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Christmas Art and Craft Ideas

Christmas Art and Craft Ideas

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Christmas is that festive time of year, full of joy and full of cheer! And we have Christmas Art and Craft Ideas that will bring seasonal joy to you and your Arty Crafty Kids all the way through the Christmas season!

Christmas crafting is so much fun! Arty Crafty Kids don’t realise that as they’re enjoying themselves creating works of art and creative crafts they’re also learning and developing key skills that help them develop and grow.

These art and craft ideas will help inspire you and your Arty Crafty Kids and create memories and keepsakes to cherish for years to come.

We have Christmas art and craft ideas that are simple to recreate at home and in the classroom. 

Art and craft projects to gift to others and decorate the home with festive cheer!

AND quick and easy art and craft ideas just to keep the kids entertained long enough for a sip of eggnog and to get a bit of wrapping done!

 

Art and Craft Christmas Ideas for Kids to try at home or in the classroom

Scroll through our Christmas Art and Craft Ideas, or use this table of contents to jump straight to the art and craft idea of your choice!

Your can also click on the title of each section for extra ideas and inspiration!

Contents - Christmas Art and Craft Ideas

Christmas Art and Craft Ideas -
Our Festive Favorites

We have our festive favorite art and craft projects for you here!

They have proven to be very popular for Arty Crafty Kids to create and make, and engage their imaginations with.

Our favorite festive art and craft ideas include our printable Melting Snowman craft, our unfortunate (but funny!) Santa who is stuck in the chimney and Musical Rudolph Reindeer Puppet who can then be used to add a lovely little jingle-jangle to your kids favorite Christmas song!

Favorite Christmas Art and Craft Ideas

Melting Snowman Paper Craft

Craft meets play with this adorable Melting Snowman Paper Craft! This snowman will stretch, wobble and melt into a big white blob, bringing joy and fun to the creativite process. With a useful free template, it couldn’t be easier to

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Arty Crafty Kids | Musical Rudolph Reindeer Puppets - Jingle all the way with these gorgeous Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Puppets. A fun and interactive Christmas craft for kids!

Musical Rudolph Reindeer Puppets

Arty Crafty Kids will love jingling along to their favourite Christmas song with these adorable Musical Rudolph Reindeer Puppets. Download and print these cute Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Puppets and transform them into a musical prop for a general

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Arty Crafty Kids - Art - Art and Craft Ideas for Kids - Christmas Doodle Art

Christmas Doodle Art

  We love to doodle, we love simple art ideas and LOVE colour! making this Christmas doodle art idea an instant success with the kids. Using just a few materials and with a preparation time of less than 5 minutes,

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Arty Crafty Kids - Christmas Ornament Art for Kids. A fun and easy Christmas activity for kids, that plays with negative space to create gorgeous Christmas Ornament Silhouettes. #christmas #christmascrafts #kidscrafts

Christmas Ornament Art for Kids

This simple and effective Christmas Ornament Art for Kids is perfect for the festive season. With a choice of four templates to download and print, kids can play with colour to create the illusion of ornaments glistening on the Christmas

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Arty Crafty Kids | Fingerprint Christmas Tree Art - A sweet keepsake for Christmas. Kids can apply their fingerprints to the Christmas Tree Printable to form a beautiful tree with a personal touch #christmas #christmascraft #kidscrafts #kidsart #printables #templates #paper #papercrafts

Fingerprint Christmas Tree Art

With the aide of a handy printable template, Arty Crafty Kids can easily recreate this gorgeous Fingerprint Christmas Tree Art project. Painted with fingerprints alone, their art will double up as a treasured keepsake for years to come and  will be

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Craft Ideas for Christmas Gifts

Arty Crafty Kids - Craft - Christmas Crafts for Kids - Baby Footprints Christmas Tree

Baby Footprints Christmas Tree

The countdown to Christmas has begun and I couldn’t be more excited for it’s the season of sparkles, glitter and lots of crafting! It’s also a time to be with and celebrate loved ones. It’s a time of firsts. And if

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Arty Crafty Kids - Christmas - Glittery Clay Christmas Ornaments

Glittery Clay Christmas Ornaments

This Christmas, it’s been raining glitter. Armed with their shaker pots, my kids have loved adding a little sparkle to most of their crafts (who doesn’t love a bit of sparkle?) and these cute glittery clay Christmas ornaments have definitely

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Arty Crafty Kids | Santa Handprint Craft - A printable Santa Christmas Card craft for kids! simply unfold the handprint beard to reveal your Arty Crafty Kid wishing loved ones a Merry Christmas #printable #christmascraft #kidscraft

Santa Handprint Craft

A charming printable Santa Handprint Craft for kids to make and gift to loved ones this Christmas. Simply open Santa’s handprint beard to reveal your Arty Crafty Kids festive greeting and photo. A gorgeous keepsake craft that will be treasured

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Easy Present Christmas Cards for Kids to Make

Easy Present Printable Christmas Cards

Looking for quick and easy Printable Christmas Cards to make with the kids this festive season? Look no further, these adorable present cards are perfect for kids to make and decorate themselves, and are ideal if your children have to

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Easy Santa Christmas Card

Easy Santa Christmas Card

This Easy Santa Christmas Card design is the perfect choice for anyone making homemade Christmas Cards with the kids this festive season. Its simple design will encourage children from preschool to kindergarten and children within early years education to make

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Photo Christmas Tree Card for Kids to Make

Photo Christmas Tree Card

Looking for a quick and easy Christmas card to make with the kids this Christmas? With an added photo element, this adorable Photo Christmas Tree Card is fun and easy to make, and doubles up a special keepsake for parents,

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Arty Crafty Kids - Craft - Glitter Clay Handprint Ornament

Glittery Sparkly Clay Handprint Ornament

With many Handprint Ornaments within the Pinterest domain, the kids supply the prints and the adults do the rest. Well this sparkly beauty is a little different. This is a keepsake for kids to make, with just a little sprinkle of help,

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Arty Crafty Kids | Christmas Crafts for Kids | Adorable Paper Angel Christmas Ornament for Kids, includes a free template for kids to design, colour and cut! #christmascraft #papercraft #christmascraftsforkids #christmasornament #freedownload

Paper Angel Christmas Ornament

La La la the Angels have arrived at Arty Crafty Kids! Transform your little darling into a Paper Angel Christmas Ornament with our adorable  downloadable template. The angel can be coloured in, left as it is or even embellished with your

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Easy Paper Plate Handprint Christmas Wreath Craft for kids. A n easy Christmas craft that kids will love to make either at home or within the classroom. With added handprints, this craft also doubles up as a special keepsake craft for the festive season.

Paper Plate Handprint Christmas Wreath

Add this adorable paper plate handprint Christmas Wreath craft to the to-do list this Christmas – A fun and easy Christmas Wreath Craft that kids will love to make! Children will learn how to fold paper to create what we

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Arty Crafty Kids - Seasonal - Easy Chrsitmas Craft - Paper Plate Santa - Super cute and Super Adorable Paper Plate Santa - An easy and fun Christmas Craft for Kids. Perfect for little hands and independent crafting.

Paper Plate Santa

Throughout the entire Christmas period I have agonized (a little dramatic I know) over how to put together the BEST paper plate Santa. I wanted to make it simple, so kids can actually make it without too much (if any) interference.

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Learn how to draw Santa with our easy to follow step-by-step 'How to Draw Santa Claus' tutorial. Our flow drawing technique makes drawing Santa super easy for kids and beginners. We encourage the use of simple lines and shapes that naturally flow through repetition.

Flow Drawing: How to Draw Santa Claus

Learn how to draw Santa with our easy to follow step-by-step ‘How to Draw Santa Claus’ tutorial. Our flow drawing technique makes drawing Santa super easy for kids and beginners. We encourage the use of simple lines and shapes that

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Moving Eyes Santa Craft for Kids to Make

Moving Eyes Santa Craft

Moving Eyes Santa Craft: December has finally arrived and here at Arty Crafty Kids, we’re really getting into the festive swing of things! So if you’re ready to join in the fun with a simple but interactive craft, our moving

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Arty Crafty Kids | Jingle Bells Rudolph Reindeer Craft - Explore and play with round shapes to create a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer #kidscrafts #rudolph #christmascrafts #christmas

Jingle Bells Rudolph Reindeer Craft

A Jingle Bells Rudolph Reindeer craft with a difference. It bounces and jingle jangles, encouraging playful movement and interaction! The focus of this craft is playful creativity. Arty Crafty Kids need to use their problem solving skills to assemble the

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Arty Crafty Kids | Printable Reindeer Finger Puppets - Chose from Rudolf, Vixen, Dasher and Dancer to colour in, cut and play with! Adorable, hand drawn Christmas Reindeer finger puppets for kids #printable #christmas #christmascrafts #kidscrafts

Printable Reindeer Finger Puppets

Craft meets play with these adorable Printable Reindeer Finger Puppets! Arty Crafty Kids can choose from Rudolph, Vixen, Dancer and Dasher to colour in and enjoy with endless possibilities… Bring these lovable to life through the art of story telling. 

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Bobble Head Reindeer Craft for Kids | A fun and interactive Christmas Craft that kids will love!

Bobble Head Reindeer Craft

Kids will have best time making this fun and interactive Bobble Head Reindeer Craft. The reindeer’s head playfully moves in wobbles and bounces that will delight children both big and small, making it a great craft to try with the

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Arty Crafty Kids - Craft - Christmas Craft for Kids - Cupcake Liner Christmas Trees

Cupcake Liner Christmas Trees

Cupcake liners have become an unexpected favourite when it comes to crafting and the inspiration for these charming cupcake liner Christmas Trees came from my five-year-old, who turned stacking the cupcake liners into a game. With a little imagination we

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Arty Crafty Kids | Christmas Crafts for Kids | Design your own 3D Paper Plate Christmas Tree #christmascraft #kidscraft #christmastreecraft

Paper Plate Christmas Tree Craft

“Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree”  – T’is the season of joy and merriment, and of course Christmas crafting! Today I have the best 3D Paper Plate Christmas Tree Craft to show you. Not only is it 3D, with actual

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Yarn Wrapped Musical Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree Craft for Kids - Create this easy Christmas Ornament with your kids this Christmas. The Christmas Tree craft doubles up as a jingly musical instrument that will be fun going all day long.

Musical Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree

Children can add a musical element to their Christmas Ornament with this adorable Musical Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree craft. This is a super easy craft to try with your child at home or within the classroom. The jingles bells add

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Arty Crafty Kids | Children's Christmas Colouring Pages #printable #kidscolouring #coloringpages

Children’s Christmas Colouring Pages

The Arty Crafty Kids club is jam-packed with adorable colouring pages to keep your Arty Crafty Kids colouring for hours! New hand-drawn pages  are added weekly and members’ can enjoy the benefit of a constant source of creative and fun printable

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Printable Christmas Color By Number Bundle:

Christmas Color By Number Bundle: December is in full swing and if your children are anything like mine, the demand for Christmas-themed entertainment seems to be increasing daily! So if you’re looking for quick and easy festive activities that don’t

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10 Joyful Christmas Alphabet Worksheets

10 Joyful Christmas Alphabet Worksheets: Perfect for the classroom or the home, these worksheets are guaranteed to make children want to practice their alphabet. The worksheets combine bold and bright Christmas pictures, with interactive puzzles and games, to really engage

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Kandinsky Circle Art made Easy! Use one of our Printable Kandinsky Christmas Tree templates to create festive circle art with the kids this festive season!

Kandinsky Christmas Tree Circle Art

Complete with 4 different Kandinsky Christmas Tree Circle Art templates, this fun and simple circle art project is great for kids of all ages from preschoolers and kinders, to the biggest of Arty Crafty Kids. The Kandinsky Circle Art Twist

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Learn how to draw Santa with our easy to follow step-by-step 'How to Draw Santa Claus' tutorial. Our flow drawing technique makes drawing Santa super easy for kids and beginners. We encourage the use of simple lines and shapes that naturally flow through repetition.

Flow Drawing: How to Draw Santa Claus

Learn how to draw Santa with our easy to follow step-by-step ‘How to Draw Santa Claus’ tutorial. Our flow drawing technique makes drawing Santa super easy for kids and beginners. We encourage the use of simple lines and shapes that

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Arty Crafty Kids | Jingle Bells Rudolph Reindeer Craft - Explore and play with round shapes to create a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer #kidscrafts #rudolph #christmascrafts #christmas

Jingle Bells Rudolph Reindeer Craft

A Jingle Bells Rudolph Reindeer craft with a difference. It bounces and jingle jangles, encouraging playful movement and interaction! The focus of this craft is playful creativity. Arty Crafty Kids need to use their problem solving skills to assemble the

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