Christmas Craft Parties

When my children were little, we used to host Christmas craft parties every December.  We would invite their friends over and make some crafts.  At the end of the party, we would wrap the crafts up so that the littles would have Christmas gifts for their parents.

These are some of our favorites.  Some ideas are ones for the Christmas craft parties that we hosted.  Others are crafts that my children brought home from their daycare.

Snowball Ornaments (as seen in the photo)

Gather stick pins and small colored sequins.  Stick the pin through the sequin, and then through a miniature marshmallow, and then into a small styrofoam ball.  Repeat until the ball is covered with sequins. 

Stick 2 more pins through either end of a piece of ribbon and stick this to the top of the ball, allowing it to hang on the tree.

Rudolph Ornaments (as seen in the photo) 

Years of hanging this ornament on the tree have caused the antlers and one eye to fall off.  But we still hang it with love each year.

Save burnt out Christmas lights to make reindeer ornaments.  Glue eyes and a small red pompom on the bulb.  Wrap brown pipe cleaners around the top of the bulb and make reindeer antlers.  

Christmas Trees (as seen in the photo)

Cut cardboard egg cartons into 4 sections:  a 1-piece, a 2-piece, a 3-piece, and a 4-piece. 

Glue these pieces onto a piece of cardboard – the 1-piece on the top, then the 2-piece below, 3-piece below that, and then the 4-piece. 

Have the children paint the egg carton pieces green and then glue tinsel, felt decorations, etc. onto the tree.  Cut a star out from felt and glue it to the top of the tree.

Lightbulb Snowman

Step 1:  Balance a light bulb on a toilet paper tube.

Step 2:  Paint the glass part of the bulb white.

Step 3:  The metal part of the bulb becomes the snowman’s hat – paint it a solid color.

Step 4:  Using felts or other craft supplies, add eyes, a nose, a mouth, and buttons.

Step 5:  Wrap a small piece of fabric around the metal part of the bulb to act as the snowman’s scarf.

Step 6:  Spray the bulb with adhesive and some clear glitter.

Step 7:  Twist wire around the hat to hang.

Mini Snow Globes

Use a hot glue gun to glue a finger puppet (or small plastic Christmas decorations) to the underside of a baby food jar lid.  Let it dry for at least one hour.  Then, add one teaspoon of glitter and fill the jar with water (or ¼ cup of water and ¼ cup of corn syrup). Screw the lid back on, flip it over and shake for an instant snow globe.

Reindeer Ornaments (as seen in the photo)

This is another case where years of hanging it on the tree have caused an eye to fall off.

Paint three popsicle sticks with brown paint and let dry.  Glue the popsicle sticks together to form a triangle.  Glue a red pompom on one of the triangle points.  Add googly eyes on either side of the pompom.  Tie a ribbon at the top to hang the ornament.

Snowball Wreaths

Cover a Styrofoam wreath (or circle) with white pompoms (cotton balls also work well).  Be sure to glue directly on the wreath and on the inside and outside.  Glue small Christmas ornaments or foam Christmas cutouts all over the wreath.  Hang a red ribbon from the top.