Easy festive craft ideas to keep little ones occupied
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Still got a Christmas to-do list as long as your arm?
Fear not! We have a list of fun and easy Christmas craft to keep those little elves entertained using items around the house, without spending an arm and leg.
Paper Plate Santa
Put on your painting smock, this cute Christmas craft is a great way to use those paper plates, cotton balls and paper left lying around the house.
Materials:
- Paper Plate
- Kid-friendly paint
- Cotton Wool
- White Paper
- PVA Glue
- Scissors/paper cutter
- Paintbrush
- Pencil (for curling)
Click here to see an easy step-by-step guide.
Pine Cone Christmas Tree
If your little ones love the outdoors then this activity is for them. Take them out hunting for pinecones or other foliage in the park to paint and decorate this Christmas.
Materials
- Pine cone
- Green paint
- Old wine corks
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun and glue
- Miniature wooden stars or ones cut out on decorative paper
Click here for instructions to make these adorable mini Christmas trees. Sparkles and glitter are definitely encouraged with this one.
Easy Gingerbread House
If Christmas isn’t complete without the wafting smell of gingerbread then this simple three-sided gingerbread house recipe is sure to be a hit.
Let the kids get a bit messy in the decorating process and let their imagines run wild.
Ingredients
Gingerbread House
- 125g butter, chopped, softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup golden syrup
- 1 free-range egg yolk
- 2¼ cups plain flour
- 1 Tbsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
White icing
- 2 free-range egg whites
- 2½ cups pure icing sugar
- 1–3 tsp lemon juice
During the decorating process throw on as many lollies and chocolates you desire. Click here for the method.
Straw Christmas Tree Ornament
With these simple household items, you can put together a colourful and decorative Christmas tree ornament. This activity is easy and simple for kids of all ages.
Material
- Decorative paper straws
- Hot glue gun (craft glue will work, leave extra drying time)
- Star punch, sticker or cut out on decorative paper
- Ribbon or string
- Scissors
Check out the tutorial here.
Christmas Slime
Slime has become the next biggest craze and with 4-5 simple ingredients, this messy, hands-on activity is sure to be a hit.
Ingredients
- 1 bottle of Elmer’s glue (6 oz) – we used white(2 bottles) and glitter green and repeated the recipe 3 times. Note: we made this with Elmer’s glue. It is recommended you do not substitute with other glue as the make-up may not be the same and the recipe may not work (especially Dollar store glue many people report having problems using this).
- Brown food coloring for the Rudolph slime jar and Green for the Grinch slime jar. At this to your glue before following our slime recipe steps. *Note: the food coloring may stain, use wax paper to cover your table when playing with it and avoid contact with anything you do not want stained.
- 1/2 TBSP of Baking Soda
- 1½ TBSP of Contact lens solution
*Important: your brand of contact lens solution must have boric acid in the ingredient list. This is what interacts with the glue to form the slime.
Optional: add 1 TBSP of water to your glue before adding baking soda if you’d like a stretchier slime
Click here for the ingredients and packaging.
Check out the link here for the slime method.
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