Is there anything more beautiful and Christmassy than a craft project for the whole family? Making Christmas tree decorations with children is part of December and brings joy and Christmas spirit to young and old alike. Bring the family together for hours of Christmas fun, paper cutting and homemade Christmas decorations.
How can you make a simple Christmas tree decoration with ice cream sticks?
Now that the holiday season is just around the corner, it's time to make some cute homemade things to decorate the tree. You can also attach these to gifts or the children can give them to their grandparents, aunts and uncles. This special touch gives your gifts even more meaning. And the recipients also have something they can hang on their own tree every year.
Snowflakes made from popsicle sticks for the Christmas tree
All you need are sticks, blue paint, silver pipe cleaners, glue, markers and rhinestones for glitter.
Paint three popsicle sticks blue and glue them together in the middle to form a snowflake. Wrap a silver pipe cleaner around the center to reinforce it. Using a silver metallic marker, draw the desired pattern on the snowflake. Add self-adhesive rhinestones for extra sparkle.
Make a Christmas tree ornament with the children
With 5 sticks, green paint, a few colored pipe cleaners and rhinestones you can easily make a Christmas tree pendant with the children.
Paint five sticks with the green color and arrange them in a fan shape. Glue each of these to the stick underneath. Use colored pipe cleaners wrapped in small round shapes for the ornaments and a yellow pipe cleaner to make a star. Add a few self-adhesive rhinestones for a sparkly look.
Reindeer pendant made from ice cream sticks
This homemade reindeer is a wonderful addition to your Christmas tree this year.
Necessary materials:
- Ice cream sticks – 7 small and 1 large
- Glue (hot glue holds better, but if youwith younger childrencrafts, you can also use school glue)
- Scissors
- Googly eyes (if you use self-adhesive googly eyes, we recommend sticking them on with additional glue so they will last for years to come)
- Buttons
- Little bells
- Brown color – 2 tones
- White colored pencil
- Brown pipe cleaners
- Glitter ribbon
- Red cardboard
- Paint brush
- cord
Make a DIY reindeer pendant:
- Arrange seven small popsicle sticks together. Cut a large ice cream stick in two and glue the top and bottom together. Allow the glue to dry completely before moving on to the next steps.
- Turn the sticks over. Paint the front brown and let the paint dry. Turn the sticks over and paint the back too. Allow the paint to dry. You can use lighter and darker shades of brown to make the jewelry look different, or paint them all the same color.
- Cut a brown pipe cleaner in half. Bend one half into a V shape. Glue the other two pieces to each side of the halved pipe cleaner. Glue the antlers to the back of the popsicle sticks.
- For the nose, glue a button to the front. If you are making a Rudolph and Clarice, use red for Rudolph's nose and black for Clarice's. Glue on the googly eyes.
- Place glitter tape over the bottom of the sticks and wrap it lightly around the back. Attach a bell to a small piece of string or ribbon and glue it to the bottom of the sticks. Then stick a piece of glitter tape over the back.
- Cut a rectangle out of red cardboard and tape it with red glitter tape. Cut out the shape of a bow. Glue the bow to one of the reindeer. Use a white pencil to add dots to the bow.
- Glue string or ribbon to the back to hang the pendant on the Christmas tree.
Make Christmas tree decorations with children: polar bear, penguin and reindeer made of cardboard
The cute penguins, polar bears and reindeer that come from the cold polar world have been humanized with friendly faces. That's why they are particularly attractive to childrentheir own Christmas decorationswant to craft for a modern and stylish Christmas.
To do this you need:
- Papier
- Cardboard
- Googly eyes
- Scissors
- cord
- colored pencils
And this is how you can make the polar animals:
- Print out the template and trace the patterns onto cardstock.
- Cut out the pieces.
- Glue the cardboard pieces together and then the self-adhesive googly eyes on top.
- Paint the muzzles and cheeks.
- Attach the hanging string by making a hole in the top of the animals with pliers. Then thread a string through the hole and tie a knot.
You can find them herePrintable template.
Make Christmas tree decorations with children using pine cones and colorful pompoms
Gather some pine cones and get some small pompoms to make these colorful Christmas ornaments. It's super easy!
Everything you need:
- Pine cones
- Tiny pompoms
- String or ribbon
- Glue gun
Start by adding a small dab of hot glue to the bottom of the pinecone scales and then glue a small pompom on top. Repeat the process until you have decorated the entire pine cone. The little pom poms look like ornaments hanging on a tree. Take about 12 inches of string or ribbon and glue it to the bottom of the pine cone.
