Christmas
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How to Make Crafts for Christmas
"Jesus the Missing Piece" Puzzle Piece Christmas Craft
Jesus Makes the Picture Complete! Make this Puzzle Piece Christmas Ornament to share the Good News!
What you will need:
Nativity scene from a Christmas card, Elmer's Rubber Cement, or Scotch Craft Stick glue, scissors, Exacto knife, pencil, large puzzle piece from an old children's puzzle, round ribbon, and low temp. glue gun.
What to do:
1. Find a nativity scene from an old Christmas card that will fit in the puzzle piece. The entire picture doesn't have to fit on the puzzle piece completely, just the important parts of the picture.
2. Lightly trace around the puzzle piece to make sure the picture will be in the correct place and it will look okay on the piece.
3. Cut around the traced outline.
4. Glue the picture onto the puzzle piece.
6. Glue ribbon around the edge of the puzzle piece using a low temperature glue gun. Leave two inches of ribbon at the top of the puzzle piece at the beginning and end of the ribbon. Tie the ribbon ends together to make a loop.
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"Ring the Bells!' Paper Plate Craft
 What you will need: Lunch-sized paper plates, green and red construction paper, jingle bells, yarn, scissors, hole punch, ribbon, and glue
What to do:
1. Print out the pattern and use it to cut the paper plate. If you don't have paper plates you can just use the paper pattern as your bell.
2. Fold down the sides of the paper plate where indicated on the pattern and glue the plate together where it overlaps. Punch a hole in the top of the bells.
3. In class have your children paint the paper plate and string two bells on a piece of yarn, and tie the bells to the ends of the piece of yarn. Fold the yarn in half and then glue it to the top of the bell under the place where the paper plate overlaps.
4. Have your children glue on holly leaves and berries to decorate the bells. You can bring in other decorative items to decorate the bell.
5. Tie a riboon to the bell to hang.
This craft goes along with the Christmas Sunday School Lesson "Ring the Bells!" on The Resource Room.
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New - Reindeer Puzzle Piece Christmas Ornament
 Puzzle pieces from an old child's puzzle. If you don't have nay, you can find them at second-hand stores or garage sales. You will also need brown, tan, and red acrylic paint, a black permanent marker, glue gun, googly eyes, and red ribbon.
How to make the Reindeer Puzzle Christmas Ornament:
1. Find one puzzle piece for the body that has a flat side and two bumps on the sides as shown in the picture. Find a head piece that has three bumps, one for the nose, and two on the sides for the ears.
2. Paint the puzzle pieces with acrylic paint.
 3. When the paint dries use a permanent marker to outline the puzzle pieces and draw in the hooves.
4. Glue the head to the body. You may have to cut off one of the bumps on the head side of the body if the head doesn't cover it up.
5. To finish glue on googly eyes. Cut a length of ribbon, fold it in half, and tie the ends together. Glue the tied end to the back of the reindeer ornament.
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New - Reindeer Cork Christmas Pin Craft
What you will need:
  Cork, 1/2" red bell, thick gold wire, tan craft foam, pink acrylic paint, red ribbon, fake pearl, and googly eyes.
Purchase from www.amazon.com: Premium Recycled Wine Corks, Set of 50 and Adhesive Bar Safety Pins
How to Make the Cork Reindeer Pin:
1. Cut a one-inch piece from the gold wire. Poke one end of the gold wire into one end of the cork. Insert the red bell, bend the wire over, and poke the other end into the end of the cork as shown in the picture.
2. Cut two more pieces of wire about six inches long. Fold the pieces into antler shapes and poke the ends into the top of the cork.
3. Cut ear shapes from the tan craft foam. Paint the inside of the ears pink. Glue the ears next to the antlers.
4. Tie a piece of red ribbon into a bow and glue it to the top of the head. Glue a pearl to the center of the bow.
5. Glue on the googly eyes.
6. To finish stick a pin to the back.
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New -Santa's Boots Christmas Ornament Craft
 What you will need:
9 oz. red paper party cups, pencil, scissors, white fake fur, hole punch, low temp. glue gun, card stock (heavy paper, black acrylic paint, Christmas trim, ribbon, and decorative items
How to Make the Santa Boots Ornaments from Paper Cups:
1. Print out the Boot Patterns on to card stock and cut along the dark lines.
Large Boot Pattern or Small Boot Pattern
2. Cut the curled up rim off the top of the cup, and then place the boot pattern on the cup so that the bottom of the pattern fits around the bottom of the cup. Tape the pattern on so it doesn't move. Use a pencil to trace along the outside edge of the pattern.
3. Cut along the lines you traced.
4. Push the tongue of the shoe in while pushing the sides over the tongue so that the sides are parallel to each other.
5. Glue the sides of the shoe to the tongue of the shoe. If you would like to use shoe laces instead, punch tiny holes on the sides of the shoe and lace it up with nylon string.
6. Cut fake fur to fit around the top of the boot and glue it down with a glue gun.
7. To finish paint the bottom edge of the show black and glue on decorative items and a string to hang the ornament.
The craft was inspired by Scrapbutterfly Blog "How to make Styrofoam Cup Baby Booties".
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Sock Reindeer Christmas Craft
These easy-to-make sock reindeer make great inexpensive stocking stuffers.
Reindeer Christmas Gift Bag Craft for Kids
 What you will need:
Brown paper lunch bag, card stock (heavy paper), crayons, markers, or colored pencils, a red pompom for the nose, and tape or glue and stapler.
How to Make Reindeer Christmas Gift Bag Craft:
1. Draw a picture of the head of a reindeer with antlers, and four legs. (A Pattern for this craft is available to members.)
2. Color the pictures and cut them out.
3. Place your Christmas gift in the paper lunch bag and then fold down the top about two inches. Fold in the sides about two inches at the top and staple the bag closed.
4. Glue the head and legs onto the lunch bag as shown. Glue a red pompom on the face for the nose, and write "to:" and "from:" on the back of the bag.
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New - Owl and Bedspring Craft
What you will need:
Old bed spring, pinecone, feathers, fake pine bough, acorn tops, eyes, and glue.
How to make the Owl and Bed Spring Craft:
1. Glue two acorn caps on the pointy edge of the pinecone for the eyes. Glue fake eyes inside the pinecone caps.
2. Glue small feathers on for the wings and the owl's horns.
3. Glue pine boughs on the top of the bed spring and then glue the owl on top.
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New - Felted Owl Craft
Felted animals and other creatures make great Christmas gifts for children. Needle felting is a lot like working with clay. You can make the creatures quite large by using foam for the inside or make them very small. The more you felt them them the smaller they become.
This little owl was made with wool roving and a felting needle. You can purchase the supplies you need from a craft store.
You can find directions on how to make felted animals on the Felt Crafts Page.
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The Grinch Milk Jug Christmas Craft
What you will need:
Plastic milk jug
Green spray paint
Yellow acrylic paint
Green craft foam
Black Sharpie (permanent marker)
Santa hat
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How to Make The Grinch Milk Jug Christmas Craft:
1. Spray paint the entire milk jug with green paint.
2. Use a Sharpie to draw in the mouth, eyes, and nose. Paint the eyes yellow.
3. Cut hand and arm shapes from green craft foam. Trace your own hands but make the fingers longer and pointier.
4. Display your Grinch. If you have snow in your area, you can make the Grinch look like he is covered with snow with only his hands and head sticking out. Just pile up a bunch of snow where the body would be. If you don't have snow, you can place the Grinch on a wall so that it looks like he is peeking over. Or make him look like he is coming out of a Christmas present as pictured above.
Don't forget to read Dr. Seuss' classic book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and watch Jim Carrey's movie "The Grinch".
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Chenille Stem Gift Toppers
Make your own gift toppers this holiday season. All you need are chenille stems and a little glue. Fold and bend the stems into flower petals and leaves and glue them together.
To make the flower with the coiled petal wrap the chenille stem around a pencil before shaping it into petal shapes.
Christmas Tree for the Wild Animals
Eve Bunting - "Night Tree"
Start a new Christmas tradition this year! Children love making and giving gifts to their friends and family, but will also treasure the times they spend showing their appreciation for God's creatures decorating a tree with gifts for the wildlife in their area. Eve Bunting wrote a beautiful book called "Night Tree" in which a young boys tells about a memorable family tradition they do the night before Christmas. He describes how they go to the edge of town and find their special tree, decorate it with popcorn chains, apples, and popcorn balls, share in hot chocolate, and sing their favorite Christmas songs.
If you have a tree you can see from your window, decorate it so that your children can actually see the birds and other wildlife enjoying their gifts.
Below are some ideas for some things you can use to decorate your own wildlife Christmas tree.
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Angel Bird Food Ornament
Tie three dried wheat heads together with ribbon or yarn. Make flour and water paste by mixing a small amount or water with a tablespoon of flour. Cut Ritz crackers in half and glue them to the back of the wheat heads. Glue part of a millet sprig to the wheat heads and a piece of popcorn on top of the millet. I also glue some baby's breath to the wheat heads on the skirt area.
(You can buy dried wheat at your local craft store and millet sprigs at a pet store.)
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Cut Slices of Apples and Oranges
Cut apples and oranges into slices so that the core of the fruit is in the center of each slice. Tie them with string or thread to hang them up.
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Peanut Butter Pinecones
Spread peanut butter in between the cracks of a pinecone and sick cereal to the peanut butter. You can also sprinkle bird over the peanut butter. Tie string on the pinecone to hang it up.
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Popcorn, Dried Fruit, and Cereal Chains
String popped popcorn, pieces of dried fruit, and cereal onto a string using a needle and heavy-duty thread.
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Bread Ornaments
Use a cookie cutter to cut bread into star shapes. Punch a hole on one side and let them dry out. When they are dry tie string or thread through the holes and then spread them with peanut butter or jam. Sprinkle bird seed on top.
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Natural Star Ornaments
Use dried grasses and flowers to make ornaments. Buy dried flowers and grasses from your local craft store. This ornament was made from dried wheat, a Ritz cracker, and half a dried cranberry. Glue the wheat, yarn cord, and cranberry to the cracker using flour and water paste. Mix a small amount of water into a tablespoon of flour until it is a paste consistency
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Popcorn - Peanut Ball Ornament
Tie a ribbon or yarn around a peanut in a shell. Coat the outside of the peanut with peanut butter and then stick popcorn and other things to the peanut butter. You can use cereal, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds (raw), dried fruit, etc.
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Millet Bird Ornament
Buy sprigs of millet at your local pet store. Cut the pieces into smaller pieces and tie the tops with yarn or ribbon. Use red raffia to make a bow.
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Natural Christmas Ornament - Acorn Cap
Fill acorn caps with peanut butter and stick wild berries, seeds, or dried food into the peanut butter. Tie or glue a red ribbon or yarn on the top to hang it on the tree.
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Cereal Christmas Wreath Ornament for the Birds
String cereal onto a piece of yarn and then tie it into a loop.
You can also use small donuts. Spread peanut butter on the top and then sprinkle with bird seed.
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Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and Snoopy Sock Doll
 What you will need:
Green Craft Foam, brown Chenille stems, wood craft sticks, scissors and low temp glue gun, and a small Christmas ornament
 How to Make Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and Snoopy Sock Doll:
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.
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Wooden Christmas Peace Banner Craft
 What you will need:
6" Wood Letters (I bought them from Jo-Ann Fabrics), Gold Paint Patio Paint, Gold Glitter or glitter glue, 3 3/4" Gold wired-edge ribbon, Wire for hanging
How to Make Wooden Christmas Peace Banner:
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.
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Wire Wrapped Tile Christmas Ornaments or Earrings
 What you will need:
One-inch wooden blocks from Jo-Ann Fabrics, Twenty gauge wire, wire clippers, and round needle nose pliers, Small pictures from old Christmas Cards, Clear glue, Scissors, Glossy Accents - clear dimensional glue
How to Make Wire Wrapped Tile Christmas Ornaments or Earrings:
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.
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Christmas Card Refrigerator Magnets
 What you will need:
Old Christmas Card, Sticky-backed Magnetic Sheets, and Scissors
How to Make Christmas Card Refrigerator Magnets:
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.
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Snowman Crafts
You can find more Christmas Crafts on the Winter and Snowman Craft for Kids Page
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