50+ Christmas Craft Ideas for Kids

Fork and Cotton Swab Christmas Tree Craft

Create a beautiful Christmas tree by painting with a fork to make textured branches, then decorate with dot-painted ornaments.

Handprint Holiday Ornaments

Trace and cut out handprints, decorate them as Santa, reindeer, or Christmas trees, and hang them on the tree for a personal touch.

Santa Beard Cutting Craft

Print a Santa face and add slits to the beard for a scissor skills activity—great for fine motor practice with a festive twist.

Santa Beard with Yarn

Using yarn and paper, children can create a Santa face by gluing a cotton ball beard and a red paper hat to a cutout of Santa’s face.

Lightbulb Snowman Ornaments

Turn an old lightbulb into a snowman by painting it white, then adding a scarf, buttons, and a face with markers and glitter.

Paper Plate Rudolph the Reindeer

Decorate a paper plate with reindeer features like large eyes, a red nose, and antlers made from brown paper.

Footprint Snowman Craft

Children can dip their feet in white paint to create the body of a snowman on paper, adding buttons, a scarf, and accessories with craft materials.

Handprint Christmas Tree

Using paint, a child can press their hands onto paper to form a tree shape, adding decorations with glitter and small ornaments.

Gingerbread Man Cardboard Craft

Cut out gingerbread man shapes from cardboard, decorate them with colorful pom-poms, and add details with markers.

Popsicle Stick Snowflakes

Children can glue together popsicle sticks in snowflake patterns, then decorate with beads, sequins, and glitter for a festive touch.

Painted Christmas Ornaments

Children can paint clear ornaments with holiday designs such as snowmen, trees, and snowflakes using colorful paints.

Toilet Paper Roll Christmas Trees

Cut and fold green paper to wrap around toilet paper rolls, adding stars and string for a simple and creative Christmas tree craft.

Reindeer and Santa Cup Ornaments

Decorate paper cups with googly eyes, pom-poms for noses, and paper antlers or hats to create reindeer and Santa ornaments.

Pom-Pom Snowflake Photo Frame

Glue white pom-poms in the shape of a snowflake around a photo frame, placing a favorite picture in the center.

Reindeer Paper Hat Craft

Create a reindeer hat by cutting out ears and antlers from brown paper and attaching a red pom-pom nose to the center to create a fun headpiece.

Penguin Ornament Craft

Create a penguin ornament by gluing felt and googly eyes onto a round ornament, using orange felt for the beak and feet.

Toilet Paper Roll Christmas Characters

Using toilet paper rolls, children can create Santa, a snowman, and a reindeer by wrapping them in colored paper, adding googly eyes, and drawing faces.

Mason Jar Reindeer Craft

Decorate a mason jar with pipe cleaners for antlers, felt for ears, and a red pom-pom for the nose to make a reindeer jar filled with treats.

Handprint Christmas Wreath

Trace their hands on green paper, cut them out, and arrange them in a circular shape to form a wreath, adding red decorations and a bow at the top.

Button Christmas Tree Craft

Glue green paper in the shape of a Christmas tree, then add colorful buttons as ornaments and a star on top.

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Popsicle Stick Reindeer Craft

Glue popsicle sticks in a vertical position, then add brown paper for antlers, a red pom-pom for the nose, and googly eyes to create a reindeer face.

Pasta Christmas Tree Craft

Children can glue different shapes of colored pasta onto a green background in the shape of a Christmas tree, adding a star on top.

Popsicle Stick Santa Craft

Glue popsicle sticks to create a Santa face, adding a red paper hat, cotton for the beard, and a red pom-pom for the nose.

Paper Plate Christmas Wreath

Using a paper plate as the base, children can glue on pom-poms, snowflakes, and other decorations, finishing it with a ribbon bow.

Santa Paper Bag Craft

Children can transform a paper bag into Santa’s face by adding a red paper hat, googly eyes, a red pom-pom nose, and cotton for the beard.

Tissue Paper Sun Catcher Ornament

Glue colored tissue paper pieces onto clear contact paper in festive shapes like stars or hearts to create a sun catcher ornament.

Paper Plate Snowman Mask

Create a snowman mask by cutting out holes for eyes, gluing an orange paper triangle for the nose, and adding buttons and a hat made from black paper.

Reindeer Lollipop Holder

Make a reindeer face with a brown circle for the face, paper antlers, eyes, and a red pom-pom nose, attaching a lollipop in the center to complete the craft.

Painted Rock Snowman

Children can paint rocks to create a snowman by adding a carrot nose, buttons, a scarf, and other details using paint.

Reindeer Paper Bag Gift Bags

Decorate brown paper gift bags by adding red pom-poms for noses, googly eyes, and cut-out paper antlers to create reindeer gift bags.

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Snowman Handprint Art

Kids can make this snowman by painting their hand white, stamping it on dark paper, and then decorating with buttons for the body, a scarf, and other snowman features.

Pom-Pom Wreath Photo Frame

A child can craft a photo frame by attaching red and green pom-poms around a cardboard circle, adding a holiday picture in the center, and tying a festive ribbon for hanging.

Snowman Bottle Craft

A child can create a snowman by stacking two white bottles, adding black buttons, a carrot-shaped paper nose, and a scarf, then decorating the face with markers or paper.

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Egg Carton Christmas Tree

Stack green-painted egg cartons into a tree shape, adding colorful pom-poms as ornaments and a yellow star at the top.

Reindeer Handprint Art

Make this reindeer by painting their hand brown and stamping it on paper to create the reindeer’s body, adding branches as antlers, and decorating with buttons for a nose and eyes.

Milk Carton Gingerbread House

To create a gingerbread house, a child can decorate a milk carton with pom-poms, snowflakes, and candy-striped paper to resemble a festive house.

Cardboard Tube Elves

Make these playful elf characters by using toilet paper rolls, decorating them with paper hats, belts, and facial features like eyes and cheeks.

Reindeer Bottle Craft

A child can turn an empty plastic bottle into a reindeer by adding googly eyes, a red pom-pom for the nose, paper antlers, and a scarf made of yarn.

Paper Plate Christmas Tree

To make this tree, a child can stack green paper plates and decorate them with colorful pom-poms for ornaments, finishing with a golden star on top.