Christmas Crafts for Kids -  Page 3

Wooden Christmas Peace Banner Craft

What you will need:

1. 6" Wood Letters (I bought them from Jo-Ann Fabrics)

2. Gold Paint Patio Paint

3. Gold Glitter or glitter glue

4. 3 3/4" Gold wired-edge ribbon

5. Wire for hanging

What to do:

1. Paint the letters with gold paint and let dry.

2. When the paint is dry add the glitter.

3. Make a large bow about 9" wide with the wire-edge ribbon leaving a 3-foot tail. (For directions on how to make a large bow watch the video below.) Use thin wire to secure the bow and form a hook with the wire for hanging.

4. Glue the finished letters to the tail of the bow.

Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and Snoopy Sock Doll

What you will need:

1. Green Craft Foam

2. Brown Chenille Stems

3. Wood Craft Sticks

4. Scissors and Low Temp. Glue Gun

5. Small Christmas Ornament

What to do:

1. Wind two brown Chenille stems together to form the main branch of the Christmas tree.

2. Wind two more Chenille stems together about half way. Connect these two Chenille stems to the main branch about one-third of the way down from the top by winding the bottom half of the stems (the part that isn't wound) around the main branch.

3. To make the lower branch do the same thing except connect it to the main branch about two-thirds of the way from the top. Wind the extra lengths around the bottom to make it thicker.

4. To make the Christmas tree needles cut green craft foam into 6" x 2 1/2" lengths. Mark off 1/2" on one of the long sides with a pen. Cut small slits, 1/4" wide, down the whole length, cutting up to the 1/2" line.

5. Wind the foam strip around the branches starting at the ends. Glue the end of the branch to the foam piece on the uncut edge so that the foam piece is at a slight slant. (See picture above.) Wind the foam around the branch adding small amounts of glue to secure it to the Chenille stem.

6. To make the Christmas tree stand, cut craft sticks in half or use small craft sticks. Make the bottom rails of the tree stand by gluing three half craft sticks on top of each other for each rail. To make the top rails glue four halves together. Glue the top rails onto the bottom rails leaving just enough room between the top rails to glue in the tree. (See diagram to the left.)

7. To finish add some small Christmas directions.

For directions on how to make the Snoopy Sock Doll go to the Sock Doll Page and follow the Two-sock, No-sew Sock Doll directions and the Snoopy directions. Follow the directions at the top of the page. To make the ears cut ear shapes from black felt and use a red ribbon for his collar.

Wire Wrapped Tile Christmas Ornaments or Earrings

What you will need:

1. One-inch wooden blocks from Jo-Ann Fabrics

2. Twenty gauge wire, wire clippers, and round needle nose pliers

3. Small pictures from old Christmas Cards

4. Clear glue

5. Scissors

6. Glossy Accents - clear dimensional glue

What to do:

1. Cut small Christmas pictures from old Christmas cards and glue them to the wooden block.

2. When the glue is dry wind wire around the block to form a frame. Start by making a loop and then winding the end of the wire all the way around the block. To finish wrap the end of the wire around the bottom of the loop. (To see a demonstration on how to make a wire wrapped loop view the video below.)

3. Cover the entire top of the picture with Glossy Accents to make the picture stand out.

4. Make a fancy bended wire hook or add some earring hooks to make them into Christmas earrings.

Christmas Card Refrigerator Magnets

What you will need:

1. Old Christmas Cards

2. Sticky-backed Magnetic Sheets

3. Scissors

What to do:

1. Look for small Christmas pictures from last years Christmas cards. Cut them out and stick them to magnetic sheets.

2. Cut the pictures from the magnetic sheets and stick them to your refrigerator.

Snowmen Crafts - You can find more Christmas Crafts on the Winter and Snowman Craft for Kids Page

Snowman Serving Dish Craft

Snowman Gift Tag

Hot Chocolate Mix with Marshmallow Snowman

For Even More Christmas Ideas Check Out These Pages:

Winter Crafts Page

Christmas Craft Page 1

Christmas Craft Page 2

Bible Themes - Christmas Crafts

Recommended Craft Kits from Oriental Trading Company

2009/2010 Holiday Ornaments Craft Kit    24 Christmas Tree Foam Frames

6 Papier-Mch Ball Ornaments    Beaded Christmas Heart Ornament Craft Kit

Magic Color Scratch Holiday Ornaments

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