It's Christmas time again! The holidays are just around the corner and offer us the perfect opportunity to get creative with the children again. Of course you can do Christmas crafts tooSmall children take part, if you feel like it. That's why we've collected some ideas here on how you can make and decorate great Christmas cards with 2-year-olds.
Tips for Christmas crafts with small children
It is clear to everyone that children of 2 years cannot do crafts on their own. However, with our ideas, small children can be involved in the crafting process, for example when gluing or painting. To arouse the child's interest, you should use a child-friendly card design and avoid using complicated techniques or motifs.
When crafting with 2-year-olds, preparation is essential. A toddler may not be able to wait for you to gather materials, cut paper, or draw templates. Therefore, we recommend that you prepare everything you need in advance. Ideally, only those tasks that the little one can take part in should be left for the actual craft session. However, some children can also have fun during the preparations. So estimate for yourself what you will do yourself in advance and what will be done together.
And now for the ideas! Here are our suggestions for cute Christmas cards to share with 2 year oldschildren can do crafts.
Make Christmas cards with potato print
Have you ever tried one?Potato stamps for the childrenclose? This simple painting technique is also popular with small children and the resulting motifs can look really great.
All you need is a firm potato, cut in half first. Then press a cookie cutter into the center of the selected shape. While the cutter is still in the potato, use a knife to carefully cut out the edge of the potato and then remove the mold.
It's even easier if you want to stamp Christmas motifs with a round shape. Then you can simply cut a round potato in half and use the cut surface for stamping.
And this is how these Christmas cards are made with 2 year old children:
- Provide a (paper) plate with the selected color. Alternatively, you can paint the potato stamp with a brush.
- The child takes the potato in his hand and dips it into the paint.
- The motif is pressed onto the Christmas card with the help of an adult.
- The Christmas card is now further embellished with pens, stickers, etc.
Simple paper craft ideas for Christmas cards
If youcrafting with 2 year oldsIf you want, colorful paper is perfect as a craft material. The adults should first cut out the selected motifs from paper, which the child then sticks onto the cards with a glue stick. Beautiful Christmas motifs can be created even from simple shapes such as circles, triangles and squares.
Christmas tree made from scraps of paper
For example, cut the paper into strips of different lengths and help the child conjure up a simple Christmas tree on the card. Also prepare some small circles to recreate colorful Christmas balls.
Tip: For even more eye-catching motifs, the paper scraps can first be crumpled up so that a3D map designarises.
Reindeer Christmas card
Toddlers will simply love this cute idea! A few small details can quickly transform a brown blank Christmas card into a cute reindeer. Draw the antlers on dark brown paper and cut them out. Also cut out two large white circles and two smaller black circles for the eyes. Help the child glue the individual elements of the reindeer onto the card. Then paint the mouth, add a red pom-pom for the nose and a bow with a Christmas bell for the neckband.
But small children can do more than just stick paper on the cards. Other materials such as mini pompoms are also perfect for this. You can use the pretty decorations to conjure up classic Christmas motifs such as wreaths or Christmas trees on the card.
Using a large brown pompom, a brown pipe cleaner and some colorful mini pompoms, the little one can decorate the front of the card with this pretty reindeer. We recommend using liquid glue to glue the pompoms to the cardstock.
Make beautiful Christmas cards with 2-year-olds using hand, foot and fingerprints
Probably the simplest and at the same time most personal craft idea for Christmas cards is finger printing. With this technique, both children and adults can make amazing greeting cards in an instant.
How to make this Christmas card with a toddler:
- Design a white sheet with green fingerprints.
- Paint bubble wrap white and press it onto a colored Christmas card.
- Cut out the Christmas tree motif from the green painted leaf.
- Glue the Christmas tree onto the card.
Make Christmas cards with 2-year-olds: Christmas wreath made from fingerprints as a motif
For more great fingerprint Christmas card ideas, you can visitview this article. We have collected the most beautiful Christmas motifs for children and adults.
Funny Christmas cards with snowmen made from footprints
With hand and footprints and a little creativity you can also create pretty motifs for your Christmas cards. And the little ones will have a lot of fun leaving their prints on the cards.
Creative techniques for making Christmas cards with 2 year olds
Here's another original idea: first let your two-year-old let off steam creatively on a green sheet of paper with bright colors. Then draw a triangle on the spot you like most and cut it out. Stick the resulting “Christmas tree” on the front of a folding card and the Christmas card is ready.
DIY simple Christmas cards with washi tape
Do you have some colorful washi tape left over? Then you can use it to make simple greeting cards with toddlers. Have the child stick the colored tape on the inside right side of the card. Then cut out a Christmas tree shape on the other side. These original Christmas cards are so easy to create!
