Easy to make DIY Christmas crafts: examples and ideas to create simple Christmas decorations and decorations for primary and kindergarten children, handmade Christmas works, with twigs, pine cones, plates and paper cups, colors, wood, DIY and decoupage secrets.
As the Christmas if you love to try your hand at do-it-yourself to make nice Christmas decorations or decorations for your tree here are many splendid ones ideas.
Not only that, here are many tips to achieve Christmas crafts for children of the kindergarten is primary.
Christmas crafts
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Let’s start immediately with a nice one Christmas chore of creative recycling: we transform a glass jar or a plastic cup into a cute little snow man, to be used as a vase.
Snowman to be made with jars or plastic cups
Making it is really easy with ours step by step guide with photos.
Required material
- glass jar or plastic cup
- white wool
- hot glue
- piece of colored felt (for the scarf)
- 3 buttons
Method
With the glue we fix the end of the wool thread, with which we will go to wrap entirely on jar to the brim.
Let’s proceed in making the scarf with the felt.
With hot glue we apply the three buttons.
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Et voilà, that’s it.
We will have a jar which will act as if necessary candle, vase or glass holder.
Christmas crafts to make with paper plates
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With i paper plates you can make fantastic Christmas crafts for children.
It takes very little to show nice characters, from Santa Claus ai snowman, give her reindeer ai goblins.
Material
- paper plates
- cotton balls
- colored paper
- black marker Markers
- wax colors
- colored and glittery pom-poms
- 1 jingle bell (reindeer)
- paper glue
Method
First we need to flip the white paper plates and color them, depending on the desired character.
For the reindeer we will use a brown color, for the Santa Claus face we will color the circle light pink, while for the snowman we can leave the plate blank, as we bought it.
At this point we move on to the creation of the elements characterizing the characters by cutting out the colored cards.
The time has come to start giving life to the face, drawing the eyes, mouth and so on with a black marker, depending on the character chosen.
Finally, we just have to apply the cotton balls with glue to make the beard in the case of Santa Claus.
For the snowman, the balls will be applied to make the hair.
And the colored pom-poms will be applied to the reindeer.
Snowmen with terracotta jars and decoupage technique
These are really very nice snowman made with the use of small terracotta jars, which you can hang on your own Christmas tree.
The technique used is that of decoupage, with which you can indulge yourself with many ideas and imagination.
Once the decorative paper with the vinyl glue has been applied and dried, it is possible to proceed with handmade decoration with the black marker to make the face of the snowmen.
Finally, the iron wire is applied to hang the decoration on the tree.
The result is really fun, and your kids are sure to like it.
Christmas tree with sticks
L’Christmas tree with sticks it is a very original creation that requires a certain skill and creativity.
Material that you need:
- sticks
- string
- hot glue
- decorations
The first step is to arrange the sticks on a plane to give them the shape of a Christmas tree.
Secure the rope, tying the sticks together. At the tip make a ring that will be used to hang the tree.
Now proceed with applying the decorations with hot glue.
Wait for it to dry. Hang the tree and that’s it!
Natural Christmas room fragrances
Imagine entering the house, and being greeted by a riot of smells that release the emotion of Christmas.
Here, these fragrances can be created quickly and easily.
Material that you need:
- 1/2 cup of berries / blueberries
- 3 tangerines
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 2 star anise
- 1 teaspoon of whole cloves
- 1 piece of fresh ginger
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1 small sprig of fresh pine
- 1 cup of apple cider, pomegranate, or cranberry juice
- water
Place all the ingredients in a saucepan, filling it with water until it reaches 3/4 of the way.
Put the pot on the stove and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat slowly, letting it simmer for 4 hours, adding water if necessary.
Leave to cool overnight and place in the radiator or fireplace containers. The smell they will give off will be fantastic!
Fabric Christmas trees
These pretty Christmas trees I’m hand made, in fabric.
It is a realization that requires skill in using the sewing machine.
Every tree it is filled with polyester and a ribbon is sewn at the end.
A very fragrant cinnamon stick is used for the trunk.
DIY Christmas placeholder
A very nice Christmas place card to make quickly and easily.
Material you need:
- sprigs of pine
- forest berries
- wire
- cardboard
- scissors
- felt tip pen
Take 20 cm of wire and make wreaths with the berries. Finish the decoration by wrapping two sprigs of pine at both ends for closing.
Apply the cardboard, previously cut, with the name of the diner written on it. And that’s it!
Christmas decorations
These Christmas decorations they are made using simple containers for cream puffs.
Material you need:
- containers for cream puffs;
- string;
- glue;
- little stars.
Glue three paper puff containers to form a Christmas tree.
Glue the saplings onto a string to make a garland ready to to decorate yours Christmas tree.
Ideas for DIY Christmas crafts and decorations
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