22 of the Best Christmas Crafts for Kids

2. Shaving cream paint

Make polar bears with shaving cream paint!

3. Snowman slime

Who doesn’t love slime? Add a face and glitter and turn plain slime into snowman slime!

4. Melted snowmen cookies

Turn simple sugar cookies into melted snowman masterpieces. Full tutorial at Crazy Domestic.

 

5. Snowman footprint

Turn white paint and a tiny foot into an adorable snowman. (Find 35 more hand and footprint art ideas here.)

6. Toilet paper tube snowman

Here’s a snowman you can make anywhere and all you need is an empty toilet paper tube, white paint, and a scrap of ribbon.

7. Shredded paper snowman

Shredded paper is an under utilized craft material that works so well as snow. Use shredded paper to make all kinds of snowy wonderland collages with kids!

Chrsitmas crafts for kids

Looking for Chrsitmas crafts for kids? The rest of the list includes everything but the snowmen. Reindeer, ornaments, and Christmas trees galore!

8. Nature ornaments

Send the kids to the backyard for 3 sticks and grab a skein of yarn to make these cute Chrsitmas tree ornaments.

9. Santa paintbrush ornaments

Turn a new (or used) paint brush into Santa Claus with felt, paint and ribbon.

10. Santa hand print

Use white paint to turn a tiny hand into Santa Claus. This one was used to decorate packages, but the Santa handprint could also be the front of a holiday card or just for fun.

11. DIY Polar Express train

Get in the holiday spirt with the Polar Express book or movie! This train  craft can be made out of a diaper box and spray paint in less than an hour.

12. Bird feeder ornaments

Turn a TP tube into a peanut butter and bird seed treat. Use these to create a Chrsitmas tree for the birds!

14. Bottle cap Christmas tree

This would be a fun collaborative project to do in a classroom and all you need are bottle caps and paint!

15. Scribble ornaments

These are the best ornaments to make with little ones. The ycan scribble galore and then use a tree prunch and add the scribble to decorate the tree.

16. Santa Beard Countdown

17. Pasta Angel Ornament

This adorable angel ornament uses 5 types of pasta and spray paint. See the complete tutorial from Craftily Every After.

18. Light Up Christmas Tree

Make a light up Christmas tree without lights! All you need is construction paper, glue, tissue paper and sunlight.

19. Orange peel wreath ornaments

Kids will love peeling and eating oranges to make these adorable orange and berry wreath ornaments.

21. Reindeer treats

Make reindeer treats with the kids and hand them out to neighbors. Kids love helping hunt for the antlers.

22. Kid Rudolph

Which Chrsitmas kid craft is your favorite? I’d love to hear… And if you’re looking for more Christmas crafts for kids, dont’s miss: