10 easy Christmas DIYs with kids
Oranges and tangerines are great for making Christmas decorations with children! Bring a star-shaped cookie cutter, and get to work! Children can use the stars to make simple ornaments, to create a garland or to add the finishing touch to other DIY decorations!
Candy canes are one of the classic Christmas decorations, and children can easily make them themselves by stringing red and white beads on chenille wire or aluminum wire. For older children, think about beads decorated with letters, which allow you to write the name of each member of the family on the candy cane – and here are some pretty cool place markers for New Year’s Eve!
Paper balls are undoubtedly the easiest Christmas DIY to make with children. It is enough to prepare templates that the little ones can decorate using colored pencils, stickers or pastels, while the older ones can use more elaborate techniques.
Snow globes, characters or iconic Christmas motifs… It’s easy to find many decorations online to print and color.
To easily make little reindeer to hang, cut out a cardboard template, glue (or draw!) two eyes and a big red nose. The little stylish detail: add twigs as wood!
To create lifelike mini-trees, all you need is a glue gun and a few twigs. Depending on what you have at hand, you can stick them on a wooden or cinnamon stick and decorate them with buttons, small circles of cardboard or wool.
Salt dough is a classic that always works with children. And that’s good: it allows you to stick to Christmas 2023 decorating trends! We opt for a salt dough without coloring. To prepare it, nothing could be simpler: pour 2 glasses of flour and a glass of fine salt into a salad bowl and add a glass of lukewarm water, then knead to obtain a soft dough. Roll out the salt dough and cut out the shapes of your choice. All that remains is to decorate using natural elements and spices!
What if you fell for the minimalist and cozy atmosphere of a Scandinavian Christmas? Children can participate by making these pretty cardboard candles! For this, you need a Canson type paper in which to cut out circles on which to draw the flames. And rolls of cardboard, decorated with paint or glued napkins. Cut two notches and attach the circle decorated with the flame to them.
Elf or Santa Claus: nothing could be simpler than creating little bearded characters to hang on the tree! Depending on the age of the children, the hat can be made from painted cardboard or covered with fabric. Wooden beads are an option for making the nose, but you may prefer a small round piece of cardboard or felt, or a button.
Who said the DIY crown was a project reserved for adults? It’s actually very simple to make a model with the kids! All you need is some colored paper, glue and a pair of scissors.