Christmas Craft Ideas for Kids!

Children love making crafts for the holidays and as gifts to their parents and/or family! These crafts make great keepsakes and will bring back fond memories in the years to come.

FELT ORNAMENTS - Use felt to cut holiday shapes traced from cookie cutters. Use green for trees, gold for stars, brown for gingerbread men, etc. Decorate with rick rack, buttons, glitter, etc. Punch a hole at the top and use red or green ribbon as a tie. Idea: Have students write their name in glue and stick glitter to glue. These make great Christmas tree ornaments and keepsakes!

CHRISTMAS PICTURE FRAME - Use inexpensive acrylic frames. Have child make a border on frames by glueing jingle bells, ribbons, glitter or bows to the edges of the frame. Use frame for that year's school picture and give to grandparents for a gift.

DOUGH ORNAMENTS - Use the salt dough recipe below. Cut out holiday shapes with cookie cutters. Add any details with a toothpick. Use a straw to make a hole in top of ornament for tree hanger. Bake as directed below. Make sure they are dry and hard. Cool completely. Decorate with acrylic paint, glitter, beads, etc. After decorating, varnish with a clear acrylic paint.

Salt Dough Recipe

• 3 Cups of Flour
• 1 Cup of Salt
• 1 1/4 Cups of Hot Water
• Dissolve salt into water, then slowly add flour. Stir until mixed. (Hint: If dough sticks to hands, add more flour. If dough is crumbly, add more water.)
• Knead dough (about 10 minutes) and roll out
• Cut out with shaped cookie cutters.
• Bake at 325 degrees until dry and hard. (about 1 1/2 hours - time varies according to thickness)
• Cool completely.
• Decorate