Kids Christmas Crafts and Christmas Printables

Christmas is one of our family's favorite holidays.  With all the shopping, parties, and just plain running around that goes along with this holiday, we like to try to set aside some quality time with each other and our daughter to make some Christmas crafts.  Sometimes the crafts are Christmas gifts, sometimes Christmas decorations, and sometimes they are just a fun way to spend an afternoon!  We've tried to include crafts here that are appropriate for a variety of ages and skill levels.  All of these crafts were made in our own home so we know that they are fun and child-friendly.  So light a fire in the fireplace, make some hot cocoa, put on your favorite holiday movie and gather the family around the table to make some of our great Christmas crafts!

Kids Christmas Crafts Felt Christmas Tree Our felt Christmas tree craft with removable ornaments is a fun Christmas craft for you to do with your kids. It has many uses, from being a reward chart to being a fun holiday decoration! We've used this tree to practice counting and color matching as well with our toddler daughter. Cotton Ball Santa With paper plates, paint, lots of glue and cotton balls kids will love making our fun cotton ball Santa craft. This craft was created because we found that it can be hard to find a good Santa Claus craft that younger children can do. Our cotton ball Santa craft has a bunch of fun textures and makes a great exercise in following directions. Your children will love the end result and it makes a great homemade Christmas decoration or gift. Tissue Paper Wreath Our tissue paper wreath craft is a great craft to do with younger children. With lots of glue (enough to paint with a paintbrush!) and lots of crumpled tissue paper this is a simple craft that turns out great every time! It makes a fantastic homemade Christmas decoration for your home! Foam Star Christmas Tree By stacking the foam stars you can create a perfect Christmas tree which makes a great homemade Christmas gift or decoration. This foam star Christmas tree craft is a great way to teach your kids to look at something familiar in a whole new way. Handprint Reindeer This handprint reindeer is one of our favorite Christmas crafts. Made from your child's footprint and handprints it's a great way to capture a memory of when your children are small. The handprint reindeer craft is easy enough for even very young children to do and makes a great homemade Christmas gift or even Christmas card for grandparents and family. Styrofoam Christmas Tree Our styrofoam Christmas tree craft is a lot of fun to do! It has a variety of new textures, materials, and techniques that are appealing to kids. Kids get to paint over styrofoam with glue, rip apart tissue paper, and play with glitter and in the end they will have created a beautiful craft that is even worthy of being given as a homemade Christmas gift! Styrofoam Santa This styrofoam Santa craft was created because we needed a new homemade Christmas decoration for our mantel! Coupled with the styrofoam reindeer craft it's a fantastic decoration. With a styrofoam ball, felt, cotton balls, paint and glue your kids can make this great Christmas craft too! Paper Plate Reindeer With handprint antlers and a simple paper plate head our paper plate reindeer is a great craft to do on a cold winter afternoon with materials you most likely already have on hand. It is a cute, simple craft that is great for the younger set. Styrofoam Reindeer Our styrofoam reindeer craft is a fun craft for kids to do using some different materials like styrofoam and pipe cleaners which have great textures. The addition of a jingle bell collar makes this craft even cuter! When set next to the styrofoam Santa craft above, this craft makes a fantastic homemade Christmas decoration for your mantel. Foam Gingerbread Man Use our template to create a foam gingerbread man craft!  We decorated our gingerbread man traditionally, but encourage your kids to use their imaginations and decorate their gingerbread man or woman however they would like!  Add a hat, a skirt, or even shoes - anything to make it fun!  This craft is very toddler friendly as well. Christmas Tag Picture Frame We are always looking for new ways to pass out our daughter's photo at Christmas time.  This fun idea was made from a wooden "tag" bought at a craft store, but we've included a template of the craft so that you can make it out of any material you'd like.

Printable Christmas Worksheets for Kids Check out our collection of free printable Christmas worksheets for kids. Printable Christmas Coloring Pages Below are some of our Christmas coloring pages. Click on any of the images below to view larger printable version. View All Christmas Coloring Pages Other Printable Christmas Pages Elmo Christmas Coloring Page Christmas Tree Maze Christmas Presents Maze View All Printable Mazes

We'd love to hear your suggestions on Christmas crafts for kids.  We'll soon be adding a place for you to submit craft and project ideas directly to us so we can display directly on the site.   For now, please send us any ideas for kids Christmas crafts or comments at contact@allkidsnetwork.com.