December means that the holiday break from school is right around the corner. Two weeks home with the kids can leave you wondering how to keep them busy. At school, I love to do holiday crafts with my students but they have to be easy when you’re making 22 of them! So this week I’ve put together 5 easy Christmas crafts!

5 Easy Christmas Crafts

1. Snowman Ornament

What you need:

Clear ornaments
Fake snow
Paint Pens or Permanent Markers

What you do:

Fill the ornaments with fake snow then draw a face on the ornament with paint pens or permanent markers.

 

2. Melted Snowman Ornament

What you need:

Orange Pipe Cleaner
Black beads
Hot glue gun
Elastic thread
Aluminum foil

What you do:

1. Cut a 6″ length of elastic thread and knot the two ends together in an overhand knot to become your ornament hanger.
2. Lay a piece of foil on your work surface. Place the hanger on the foil with the knot facing downward.
3. Prep the nose by cutting a 3/4″ piece of orange pipe cleaner and folding it into a V shape.
4. Start squeezing out a blob of hot glue directly on your foil, gluing over the knot of your hanger but leaving the loop extending above the glue blob. The finished size should be 2 – 2 1/2″ round but make it uneven and drippy looking since the snowman is melting.
5. While the glue is still hot, place the two open ends of the pipe cleaner into the center of the glue to form the snowman’s nose. Place two black beads above the nose for eyes and 5 or 6 beads below the nose to form the mouth. It may help to poke the beads into the glue with a toothpick.
6. Let the glue cool and harden then place your snowman in the freezer for a couple of hours. When the snowman is very cold, slowly peel the foil off the back. Freezing the snowmen makes them easier to peel off the foil.

3. Craft Stick Christmas Tree

What you need:

Craft sticks
Green paint
Cardboard (to make the trunk)
Ribbon or Twine
Pom poms, sequins, and craft foam shapes to decorate
Glue

What you do:

Glue three popsicle sticks to form a triangle and paint it green.  Attach a piece of cardboard  as the trunk.  Then decorate tree with pom poms, sequins, and foam shapes. Add a loop of twine or ribbon for a hanger.

4. Craft Stick Snowflakes

What you need:

3 Craft Sticks for each snowflake
Glue
Ribbon
Glitter, Buttons, Sequins, etc. for decorating

What you do:

1. Glue craft sticks in a criss cross pattern and let dry.
2. To make a glitter snowflake, cover the snowflake base with glue then sprinkle on the glitter. Let dry and the decorate with other sparkly things.
3. To make a button snowflake, choose red, green and white buttons and glue them onto the snowflake base.
4. To make a jeweled snowflake, glue the jewels onto the snowflake base.
5. Attach a length of ribbon to the snowflake to make a hanger.

5. Craft Foam Candy Canes

What you need:

Craft foam sheets
Buttons, jewels, or sequins
Glue or a glue gun
Cardboard or cardstock (to make candy cane tracer)
Pencil
Scissors

What you do:

1. Using the cardboard or cardstock draw a candy cane to be used as a tracer on the craft foam.
2. Lay the tracer on the craft foam and trace with a pencil.
3. Cut the candy cane out.
4. Use the glue to decorate the front. Once dry, you can also decorate the back if desired.
   

Do you have any easy Christmas crafts that you like to do around the holidays?

Looking for more ideas for easy Christmas crafts? Check out these 10 Easy Christmas Crafts!