GORGEOUS? Love the idea of using jewellery to make the baubles!
DIY Christmas Tree Ornament
DIY Christmas Tree Ornament – Time to get outside and collect an armful of twigs! LOVE the idea of these Christmas trees hanging from our chairs on Christmas Day!
Cupcake Liner Christmas Tree Ornaments
Cupcake Liner Christmas Tree Ornaments – Well I never thought I’d see the day that I wanted to decorate my tree with cupcake cases – but these are ADORABLE
Kid Friendly Christmas Tree
Kid Friendly Christmas Tree – GENIUS idea! Now we don’t have to worry about a small child taking all the decorations off the real tree!
Handprint Christmas Tree
This sweet handprint Christmas tree will look wonderful on the mantel and will be cherished for years to come as it’s a way to capture in time the size of your child’s hands!
Handprint Christmas Tree by The Best Ideas for Kids
Felt Christmas Tree Preschool Craft
How sweet are these little felt Christmas trees! They’re a wonderful way for toddlers and preschooler to practice their fine motor sills and learn their colors as they decorate their trees over and over again. You could even turn it into a game by taking pictures of completed trees and then trying to match the baubles.
Felt Christmas Tree Preschool Craft by The Nerd’s Wife
Pom-Pom Christmas Tree Ornament
I can never walk by a craft that involves pompoms! And these little Christmas ornaments will look so sweet hanging from the tree!
Pom-Pom Christmas Tree Ornament by The Joy Sharing
How To Make Vintage Christmas Card Ornaments For The Tree
Here’s a great recycling craft that lets your child repurpose last year’s Christmas cards into this year’s ornaments! It’s great cutting skills practice and you could even string some together to make a pretty garland for the mantel.
How To Make Vintage Christmas Card Ornaments For The Tree by Petticoat Junktion
Washi Tape Christmas Trees
Or how about going to town with your stash of Washi Tape to make some fun Christmas trees like these?
Washi Tape Christmas Trees by Burlap and Blue
Paper Straw Christmas Ornaments
Oh I love the colors on these crafts, and such a good idea to make Christmas tree ornaments using paper straws!
Paper Straw Christmas Ornaments by Simple as That
Cinnamon Stick Christmas Tree Ornaments
Oh… if you love the smell of cinnamon during the Holidays you totally need to have your children make some of these cinnamon stick Christmas trees to decorate the house with! They’d make great tags for gifts too!
Cinnamon Stick Christmas Tree Ornaments by Crafts Unleashed
Pipe Cleaner Christmas Trees
These look like a lot of fun to make, and so sparkly to stand on your mantel or as a table centerpiece for Christmas dinner! And as long as you supervise because of the pointy ends even your toddler can get involved with making a tree!
Pipe Cleaner Christmas Trees by Buzzmills
Popsicle Stick Ornaments
I don’t know what it is about craft sticks but every time I’m at the store I pop another packet in my basket! I’ve got such a vast supply now I’m always on the look out for crafts the kids can do with them, and since the Holiday season is fast approaching I thought it was time to look for some homemade Christmas decorations for kids to make with popsicle sticks!
And I found so much inspiration! From Santas, and reindeers, ballerinas and angels, and even a Minion ornament!
Don’t forget to scroll all the way to the end so you don’t miss any of the bright ideas, and be sure to hit the save button on your favourites so you can find them again later!
Angel Christmas Ornament
Angel Christmas Ornament – If an Angel ornament is a must for your tree then your kids will have fun making this homemade decoration. And if you switch up the colours you could make some butterflies too!
Cotton Ball Snowman Craft
Cotton Ball Snowman Craft – Everyone needs a Frosty the Snowman to hang on their tree and this little guy is the perfect choice!
Popsicle Stick Star Christmas Ornaments
Popsicle Stick Star Christmas Ornaments – Here’s a homemade ornament that’s great for slightly older kids. Once the star has been made from the craft sticks your child can sit and wrap it in brightly coloured yarn. I bet a rainbow coloured star would look brilliant!
Popsicle Stick Minions
Popsicle Stick Minions – There’s no rule to state that your tree must be hung with “traditional” ornaments, so if you need to get your boy interested in crafting (or even Christmas decorations in general) show him how to make a Minion with craft sticks, and then add some thread to hang it from the tree!
Personalized Kids Star Ornament
Personalized Kids Star Ornament – Oh this personalised ornament is ADORABLE! And so easy to make too. It’s the perfect gift to make for friends or classmates.
Dragonfly Ornament Kids Can Make: Clothespin, Craft Sticks, and Glitter!
Dragonfly Ornament Kids Can Make: Clothespin, Craft Sticks, and Glitter! – Does your little girl love glitter as much as mine does? This is the ultimate Christmas decoration craft for glitter fans!
Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornaments
Craft Stick Christmas Tree Ornaments – If you’re looking for homemade decorations for your toddler to make with you this Christmas tree ornament is perfect, and we love how they used a lid to make the tree topper!
Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees
Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees – Here’s another FABULOUS idea for a Christmas tree ornament your kids can make. We love the little buttons acting as ornaments.
Popsicle Stick and Twigs Christmas Tree Ornaments
Popsicle Stick and Twigs Christmas Tree Ornaments – And here’s another idea for a Christmas tree ornament which is perfect for little boys who love to collect twigs!
Popsicle Stick and Jingle Bell Christmas Tree Ornament
Popsicle Stick and Jingle Bell Christmas Tree Ornament – If your children love the Polar Express this would be the perfect homemade Christmas decoration for them to make to hang on the tree with the teeny jingle bell.
Toy Soldier Ornament
Toy Soldier Ornament – And here is a fabulous homemade decoration idea for the boys. How cute is this little soldier with his gold buttons and fantastic hat!
Ballerina Ornaments
Ballerina Ornaments – If your little girl dreams of being a ballerina she will love this homemade ornament, she could make a whole cast of ballerinas to dance around the Christmas tree!
Craft Stick Santa Elf and Reindeer
Craft Stick Santa Elf and Reindeer – How adorable are these little guys? That reindeer ornament is super cute with his red shiny nose!
Craft Stick Reindeer Ornaments
Craft Stick Reindeer Ornaments – Who knew there were so many different reindeer ornaments you could make from a simple set of craft sticks! Here’s another idea to inspire you.
Santa Hat Homemade Christmas Ornament Using Craft Sticks
Santa Hat Homemade Christmas Ornament Using Craft Sticks – Ho Ho Ho! These craft stick santa hats are a fabulously festive addition to your tree and easy enough for toddlers to make.
Craft Stick Star Ornaments for Toddlers
Craft Stick Star Ornaments for Toddlers – These craft stick stars will look so pretty hanging on the tree and your kids will have fun adding all of the sparkly jewels.
Easy Christmas Crafts for Kids: Craft Stick Stars
Easy Christmas Crafts for Kids: Craft Stick Stars – Or you can take a slightly different approach and use glitter pens instead!
Christmas Ornaments Toddlers Can Make
Crafts are a great way for your toddler to learn so many skills, from creativity to fine motor. And Christmas is a great time to get crafty because anything your toddler makes can be given as a gift to Daddy or Grandma.
Christmas ornaments are especially good because you can hang them on the tree for years to come. Today I’ve rounded up 12 easy Christmas ornaments that your toddler can make, with a little help from you. They’ll love making these decorations and seeing them hang on the tree!
- Christmas Ornament Craft Grandma is going to love this as an ornament to hang on her own tree!
- Paper Plate Christmas Ornament Craft for Kids Here’s an ornament craft that is perfect for even the youngest of toddlers!
- Glass Stained Window Ornaments Kids Craft How beautiful will these baubles look in the window with the winter sun shining through?
- Clay Dough Ornaments – These are so simple to make but look absolutely beautiful and sparkly ready for hanging on the tree!
- Old Fashioned Salt Dough Candy Cane Ornaments – This ornament craft is perfect for older toddlers and preschoolers who’ve mastered the art of twisting two things together.
- Kid-Made Luminescent Christmas Ornaments – These are fabulous, and your toddler will love painting the jars. Just make sure you dress them for the job or you might end up with a painted baby!
- CD Snowman Ornaments for Toddlers – You know that box of blank CDs you found in the back of the cupboard that you have no idea what to do with now we all have iPods and iPhones? Well you can turn them into Snowmen Ornaments!
- Rippin and Snippin Chipboard Ornament – Oh these look like a lot of fun to make and are perfect for kiddos who need extra sensory input and like tearing paper!
- Paper Plate Angels – Do you remember making paper plate angels when you were a kid? They’re so simple to do but they look great.
- Bead and Pipe cleaner Icicle Ornaments – This craft is better suited for older toddlers, because they need to have gotten past the ‘putting tiny things in their mouths’ stage, because the beads are pretty tiny! The metallic pipe cleaners make them so beautiful and they will look great hanging from the tree.
- Footprint Ornament – You know I’m crazy for footprint crafts right? Well how precious is this one? You’d better make extras because the grandparents are sure to love these as gifts this Christmas.
- Glue Star Suncatchers – Wow how beautiful are these star shaped suncatchers to brighten up your windows. You’d never guess they were made from glue!
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Adorable Homemade Christmas Cards for Kids to Make!
It’ll soon be time to send out those Christmas cards and this year why not get your children involved and let them have a go at making their own Christmas card to give to Daddy or send to Grandma.
If you need some inspiration check out these adorable homemade Christmas cards. I found everything from cards decorated with ribbon or washi tape to footprint cards and even potato prints! Most of them can be made by a toddler, under your supervision of course, and your older kids will enjoy this activity too!
Don’t forget to scroll all the way to the end so you don’t miss any of the fabulous ideas, and be sure to pin your favourites as you go so you can find them again later!
How to Make Your Own Christmas Cards
I love these felt and fabric trees decorated with button baubles. It’s probably a craft to do with older children though as it looks a bit fiddly for toddlers to handle. (via Love and Lollipops)
Simple Ribbon Christmas Cards
If you’re a crafter you probably have a box full of ribbon scraps. I know I do because I can never bear to throw them away. Well this is the perfect Christmas card craft to put them to good use. (via Mum in the Madhouse)
Paint Chip Christmas Cards
It’s time to take a trip to the DIY store so you can raid their paint chip selection in order to make these fabulous Christmas cards! (via One Little Project)
Penguin Christmas Cards
Oh how adorable are these little penguins? Time to put those old potatoes to good use! (via Molly Moo Crafts)
Simple Washi Christmas Cards
These washi tape Christmas cards are adorable and they’re perfect for little ones as the tape is really easy to tear. (via Mum in the Madhouse)
Scrap Ribbon Tree Ornaments
I am completely in love with these ribbon Christmas trees, and they would make the most amazing homemade Christmas cards just by gluing them to the front of the card. In fact if you attached them with something slightly less sticky the recipients could remove them from the cards and hang them on their tree! (via Fireflies and Mud Pies)
Fingerprint Christmas Cards for Kids to Make
These fingerprint cards are a lot of fun to make and I love how the Christmas trees have been decorated with stars and ornaments! (via Hands On As We Grow)
Potato Print Snowman Christmas Card
Oh look here’s some more potato print car ideas, the snowman is adorable but that reindeer totally needs a red nose! (via Molly Moo Crafts)
Reindeer Footprint Christmas Card
Oh that’s what I call a red nose for Rudolph! (via Emma Owl)
Marbled Christmas Tree Craft for Kids
Oh these marbled trees are so pretty and they are a lot of fun to to make too. (via Buggy and Buddy)
Mistletoes Christmas Card
We made the “Mistletoes” cards with the kiddos when they were one and they turned out so cute! (via Pinkie for Pink)
These Christmas slime recipes are perfect for stocking stuffers, party favors or just having fun at home!
Christmas Slime Recipes
I couldn’t resist pulling together a collection of the best Christmas slime recipes! I found everything from Santa Suit Slime and Christmas Tree Slime to Snow Slime, oh and my favourite the Christmas Explosion Slime!
Let your kids have fun making their own slime before playing with it, or have them fill up some jelly jars so they can give slime gifts to their friends!
Christmas slime makes a brilliant stocking stuffer or Christmas party favor!
Whichever slime recipe you choose just remember that there’s only one glue when it comes to making slime and that’s Elmer’s. Grab some from your local store, or if they’ve sold out (Elmer’s is a little like gold dust these days) order some from Amazon instead!
Santa Suit Slime Recipe
Fluffy Santa Slime
Christmas Tree Slime
Christmas Slime Science Activity
Christmas Explosion Slime Tutorial
via Mom Dot
Christmas Slime
Christmas Gift Idea – Elf Snot Slime
Christmas Tree Slime Recipe
via Little Bins for Little Hands
Snow Slime Gift that Kids Can Make
Gingerbread Slime
Candy Cane Slime
via Little Bins for Little Hands
Christmas Gift Slime
Jingle Bell Slime Recipe for Christmas
via Little Bins for Little Hands
Ready Made Slime
via Etsy
DIY Fun Holiday Slime Recipes – Video Tutorial
