Christmas Crafts for Kids

Ideas for making Christmas Crafts with Kids at home! (special thanks to Sheryl and Michelle)

Christmas Angel Tree Topper
A cute addition to this year's Christmas tree!

What you'll need:

• Paper plate (a bendy one)
• Glitter glue or a glittery pipe cleaner (for the angel's halo)
• Christmas paper (cut in strips)
• Stapler
• Paper glue

How to Assemble your Angel:

1. Draw shape of Angel onto your paper plate.
2. Cut out the body first (make a diagonal cut toward the centre of the plate), then cut the wings and head.
3. Fold the body to form a cone (staple).
4. Decorate the wings, with wing shapes cut from a paper doily.
5. Use glitter glue to add a halo, or wrap a glittery pipe cleaner around your fingers 2-3 times, to form an oval and staple the halo to the angel's head. 
6. Decorate the body by gluing strips of Christmas paper to form an interesting pattern.

Apple-Cinnamon Christmas Tree Decorations
It smells divine!  Here's the recipe ...

What you'll need:

• 1 1/2 cups ground cinnamon
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1/4 cup white school glue (non toxic)
• Plastic Bowl
• Plastic food wrap
• Rolling pin
• Wax paper
• Cookie cutters 
• Ribbon or yarn for hanging
• Straw or skewer (to make a hole to hang decoration)

How to make it:

1. Mix cinnamon, applesauce, and glue together in a bowl. The dough should be as thick as cookie dough. 
2. Remove from bowl and knead. Put it back in the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let sit for at least a half hour.
3. Remove the dough, knead again to make sure it's smooth. Flatten/roll the dough between waxed paper until it's between 1/4" thick and 1/8" thick.
4. Cut out desired shapes, use a straw to punch a hole for the ribbon to hang. The circle of dough will pull out with the straw or skewer.
5. Gently place the shapes on a piece of clean wax paper. They will take 3-5 days to dry, and you will need to turn them over a couple of times a day for them to dry evenly and flat.

The ornaments will get smaller during the drying process. You will also notice that if you do not turn the ornaments over often enough while they are drying, the edges of the ornaments will curl. When dry, thread a piece of ribbon or yarn through the hole to hang. SHAPE IDEAS: Tree, Apple, Bell, Heart, Goose, Gingerbread Man, Star



Christmas Reindeer Foot and Hand Prints

• Trace your child's hand prints on brown construction paper, and cut out.
• Trace one of your child's feet on soft foam board or heavy construction paper (in a contrasting colour to the hands). Cut out foot shape.
• Glue on googly eyes and a nose.
• Glue the hands to the top of the foot (as seen above).

Happy Christmas Crafting!