75+ Easy and Fun Christmas Crafts That Kids Love Making

DIY Christmas Crafts

Christmas is a wonderful time to bring friends and family around to celebrate. As part of the festivities, you can make sure to keep the little ones engaged by helping them make crafts especially for the holidays. Check out these fun ideas that all the family can get involved with.

Edible Wreath

Make this wonderful DIY Christmas Candy Cane Wreath with just a few supplies. This is an easy and cheap craft for the holidays that is perfect to hang on your front door or to give as a gift with money for example.

Materials

• 20 candy canes
• Chocolate Santa
• Hot glue gun
• String/Ribbon

Begin by hot gluing the top and bottom of the candy canes to make a heart. Repeat until you have a complete circle. Once you have a circle wreath you can add the chocolate Santa.

Snowman Tealight Holders

Help kids to make these adorable Snowman Tealight Holders. They will make a perfect centerpiece for the table.

Materials

• 2 Wine Glasses
• Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Mini Hats
• Glue Gun
• Glue Sticks
• Tea Lights

Paint the bowl of your wine glasses white and allow to dry. Add details such as eyes and smile with black paint. Hot glue mini hats on. For the frosted effect you can use mod podge and epsom salt.

Candy Tree

Make this fun edible tree to give as a gift. You will need a styrofoam cone, a low-temp. hot glue gun, and some candy. Glue the candy to the tree and to finish off glue a star onto a skewer and poke it through the top of the cone.

Pot People

These Cheerful Mr and Mrs Claus will make a wonderful addition to your front porch decorations. Use string through mini pots to add them to larger ones to create arms and legs.

A Dollar Tree pizza pan, gloves & stocking cap. They even sell the little stick-on glitter snowflakes in a package. Cute, cute, cute - for $3!!!

Make these Christmas candy jars with a Terra Cotta Pot, saucer, a glass bowl and wooden knob. Turn the pots upside down and paint them like a Santa suit. At the top you can hot glue some white faux fur for the trim.

Reindeer Bells

These adorable reindeer are made using 4” pots. Add googly eyes and use pipe cleaners to make the antlers and a red pom pom for the nose. Finish by hot gluing ribbon to the top.

Painted Snowman Globe

Recycle old jars by transforming them into adorable snowmen for Christmas. Use old items such as fluffy socks to create hats and scarves.