Crafty ideas for kids and parents
Create traditional paper lanterns in miniature size with our printable template. These are fun to make at any time of year but we’ve made them as a Christmas tree ornament The finished lanterns can be hung on the Christmas tree with an LED candle inside or used as a mantlepiece decoration. This easy kids craft is perfect for kids aged preschool and up, and makes great fine motor skill practice
Here is a simple Christmas leaf painting activity that makes a fun and eco-friendly Christmas craft for kids of all ages. This craft was originally published in 2014 and has been updated and re-shared for today’s audience. You might also like these 50 Fun and Free Christmas crafts This activity originally was going to be “leaf Santa painting”, but as kids do, my girls decided to put their own creative
We love hand made crackers at our place. We make them for Christmas every year, and have also made them for birthdays as well. In this post that I wrote for Childhood 101 I’ll show you how these sparkly gold and silver Christmas crackers can become New Year’s Eve crackers with a few simple changes. I’ll also show you lots of fun things that you can stuff them with. Read more
These reindeer pasta sculptures make a cute Christmas decoration. This craft idea is best for older kids or tweens, but younger kids can join in by threading pasta onto pipe cleaners to make wreaths or abstract sculptures of their own design. They might be a little bit quirky, but I think these reindeer are kind of cute at the same time. You can make some too if you have pasta
I don’t think you’ll be surprised to hear that I like to give the kids that are a part of our lives crafty gifts, and I like it even better when the crafty gift (that they can make) is a craft in itself (for me to make). These little gift bags are based on ideas that I have posted here on The Craft Train, and are easy to put
I love cards in general and home made cards are the best! Some years even though I love them I just don’t have the time to sit down, create, stick, fold and assemble cards for everybody. As a busy Mum I’m always looking for ways to make home-made quicker and easier but still just as effective, and this card ticks all those boxes for me. I also like that
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