50+ Christmas Crafts for Kids

With Christmas just around the corner, what better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to do some fun Christmas Crafts for Kids? You have come to the right place at The Best Ideas for Kids to get inspired with so many fun Christmas activities and crafts for your kids! We’ve gathered over 50+ of our favorite Christmas kids crafts. And be sure to check back often for new Christmas crafts and activities. We’ll be adding new ideas every week!

50+ Christmas Crafts for Kids

We’ve broken down the crafts into different sections for you to make it easy to find the perfect Christmas craft for your kids!

Santa Crafts for Kids

Santa crafts have to be one of our favorite – crafting with pom poms and cotton balls couldn’t be more fun for kids!

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1. Santa Handprint

2. Paper Chain Santa Beard 

3. Paper Plate Santa

4. Yarn Beard Santa Craft

5. Paper Plate Shape Santa 

Christmas Tree Crafts for Kids

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree… look at all these amazing Christmas Tree crafts! These are such a great selection of creative Christmas tree crafts including popsicle sticks, papers and handprints!

1.  Handprint Christmas Tree

2. Pasta Christmas Tree

3. Handprint Christmas Tree Card with Fingerprint Lights

4. Paper Strip 3D Christmas Tree

5. Paper Christmas Tree with 3D Ornaments

6. Terracotta Christmas Tree

7. Popsicle Stick Christmas Trees

8. Yarn Paper Plate Christmas Tree

9. Scrap Ribbon Christmas Tree 

RELATED: Christmas Tree Waffles – make a special breakfast on Christmas morning!

Reindeer Crafts for Kids

Christmas eve wouldn’t be the same without Rudolph. We love Christmas crafts for kids  that put Rudolph’s nose in the spotlight!

1. Reindeer Slime Jar 

2. Reindeer Footprint 

3. Paper Strip Reindeer 

4. 3D Reindeer 

RELATED: Reindeer Sugar Cookies – these are so cute and easy to make!

Snowman Crafts for Kids

We love this selection of unique and creative snowmen crafts.  From snow globes to clothespins there’s a snowman craft here for everyone!

1. Clothespin Snowmen 

2. Marshmallow Snowman Ornament

3. Snow Globe Snowman Craft

4. Cotton Ball Snowmen 

5. Clay Snowman 

6. Popsicle Stick Snowman Hat

7. Snowman Slime Jar 

8. Melted Snowman Craft – this is made with just cut pieces of paper, popsicle stick arms, googly eyes, pom pom buttons and orange construction paper for the nose

9. Cork Snowman Ornament 

Snowflake Crafts for Kids

We love how beautiful and unique these snowflake crafts are! Make paper or coffee filter snowflakes. Or turn popsicle sticks into snowflakes and make ornaments for your tree!

1. Popsicle Stick Snowflakes 

2. Snow Globe Sensory Bottle 

3. Paper Plate Snowflake Yarn Art

4. Quilted Snowflake Art

5. Marbled Snowflakes

6. Puzzle Snowflake Ornament 

7. Tape Resist Snowflake 

8. Coffee Filter Snowflakes

9. Paper Snowflakes 

Elf Crafts for Kids

We can’t forget about Santa’s little helpers. The elves are busy at work so why not work on an elf craft? Grab some cardboard tube or popsicle sticks and make some of Santa’s helpers today!

1.  Newspaper Dancing Elf

2. Cardboard Tube Elves

3. Popsicle Stick Elf

4. Popsicle Stick Reindeer, Santa & Elf Ornament

Ornament Crafts for Kids

Finally, we have selected our favorite ornaments for kids to make. Have them draw their own pictures to turn into a DIY snow globe ornament or get their handprint to make an adorable keepsake ornament that you’ll cherish for years to come!

1.  Salt Dough Handprint Ornament

2. Bauble Fingerprint Ornament 

3. Unicorn Ornament 

4. DIY Snow Globe Ornament

5. Salt Dough Star Ornament 

Looking for some Christmas activities? Check out these slime Christmas activities for kids!

• Candy Cane Slime 
• Christmas Slime Jars
• Fluffy Santa Slime 
• Christmas Tree Slime

And here are a few more of our favorite Christmas crafts for kids:

• Paper Whirly Wigs
• Rock Christmas Tree
• Doily Christmas Tree
• Paint Scrape Christmas Tree
• DIY Christmas Card Printable

And if you’d like to create something you can give as a keepsake gift – see over 25+ Salt Dough Ideas. These are perfect Christmas gift ideas that kids can help make!