Crafts of Christmas
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Grinch Ornament
Directions 1. Cut brown paper into a
3”x5” rectangle. Draw a brick pattern on the paper and roll up to make a cylinder slightly smaller than the large green pom pom and glue.
2. Pull apart cotton ball and
glue around brown paper to look like snow.
3. Glue ribbon on the inside
of the paper cylinder.
4. Glue large green pom
pom to the inside of the paper cylinder, leaving it half sticking out.
Supplies Large green pom pom (2”) Cotton ball Ribbon Green pipe cleaner Brown paper Black marker Scissors Glue
5. Cut the pipe cleaner in half
and glue the halves to the top of the pom pom about ½” apart.
6. Bend the top of the pipe
cleaners about 1” down to make them look like the Grinch’s feet.
7. Hang on your tree!
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Candy Train
Directions 1. Glue the lifesaver roll to
the side of the gum pack.
2. Turn Rolo upside down and
glue to the top of one end of the lifesaver roll.
3. Glue small candy bar to the
top of upside down Rolo.
4. Turn chocolate kiss upside
down and glue on the other end of the lifesaver roll.
Supplies Lifesaver roll Small pack of gum Rolo Chocolate kiss
5. Glue the peppermints to all
four sides of the gum pack for the wheels.
6. Pull the cotton ball apart to
look like smoke and glue it to the chocolate kiss.
Small candy bar 4 peppermints Cotton ball Glue (hot glue gun works best)
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Directions 1. Paint popsicle sticks white
on one side and let dry.
2. Glue the sticks together
in the middle, making a snowflake shape.
3. Glue ribbon on one end to
hang.
4. Decorate! Supplies 3 popsicle sticks Ribbon White paint Paintbrush Glue Decorations (jewels, glitter, sequins)
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Fingerpaint Christmas Lights Card
Directions 1 Draw a swirly line across the
folded paper for the string for the lights.
2. Have the child dip their
pointer finger in different color paints and push them along the blank line. You can do the colors in patterns or have the kids do it randomly!
Supplies
You can also make other projects with fingerpaint Christmas lights! Like gift tags, wrapping paper, and this cute picture frame!
Paint: green, red, blue, orange, yellow Paper folded in half Black pen
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Candy Cane Mouse
Directions 1. Trace mouse shape
provided onto a foam sheet and cut out. Make slits on the foam sheets where it is marked on the template.
2. Trace the mouse ear shape
provided onto another color of foam sheet and cut out.
3. Insert the ears into the slits
on the mouse and insert the candy cane under the mouse.
4. Glue on googly eyes and
Supplies
pom pom nose.
Foam sheets Goggly eyes ear templ ate
Small pom pom Candy cane Scissors
mouse template
ear slit
s
Glue Pen/pencil
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Reindeer Paper Bag Puppet
Directions 1. Trace your child’s hand
prints and cut out.
2. Glue the hand prints to the
bottom of the bag, opposite the side that the flap is on.
3. Glue googly eyes and pom
pom on and decorate!
Supplies Brown paper lunch bag Brown paper Large pom pom Large googly eyes Decorations (glitter paper, jingle bells, ribbon, etc.) Scissors Glue
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Lollipop Ornament
Directions 1. Paint one side of the
popsicle stick white and let dry.
2. Cut two ½” x 12” strips of
the felt for each color.
3. Put one strip of each color
together and roll until you need to add the second two strips. Glue the strips onto the end and continue to roll the felt. Then glue the end down and glue to the front of the popsicle stick.
Supplies Two colors of felt (9”x12” sheets) Popsicle stick
4. Glue a ribbon to the
back of the lollipop to hang, and make a bow and glue underneath the lollipop on the stick for a cute finish.
White paint Ribbon Paint brush Glue
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Santa Jingle Bell Ornament
Directions 1. Tie the ribbon around
jingle bell. Make sure your ribbon is longer than the length of the hat with enough at the end to hang.
2. Cut the red foam sheet/
construction paper into a quarter circle to make the hat. Roll your quarter circle into a cone and glue with hot glue. Attach to the jingle bell with hot glue. Make sure to pull ribbon through the opening at the top of hat before you glue it.
Supplies Large jingle bell (2�) Cotton balls Red foam sheets or paper Pom pom Ribbon Small goggly eyes Scissors Hot glue gun
3. Pull apart some cotton
balls to make the beard and trim around hat. Glue onto jingle bell.
4. Glue pom pom to the top
of the hat, making sure not to block the ribbon opening for hanging.
5. Glue on googly eyes, then
hang your Santa ornament on the tree!
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Sock Snowman
Directions 1. Cut sock at the heel. 2. Turn the top of the cut sock
inside out and rubber band one side. Turn right side out again.
3. Fill with about 2 cups of
rice and rubber band to make bottom of snowman body.
4. Fill with remaing 1 cup of
rice and rubber band the top.
5. Take the toe of the sock
and roll a few times to make a hat for the snowman.
Supplies Adult-size white sock Rice (approx. 3 cups) Buttons Rubber bands Orange pipe cleaner Jingle bell
6. Glue or sew a jingle bell to
the end of the hat.
7. Cut the orange pipe cleaner
to make a carrot nose and glue on snowman’s face. Also glue on the buttons.
8. Use a piece of fabric to
make a scarf.
Fabric Glue and scissors
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Tree Ornament
Directions 1. Paint one of the large sticks
brown about 1� at one end and the rest green. Then paint all the other sticks green.
2. Take the large stick with
the brown end and place it vertically as a base for the other sticks.
3. Starting with the large
Supplies Craft sticks: two large, three medium, and two small Green and brown paint Paintbrush Ribbon
green stick, glue it horizontally on the vertical stick. Then glue the medium sticks, and finally the small sticks at the top.
4. Once the sticks are dry,
decorate with pom poms, glitter, or whatever you would like.
5. Glue a ribbon to the back
on top to hang.
Decorations (pom poms, jewels, glitter) Glue
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Reindeer Hand Print Ornaments
Directions 1. Trace your child’s hand
print and cut out.
2. Make 2 holes, one at the
top to tie the ribbon, and another just above the thumb to tie on the antlers.
3. Glue a pom pom at the
end of the thumb for a nose.
4. Cut the pipe cleaner into
Supplies Brown paper Pipe cleaner
three pieces (6”, 3”, 3”). Put larger piece through hole above the thumb and twist around to secure. Twist the shorter pieces around both ends of the longer piece to make an antler shape.
5. Tie ribbon at the top so
Googly eyes
you can hang it on the tree.
Pom poms
6. Decorate to finish reindeer!
Ribbon Decorations (jingle bells, jewels, glitter, etc.) Scissors Glue Hole punch
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Directions
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Elf Yourself
1. Take a picture of your
child’s face and print it about 8” X 10”. Cut out.
2. Draw an elf-shaped hat
that will fit the size of the picture head. Cut out.
3. Cut out a rectangle for the
body.
4. Cut 4 stripes that are
approx. 1 1/2” and the length of the paper. Then accordian fold all four stripes of paper.
5. Fold two pieces of paper in
Supplies Construction paper Cotton balls Child’s picture (8” X 10”) Decorations (glitter, stickers, jingle bells) Scissors Glue
half to make the mittens and elf shoes. Draw the mittens and shoes to match the size of the stripes of paper that are for the arms and legs.
6. Glue all the pieces
together.
7. Decorate hat with cotton
balls and the rest of the body with decorations of your choice.
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