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A simple and creative idea for a DIY Christmas card made by your kids. Grandparents will flip out if they get this.

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Instructions:

1. Download the PDF by clicking the Download link at the bottom of this page. Then print it 🙂

2. Select the elements that you want to include in your card's design. For the "Merry Xmas" banners, since they come in these 69 different languages , please print only the page with the language(s) that you need or the ghost of a Xmas tree will hunt you down from tonight until new year's eve.

* DISCLAIMER * The greetings listed in the multilingual Christmas banners correspond to translations made by regular parents (not all professional lingüists) who presumibly speak / know the language, nevertheless we can't garantee that the spelling of each word or translation is official and legit.

3. Color your selections with markers, color pencils, watercolours, or whatever you like.

* Optional: Color the background of your Christmas scene on the piece of paper where you want to paste your design.

4. Cut out your illustrations and paste them on a piece of cardstock (or any paper, really). An adult's help might be useful for this step.

5. Your personalized design is done! Now write something nice for the person that will receive the card.

You might also like this activity: Complete the Animals with Crafts

Idea twists:

You can also draw more elements on your card to make it even more personalized! Purple flames in the fireplace? It's Christmas, anything goes! 😀

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I can't believe that it's already time to start thinking about Christmas decorations! The holidays sneak up on me every single year, so why not get started a little early this time around? If you've ever attempted to make Salt Dough Christmas ornaments, you will know how easy and fun they are. If you haven't tried it yet, now is the time to make these Star Salt Dough Decorations!

These salt dough ornaments are so easy to create and would make the perfect Christmas gift to give out to teachers and co-workers. Kids can make these Salt Dough Decorations themselves and they will turn out beautifully every time. Switch it up to personalize it or make it just like the tutorial!

RELATED: Salt Dough Glitter Handprint Ornaments

We just love how simple these salt dough ornaments are to make! You don't even need to paint them but if you want to make them different colors, simply just paint them after they are done baking.

These would make perfect handmade Christmas gifts for grandparents, teachers or parents! Even preschoolers and toddlers can help make them and parents can bake them and package as gifts.

Just a friendly reminder to keep these out of reach of pets (they can be toxic to dogs especially) and small children that would want to put them in their mouths.

Supplies Needed to Make Salt Dough Decorations
Here's what you will need:
Directions to Make Salt Dough Ornaments

Begin by mixing the flour and salt together.

2. Add the water until it starts to form a dough.

3. If it feels a little dry, you can add more water. Add one tablespoon at a time. If it is too sticky, then add a little more flour in.

4. Knead the dough until it forms a soft ball. You will need to knead for at least 5-10 minutes to get it to a good consistency. Roll it out to about 1/2 inch in thickness.

5. Cut out star shapes using a small and large star cookie cutter.

6. Place the salt dough shapes on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet or non-stick baking pan and bake at 250 degrees F for about 2-2.5 hours (Adults only). If the dough is not completely dried out, you can let it bake longer or turn the temperature of the oven slightly up.

If you do decide to turn the temperature up, keep an eye on the ornaments to make sure they do not puff up. If this happens, turn the temperature back down. If you find the ornaments are still not dry, let them sit out on a cookie drying rack to air dry overnight.

7. Once they are full dry, seal with either mod podge or a clear glaze spray. We like this spray for a durable finish. Adults should do the spraying and always follow directions of the product chosen. Sealing the final ornaments will help stop them from cracking in a few years.

If you would like to paint them, paint the ornaments first and then seal them.

8. Next, thread some narrow ribbon through some bells.

8. Then tie the ribbon around the salt dough ornaments so that the bell is in the center.

And now you have your finished salt dough star ornaments!

Hang some from the tree or attach them to gifts. You can even put names and dates on the back before you bake them.
Watch the full tutorial video here before you get started!
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These salt dough glitter ornaments are so fun to make and look great on the Christmas tree!

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We love how easy and versatile salt dough ornaments are to make for the holiday season. It's the perfect way to capture your kids' fingerprints for years to come. For this salt dough fingerprint ornament, your child's fingerprints will turn plain salt dough ornaments into a special memory for your Christmas tree!

Related: Salt Dough Christmas Decorations

We absolutely love our salt dough ornaments for Christmas. If you haven't seen our salt dough recipe and star ornaments this year be sure to check them out. And we also have over 25+ salt dough ideas - the best keepsake ideas for Christmas!

Preschoolers and kids of all ages will love helping with these easy salt dough ornaments. Make these ornaments even more special by adding a layer of glitter Mod Podge! The Mod Podge will help seal the ornament and keep moisture out.

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Pressing fingers into the soft dough can be a great sensory activity for little ones and mom and dad will love seeing the little fingerprints for years to come!

Salt Dough Fingerprint Ornament

You won't believe how easy it is to make these adorable ornaments!
Here's what you will need:
Directions to make a Salt Dough Fingerprint Ornament

Visit our step-by-step instructions for making the salt dough and baking instructions here.

Roll the dough out until it's about 1/2 inch in thickness. Cut the ornament shapes out of the dough using your cookie cutter.

Use a skewer or straw to make a hole in the top of the ornament.

Press your child's fingertip into the wet dough.

Now bake according to recipe instructions here.

Once the dough has finished baking, paint the insides of the fingerprints with green or red paint.

After the paint has dried, apply a coat of glitter Mod Podge to the entire surface of the ornament.

After the Mod Podge is dry, loop ribbon through the hole and tie it.

These would make great grandparent gifts or simply make them to hang on your Christmas Tree!

And that's it! We love how adorable and simple these are to make! And just a friendly reminder to keep these away from pets and small children.

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Raise your hand if you love reindeer crafts! We've got an extremely fun one for you, let's make a 3D construction paper reindeer craft together!

This one is so fun to make, you'll want to make all 8 of Santa's reindeer + Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

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Can you name all the Santa's reindeer? I admit I am a bit rusty when it comes to names, well except for Rudolph as he always was my favorite.

We absolutely loved adding this reindeer craft idea to our collection of Christmas craft ideas kids can make over the holidays.

It's a super easy one to make too, with simple to measure parts of this craft, it's a great classroom art project idea - can't you just see all the wonderful little deer? And you can combine it with a creative writing challenge - like "If I were a reindeer"...

These are not only fun for the little ones, they are a fun project for all ages and also make for a wonderful DIY placeholder for a Christmas dinner table.

Ready to make one (or ten) of your own? Let's get crafting!

How to Make a 3D Construction Paper Reindeer

What you need:

white construction paper

light brown construction paper

dark brown construction paper

wiggle eye stickers (perfect for classroom)

black marker (optional)

glue

scissors

Fancy glittery details (glitter glue) always welcome too, when you are making a Christmas craft!

Once you make one, we would love to see it - be sure to join our Facebook group and share your creations.

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Follow the Step by Step Tutorial

First prepare the paper.

Our size guide was a letter / A4 sized paper - folded in half twice - so a quarter of the sheet (any other size in the sameish proportions works out nice too). The younger the kids, the larger the paper.

Cut both the white paper and light brown paper to be the same size.

Apply glue on one side and roll into a paper tube roll.

Allow the glue some time to dry (you can use a clothespin to hold it together).

Cut out a U shape.

Cut antlers out of dark brown construction paper.

Apply a generous amount of glue on the body of your 3D construction paper reindeer... ...and pop on the head!

Hope you had fun, happy crafting!

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Raise your hand if you love reindeer crafts! We've got an extremely fun one for you, let's make a 3D construction paper reindeer craft together! This one is so fun to make, you'll want to make all 8 of Santa's reindeer + Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

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This cute n’ cheeky Christmas Elf Craft is a must for the Christmas season. Easy for kids to make using recycled materials and a little paint!

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It's that time of year when our minds turn to Christmas crafts isn't it? I just adore the opportunities the festive holidays brings for all sorts of colourful and jolly arts and crafts for kids. This year we are kicking off the season with an adorable Dancing Newspaper Elf Craft. You can of course make this cheeky elf from ordinary paper or card but I LOVE the recycled element!

Not only does this Newspaper Dancing Elf Craft look super cute but you can play with it too and make it dance! It has long legs that are folded in a way that allows them to move freely as if the elf was dancing a jolly Christmas jig!

We've made a little video below so you can see the newspaper elf craft in action. I'm sure you'll agree that it is totally adorable! There's also a free printable template too so it's super easy to make at home.

While you're here why not bookmark our other Christmas Crafts? There lots to keep your kids creative all through the holidays. Here's a few to whet your appetite. Just click on the photos to go straight to the instructions.

Now grab your newspaper and let's get making those adorable elves!

Dancing Elf Newspaper Craft

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Supplies To Make A Dancing Newspaper Elf Craft

Dancing Elf Craft Printable (Get yours at the bottom of this post.)

Newspaper

Paint

1 Sheet of A4 Card

Small Jingle Bell (Optional)

Googly Eyes

Mini Red Pompoms

Marker Pen

Glue

Scissors

How To Make A Dancing Paper Elves

1 - Print out your Elf Craft Template. (Grab yours at the end of this post.)

2 - Paint some newspaper sheets. We used slightly watered down acrylic paint but watercolours would work well too. You can choose the colours you want for your elf craft. We painted a big sheet green for the body, hat and shoes, And a small sheet red for the trimmings and striped red for the elf's legs.

3 - Cut out your elf craft template. You'll see that each piece has instructions on saying how many to cut out of newspaper and tells you which colours we chose.

4 - Lay your elf craft template pieces onto the painted newspaper and draw around them and cut them out.

5 - To start building your dancing elf craft concertina the long leg pieces and glue them onto the bottom of your A4 piece of card. Then glue on the elf's cute curly toes dancing shoes!

6 - Add some mini red pompoms to finish off your elf's dancing shoes.

7 - Take your large newspaper triangle (which forms the elf's body and hat in one) and concertina fold the top two thirds. Glue the flat bottom third onto the bottom of your card to join the elf's legs.

8 - The concertina folds let you bend your elf's hat to the side. Stretch and bend the elf hat to the top and side of your card and glue into place at the very top adding a jingle bell if you choose (Please be careful with small children as the bells could be a choking hazard.)

9 - Now glue on your elf's face and ears. We only stuck the ears where they join the head so they stick out from the page a bit making the elf craft a little 3D.

10 - Glue on the red trimmings to your elf's hat and neck and then give your elf a cheeky face. We used 2 googly eyes, a mini pompom for a nose and marker pen for the smile.

Now you can wiggle your newspaper elf craft from side to side and hear his bell jingle merrily and see those cute wibbly wobbly legs do a festive dance. How darn adorable!

Looking for another elf idea? How about egg carton elves from crafty morning? They are so cute too!

Do you have a favourite Christmas craft to do with kids, perhaps something you remember fondly from when you were a child?? We love hearing from you, leave a comment below, come and chat on Facebook or sign up to our email updates.

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It's that time of year when our minds turn to Christmas crafts isn't it? I just adore the opportunities the festive holidays brings for all sorts of colourful and jolly arts and crafts for kids. This year we are kicking off the season with an adorable Dancing Newspaper Elf Craft.

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If your children love making paper snowflakes, they're in for a treat today. We're making beautiful coloured snowflakes with coffee filters and food colouring.

Cutting snowflakes is a great activity for promoting scissor skills and creativity. Using coffee filters and food colouring for the activity extends the learning to include a lesson in water absorption and colour blending as well. What you need:

coffee filters

bowl of water

paint brush

food colouring (or liquid water colours or glitter glue)

scissors

plastic mat

or tray to work on (a dinner plate will work as well)

warm iron (optional)

Instructions: Lay a coffee filter out on a flat surface. Be sure to protect your surface with a non-porous mat or tray to prevent staining.
With a paint brush, wet the coffee filter until it lays flat.
Drip 2 or 3 drops of food colouring or liquid water colour paint onto the coffee filter and swish your brush around, blending the colours until your coffee filter is completely coloured. Alternatively, you can brush your coffee filter with a coating of glitter glue.

Let the filters dry. I like to use a hair-dryer to speed up the process. Iron flat if desired.

Now to cut our snowflakes! Cutting a six-sided, circular snowflake:

1. Lay your coffee filter flat, and fold it in half to form a semi-circle. Press edges firmly to make a sharp fold.

2. Now fold it in half again. You'll now have one quarter of a circle.

3. Fold your quarter-circle into thirds. You might have to play with your folds a little to get it just right. Press firmly again along the crease.

4. Now cut along the 2 straight edges, and the rounded outside edge to make your design.

Carefully unfold your snowflake and admire your handiwork!

Isn't it beautiful? Here's one we made using glitter glue instead of food colouring.

If desired, gently press with a warm iron to eliminate any crease-lines. Now your snowflakes are ready to string into a garland or hang in a window!

This post was originally published in January 2014 and was updated in November 2016

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If your children love making paper snowflakes, they're in for a treat today. We're making beautiful coloured snowflakes with coffee filters and food colouring. Cutting snowflakes is a great activity for promoting scissor skills and creativity. Using coffee filters and food colouring for the activity extends the learning to include a lesson in water absorption and colour blending as well.

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If you've been stuck indoors for the last few weeks due to frigid temperatures or sicknesses that run prevalent this time of year, you'll love this easy winter art craft for the kids.

It makes a beautiful wintery wonderland painting to add to your list of indoor activities when you just can't get outside.

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We loved creating a super easy icicle craft and snow sensory bin, and knew this snowflake art craft a friend mentioned was a must to add to our list!

Tape-Resist Winter Painting for Toddlers

Supplies:

Start by cutting up pieces of painter's tape and using them to create snowflakes of various sizes. You don't have to cut perfect little strips - in fact the different sizes will create a nice contrast in the painting.

We added a wintery tree along with the snowflakes for a more realistic scene.

Once ready, grab blue and white washable paints. We used various shades of blue and mixed with white for a nice overall color.

Let your kids go at it anyway they like. Younger kids and toddlers may want to use their hands to paint and older children and preschoolers may like to use various types of paint brushes.

The great part about this tape-resist kid's craft is that anything goes - the tape barrier makes it easy to create a beautiful masterpiece.

Let the paint dry overnight and carefully remove the tape to reveal a glorious winter scene to add to your kid's art collection!
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If you've been stuck indoors for the last few weeks due to frigid temperatures or sicknesses that run prevalent this time of year, you'll love this easy winter art craft for the kids. It makes a beautiful wintery wonderland painting to add to your list of indoor activities when you just can't get outside.

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It isn't snowing here in Florida but we did have our first cold snap. All the winter coats, hats, and gloves have my little ones daydreaming of snowflakes. One afternoon after school we decided to make some snowflakes of our own using the classic marble painting technique we've used before to make fish art.

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We used paper to make our snowflakes, but you could also use coffee filters. I wasn't sure how the lightweight coffee filters would stand up to the shaving cream mixture.

If you've never made paper snowflakes follow these simple steps to get started.

1. Fold paper square in half, then in half again. Fold a third time diagonally so you have a triangle. (see top 2 pictures below)

2. Cut designs out of the triangle sides (see bottom left picture)

3. Unfold to reveal snowflake shape (see bottom right picture)

Cutting snowflakes is great fine motor practice, but it's hard work for little hands. They may need some help, or they might like taking breaks in between cutting. We worked as a team to cut a variety of shapes and sizes.

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Then we sprayed shaving cream into a large glass baking pan (any washable tray will work). Choose your coloring based on your own preferences. You may already have liquid food coloring or gel food coloring, and those work well. However, they aren't washable so you'll need to be careful to wear play clothes. Any coloring on hands will wash off after a bit. If you prefer a washable method then liquid watercolors are your best option.

We had some neon gel food coloring on hand, so we used that. We started with just two colors to avoid making a big batch of black or brown snowflakes.

After squirting pink and purple around on top of the shaving cream Lovey used a fork to gently mix the colors around. This adds to the blending and marbling effect. Next Lovey pressed one snowflake onto the mixture at a time making sure all parts of the snowflake were touching the shaving cream. Then we peeled them off and placed them on a piece of cardboard. There we used a spatula to scrape the extra shaving cream off the snowflake and place it back in the baking pan.

Lovey was especially proud of this snowflake. We ended up gluing it to paper and adding some snowflake confetti around it. These would also make a beautiful wall display to brighten up the indoors on cold winter days.
Cross-Curricular Ideas
Although this craft is fun to do on its own, there are also a variety of ways to incorporate additional skills.

1. Read a favorite book about snow and snowflakes.

2. Get writing with a writing prompt. Lovey and I talked about what color she would make snow if it wasn't white and why. For young learners you can record their responses and display it next to their snowflake. Older writers can create their own short writing in response to the prompt.

3. Add some bath by examining the shapes made within your snowflake and looking for the lines of symmetry.

4. Practice color mixing with by using two primary colors in your shaving cream mixture.

5. Learn about the science of snowflakes with these cool videos.

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By · This content may contain affiliate links. It isn't snowing here in Florida but we did have our first cold snap. All the winter coats, hats, and gloves have my little ones daydreaming of snowflakes. One afternoon after school we decided to make some snowflakes of our own using the classic marble painting technique we've used before to make fish art.

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This Christmas we've had a lot of fun making Christmas crafts. And what better way to remember your Christmas season than to make Christmas ornaments for your tree? We've already made Salt Dough Handprint Ornaments and now we've had some fun making these colorful and glittery Popsicle Stick Snowflake Ornaments. If you're looking for a fun craft to do this Christmas season, then these pretty snowflakes made with craft sticks will surely be a hit in your house!

Also be sure to see our other fun ornament ideas including these unicorn ornaments and kid-made snow globe ornaments!

The ideas and decorations for these cute Popsicle Stick Snowflake Ornaments are endless! These snowflakes made with simple craft sticks are easy to decorate too that any age can help make them. Our 2 year old was so excited to have made his very own ornament and he even put it up on the tree by himself. I asked him which ornament was his favorite and of course he said his popsicle stick snowflake.

You can make so many fun popsicle stick christmas crafts this year but these popsicle stick ornaments are definitely our favorite! The best part is that kids can decorate them however they'd like. And each one will end up being unique just like a real snowflake!

Popsicle Stick Snowflakes
Watch the full tutorial video here before you get started!
Our favorite popsicle snowflake has to be the red one with the extra fabric snowflakes added - aren't they so fun?

Here are the supplies you'll need to make your own Popsicle Stick Snowflake Ornaments:
-Popsicle Sticks (we used colored ones but plain would work too, you would just need to paint them) -Tacky Glue -Hot Glue Sticks and Hot Glue -Christmas Bells -Glitter Stickers -Silver Glitter -Tinsel Pom Poms and/or craft foam balls -Fabric Snowflakes
-Twine for hanging

3 Easy Steps to Make Your Popsicle Stick Snowflake Ornaments

1. First you need to paint your Popsicle Sticks if you don't already have colored sticks. We started with colored sticks which make it much easier to create! But painting can also be part of the fun too so you could easily get plain popsicle sticks and paint them whatever color you like!

2. Next you need to hot glue your popsicle sticks together. Forming the shape of the snowflake, put a small bit of hot glue in between each popsicle stick. Once done, add a bit of hot glue to the back and add your twine for hanging. Adults should do this part. You can get the snowflakes ready and then kids can do the decorating!

3. Now is the fun part! Time to decorate!

We did all different kinds of decorations. We used Glitter Stickers and Silver Glitter on one, Christmas Bells and glitter, Fabric Snowflakes and glitter, Tinsel Pom Poms and glitter and just pure glitter on the final one.

If you want to get the glitter on your snowflake ornament, just put a bit of the tacky glue and pour the glitter on top. Then shake off the excess glitter.

That's it! Pretty easy and this craft will surely keep the kids occupied. And the best part is you'll have an ornament to cherish for many years to come!

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Children can make a snowman craft this winter with fluffy cotton balls and our free craft template.

After enjoying a Winter Sensory Bin it was time to figure out a way to use all our cotton balls, so while we watched the snow fall outside we made a snowman inside from the warmth and comfort of our home. The snowmen are easy to make (I even have a free snowman template to use if you would like) and so soft and fluffy to touch.

This craft is part of the Kids Craft Stars monthly challenge-Snowman Crafts. Follow all the talented crafters on our group KCS Pinterest Board and check out all our latest Instagram posts for inspiration.

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Shallow container (I used an empty lid)

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Snowman decoration ideas:

1. Print out the snowman template on craft paper or have child make their own snowman without the template. Give child a shallow container with some glue and have them dip the cotton balls in it and stick them on their snowman.

2. Have child glue decorations onto their snowman.

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If you think your clothespins look boring, why not give them a quirky makeover? This clothespin snowman craft is super cute and these little fellows will look great pretty much everywhere, holding your favorite notes, holding gift tags and more.

We'll be using these in the office during winter months to help us keep up with "to do's" and other important things.

Clothespin Snowman Craft

What you need

natural wood clothespins

yarn in various colors

glue

orange mini pom poms

white paint

pain brush

black marker

scissors

Start by paining the clothespins with white paint. Depending on the wood and paint (and you taste) you might need to do more than one layers. Be careful as the paint can "glue" the clothespin, open it up a few times while it dries.

Once the paint dries completely, it's time to make a scarf. Take a short piece of yarn and wrap it around the clothespin, making a know. Add a drop of glue to secure it.

Now take a black marker and draw two black eyes, mouth and black buttons on the snowman body.

Add a drop of glue between the eyes and mouth and stick on an orange mini pom pom. Wait for the glue to dry and your clothespin snowman craft is done.

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Clothespin Snowman Craft for Kids to Make

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If you think your clothespins look boring, why not give them a quirky makeover? This clothespin snowman craft is super cute and these little fellows will look great pretty much everywhere, holding your favorite notes, holding gift tags and more.

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My little man and I can't walk around the block without stashing at least a dozen pinecones into his stroller. This quick craft put our supply to good use!

Set up a little pine tree forest on the mantle, or gift them to a local elderly home for the holidays!

Pinecone Christmas Trees
inspired by Scissors and Spoons
Supplies

Directions

1. Spray paint the outer edges of the pinecone with green spray paint. Make it look like a real tree by leaving the inside brown. Let the paint dry.

2. Cut a wine cork in half and hot glue it to the bottom of the pinecone. Let the glue dry.

3. Hot glue the star to the top. Let it dry. Then enjoy!

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Soooo? Do you have your Christmas tree up yet?? My girls have been so excited for Christmas that ours has been up for about a week now and the kids are LOVING it! Every craft project they do, no matter how big or small, they say, "I'm going to hang this on the tree!"

I said they could hang whatever they wanted on the BACK of the tree... ha! Hopefully that doesn't make me a bad mom for making them hide everything on the back?!

I had to draw the line at my 3 year old's chalk drawings though. She was just sticking full sheets of construction paper in the tree that were just covered in sidewalk chalk. She had so much chalk on them that if you even breathed on them, there would be a small cloud of chalk dust in the air above them. I'll be posting the chalk project we were working on together soon, but let's just say that as a 3 year old, she was a little bit more liberal with the application of her chalk than I was!

These popsicle stick Christmas tree ornaments are So. Much. Fun. I LOVE a good Christmas project that involves decorating a tree, and that's exactly what this is! You make your outlines from popsicle sticks, and then you can decorate them however you want!

Check out our video for how to make Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees:

If you're looking for more fun and easy Christmas ornament ideas, here's a few more of our favourites:
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Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees

Here's what you'll need to make these ornaments:

3 popsicle sticks (one with about 1″ cut from the end of it)

1″ x 1″ square of brown card stock

A star cut from glittery card stock

A piece of twine, approximately 6″ long

Hot glue gun

Scissors and a craft/utility knife

And to decorate them, you can use whatever you have on hand!

We used the coloured popsicle sticks from the dollar store. The colours were perfect for what we were doing, and it saved us from the added step of painting regular ones.

For the stars: I cut out a template for the stars from a square piece of black construction paper using the tutorial in this video. I trimmed it down until it was the right size. It turned out perfectly! So I definitely recommend watching the video! I'm terrible at eyeballing stars so I needed a little guidance for sure.

Once I had the proper star shape and size cut out, I traced the outline of it onto the back of some thick, sparkly, yellow card stock and I cut out a bunch of them using scissors.

I wanted our trees to have a short bottom side so I trimmed the bottom popsicle stick on each tree. This step is completely optional, but I found it made the triangles look more "tree" like.

Trim off about 3/4″ to 1″ of the popsicle stick by cutting it with a craft (or utility) knife. The knife won't cut all the way through - which is fine - all you need to do is score it deep enough on both sides, so that when you bend it, it breaks cleanly.

Add two dabs of hot glue to both ends of the trimmed popsicle stick piece:

Then position the two full length popsicle sticks to make a triangle:

I used about 6″ of twine for each of the hangers. Again using hot glue, I glued them to the top of the triangle so they were sandwiched between the popsicle sticks:

Then I used a small dab of hot glue to attach the star to the top and the 1″ x 1″ tree trunk to the bottom. And they were all set to decorate!

We used small dabs of hot glue to attach the tiny pom poms:

So these are the pom pom ones:

For these ones, we wrapped sparkly pipe cleaners around the popsicle sticks:

And for these ones, we strung a few jingle bells onto a sparkly pipe cleaner and zig-zagged it across the trees like garland:

Aren't they cute!? Such a fun and easy craft!

My 5 year old and 3 year old loved making these! They couldn't hold back so when they made their own ornaments they were covered in pom poms, pipe cleaners and jingle bells! And they were so proud of them!

I'll have to remember to go back and write their names on the back of their ornaments with the year! It will be so fun to pull them out each year!

I let both my girls use the glue gun and they did great! After their practice with the pinecone and pom pom ornaments we made a few weeks ago, they were pretty much experts with it. It's just one of those really small glue guns, so it doesn't get very hot.

I've got to start using popsicle sticks more, because these Christmas trees were great! Once you make the tree, the sky is pretty much the limit in terms of how you decorate them! You can use buttons, ribbon, pipe cleaners, pom poms, even rhinestones to dress them up! It's a simple holiday craft that's great for kids of all ages!

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This time of year is a great time to get the kids involved in some crafts. And I have a simple and fun one for you today! Learn how to make this terracotta Christmas tree. This is totally customizable! You can even make a pink, blue or silver Christmas tree. The options and creativeness is limitless.

So let's get started. What supplies will you need?

The basics of it is you'll need 3 different sized Mini Terracotta Clay Pots . I chose the smallest ones I could find at Michaels.

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The next step is to paint the pots. I used acrylic green paint but you could use any colour you choose.

I wanted a fancy star for the top of my tree so I found a mini ornament set from Michaels and was able to add the star to the smallest pot.

Next is getting the pots to stay together. For this I used a hot glue gun and glued around the inside of where the two pots would touch each other.

Your terracotta Christmas tree should look something like this:

Now is the fun part! Time to add some decorations. I used little beaded garland
and someglitter stickers for the ornaments. But you could also use glitter glue, pom poms, buttons, sparkles, sequins, etc!

I hot glue gunned the garland on and then simply placed the stickers on.

Once all your decorations are on. You should have your final terracotta Christmas tree! It's ready to be put on display now!

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We recently posted our fall handprint tree and it received such great feedback we had to make a handprint Christmas tree too! We love this simple craft even more as you can put it on display as part of your Christmas decorations. It also would make a perfect centerpiece for your table on Christmas too!

Christmas Handprint Tree - A Fun Christmas Handprint Craft!
Watch the full tutorial video here before you get started!
Supplies to Make a Handprint Christmas Tree

- Paper Towel Roll - painted brown

- Paper Plate - painted gold or a gold paper plate

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- Green cardstock

- Green, white and red pom poms

- Tape

- Gold glitter paper

- Red felt or Christmas tea towel

- Cardboard

This Christmas handprint craft is only one of many we plan to post this year - so be sure to come back often to see our new Christmas handprint ideas that we'll have for this holiday season!

This particular Christmas handprint craft will require a bit more adult assistance than most of our crafts but it would be fun to make with a group of kids at a Christmas party or for a classroom. And if you're looking for something fun to do with the kids or a gift idea that kids can help make - check out these Christmas slime jars. They are such a cute gift idea for Christmas!

But now here are the details on how to make this adorable Christmas handprint art!

Directions to Make a Handprint Christmas Tree

1. First paint your paper plate gold (or use a gold paper plate) and paint your paper towel roll brown.

2. Cut out a triangle shape from cardboard for your body of the Christmas handprint tree. The size we used was 10 inches wide by 11 inches tall. This is important if you want it to look like our version as you'll need it to be this size to match the # of handprints included. We used an x-acto knife to cut out from a shipping box we had. Adults only should do this part.

3. Cut two slits into the paper towel roll so that you can slide the triangle cardboard piece into it. Cut three slits on the opposite end so you can use this part to tape down to your paper plate. If you have younger kids, adults should do the cutting here.

4. Now tape your paper towel roll to your paper plate from the opposite end.

5. Now you can slide your cardboard triangle into your paper towel roll, where you made the two slits.

6. Now you can trace and cut your handprints. Once you have 15 handprints you can start to glue or tape to your tree! We taped them down as we found it easier to stick to the cardboard.

7. Here is the # of handprints you'll need: 5 on the bottom, then 4 above those, then 3 above those and then 2 and then 1. You should have a total of 15 handprints on your tree when you're done!

8. Now you can decorate your handprint christmas tree! We kept it simple with some glittery pom poms and a gold glittered star. But feel free to get creative here! You can add stickers, gems, color in some bulbs, make ornaments out of construction paper .... there are so many ideas kids can do to decorate!

9. As a finishing touch to cover the taped bottom, we added a Christmas tea towel to make it look like the Christmas tree skirt. You could also use a large piece of red or gold felt here as well.

And that's it! Put it on display as part of your Christmas decorations or use it as a table centerpiece on Christmas day!

And if you like this handprint tree, check out our fall handprint tree.

For a keepsake handprint craft for Christmas - these salt dough handprint ornaments make a perfect gift! They are also fun to make to hang on your Christmas tree.

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