Christmas Crafts for Kids

Want some fun crafts to do with your kids for Christmas? Look no further! Please supervise your young children while doing these and all crafts.

Paper Bag Reindeer Puppet
You can make a very simple reindeer puppet using a small paper lunch bag. The antlers are made from handprints traced on construction paper.

Supplies needed: Paper bags
Deep red (or another color) construction paper
Glue
Scissors
Markers or crayons
Optional - googly eyes


Trace two hands on construction paper. Cut them out. These will be the reindeer's antlers.
Fold the two square edges of a paper bag under (at the dotted lines), to form the reindeer's head.
You now have the shape of the reindeer's head for the puppet.
Glue, tape, or staple the handprints behind the reindeer's head.
Cut out eyes from construction paper (or glue on googly eyes). Using red paper, cut out and glue on a large red nose. Glue them to the reindeer's face. Draw a mouth with a marker or crayons. 


Make a Paper Wreath
from Little Hand Prints

Make an adorable wreath from your child's handprints.


Supplies needed: A lot of green construction paper
A piece of red construction paper or a red ribbon
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Optional: Glitter or glitter glue

Trace the child's hand on a piece of green construction paper.
Cut out the hand print. Make about 10 paper hands for each wreath.

Glue the hand prints together in a wreath shape, with the wrists overlapping a little bit.
Glue on a red ribbon bow (or make one from red construction paper).
Optional: Decorate your wreath with glitter or glitter glue. 

Paper Plate Angel

Turn a paper plate into a beautiful angel.

Supplies needed: a paper plate
pencil
scissors
tape or stapler
crayons, paint, and/or markers for decoration


Draw a pattern like this on the underside of a paper plate.
Cut along the lines, discarding the dark section.

Decorate the angel.
Overlap the edges of the angel's skirt slightly and tape or staple it into place. 

Stand-Alone Star Craft

This 3-dimensional star decoration is made from 2 paper stars that are interlaced. These stars stand by themselves on a table, and make a great patriotic or Christmas decoration.