1. Create snow globes from plastic or glass containers.2. Make family portrait ornaments from mini frames found at craft stores, The Dollar Tree, and similar stores.
3. Use family photos to make a Christmas wreath.
4. Create an heirloom Christmas tree skirt with your children's hand prints.
5. Use your child's hand- and footprint to make a fun reindeer.
6. Bake angel cookies or an angel cake.
7. Create Christmas pillows and other decorative items using your children's handprints to create reindeer.
8. Add melted snowman cookies to your Christmas cooking making tradition.9. String buttons to make a decorative Christmas wreath.
10. Make elf Christmas tree ornaments from pipe cleaners, beads, a jingle bell, felt, and ribbon.
11. It is sadly difficult to find good Christmas crafts related to the meaning of Christmas, but there are a number of sites that will help you and your children create your own nativity set. Try the printable, ready to color nativity at Catholic Icing; follow Kids on the Ground's instructions for a clay pot nativity set; make a wood block nativity set like Mason's Roost; use Gospel Hall's printable nativity set; try Making Friend's "paper doll" nativity; older kids might prefer Paper Toy's printable nativity or Family Fun's paper, yarn, and pipe cleaner creche; or try the nativity printable at Scrapbook Scrapbook.
12. Make reindeer cookies from pretzels, chocolate chips, and gum drops.
13. Bake some Frosty the cupcakes.
14. Bake a birthday cake for Jesus.
15. Work on an Advent project together, like a paper Advent chain or a paper doll Advent calendar.
See Also:
Activities to Go with Popular Christmas Books
Christmas Gifts Kids Can Make
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