Christmas Crafts for Kids: Three Homemade Christmas Gift Tag Ideas

Kids can make their own homemade Christmas gift tags with these three simple Christmas Crafts. These are free and easy Christmas crafts that can be done by toddlers, preschoolers, or older children. These homemade Christmas gift tags will keep kids busy, and they add a personal touch to Christmas gifts.

Note: any of these stamping and decorating techniques can also be used to make homemade Christmas cards, homemade bookmarks, and other paper decorations for Christmas.

Simple Christmas Crafts for Kids:
#1. Carrot Stamp Jingle Bells Gift Tags

One simple Christmas craft for kids is to make gift tags with festive little jingle bell decorations.

Materials:

card stock
a ruler
a pencil

one raw carrot
one adult to cut the end of the carrot
gold or silver ink or poster paint
silver glitter
a black marker

Step One: Fold the paper in half the long way. Fold it again . Fold that in half. That will give you the lines for the gift tags, without having to use a pencil. Unfold the paper.

Step Two: Have an adult cut the tip off of a raw carrot. This will be your stamp. Dip the carrot into the paint or the ink. Press the carrot onto a paper towel or scrap paper. Then stamp two or three circles on each gift tag. Let dry.

Step Three: Use a black maker outline the jingle bells. Be sure to draw a little hook at the top of each jingle bell. Write "To:" and "From:" on each tag.

Step Four: Cut out each gift tag.

Step Five: Use a hole punch to make a hole in the gift tag, tie on a ribbon and add to a gift.

Simple Christmas Crafts for Kids:
#2 Finger Panting Snowman Gift Tags

Another simple Christmas craft for kids is to make finger painting snowman gift tags.

Materials:

one piece of black, blue, red or green paper
white poster paint
colorful markers
your fingers!

Step One: Follow step one above. (Folding the paper)

Step Two: Squeeze some white paint onto a paper plate. Dip your thumb or a finger into the paint. Dot the paint in circles to make tiny snowmen and snow babies, snow women, or even a snow dog. Let dry.

Step Three: Use the markers to decorate the tiny snow people. Write "To:" and "From:" on each tag.

Step Four: Cut out each gift tag.