Crafts at Christmas: 12 Fun & Easy Festive Crafts for Kids

Crafts at Christmas: 12 Fun & Easy Festive Crafts for Kids

Looking for fun ideas for the holidays to keep little ones entertained AND get them practising their handwriting skills at the same time? Don’t worry, we’ve got the ultimate list of festive fun ideas to get kids learning and having fun this Christmas! Fun arts, crafts and mark-making are an essential part of a successful learning to write journey and it's good to encourage this all year round.

Discover the perfect Christmas present ideas for children - from our award-winning handwriting books, good pencils for writing and downloadable handwriting practice worksheets.

A MUST have for arts and crafts fun are our 3-in-1 Fine Motor Washable Arty Crayons. With three creative uses, crayons, watercolours and pastels, this pack of 12 vividly coloured crayons are the perfect gift for a budding little artist's stocking filler! Spark your child's creativity and self-expression whilst strengthening their fine motor skills and pencil grip and give the gift of fun learning this Christmas.

3-in-1 Washable arty crayons. Pack of 12 crayons, watercolours and pastels. Learning to write is easier and fun with our high-quality handwriting practice books, pencils and crayons for children. The writing pencils and erasable colour pencils for children are designed to suit right and left handers whilst promoting a tripod grip.

So let's begin the festive fun!

  1. Fingerprint fairy lights
  2. Christmas wreath painting
  3. Paper plate Santa Claus
  4. Salt painted snowflakes
  5. Salt painted Christmas tree
  6. Egg carton reindeer craft
  7. Fingerprint reindeer Christmas card
  8. Pastel Christmas bauble craft
  9. Christmas tree ornament craft
  10. Sponge painted Christmas trees
  11. Write new year's resolutions
  12. Christmas activity workbook downloadable

 

  1. Fingerprint Fairy Lights

    You will need:

    To make these wonderful Christmas tree cards, firstly draw around your child's hand onto a piece of green coloured card. Cut out a tree trunk on brown paper and stick to the bottom of your handprint tree. With adult supervision, ask your child to help with cutting and sticking to improve their fine motor skills.

    Carefully draw out a star or an angel on a piece of card or paper any colour of your choice. Once you are happy with your tree topper, cut out and stick to the top of your Christmas tree. Next take out your writing pencils and draw some curly lines to make your fairy lights. Using our Love Writing Co. Washable Arty Crayons and on a separate spare piece of paper colour in red, blue, green or any other colour you wish. Add some water and dip your finger into the watercolour paint and print on your fairy lights. On the back write your message and have your child send their cards to friends and family this Christmas

     

     2. Christmas Wreath Painting

      You will need:

      Use something circular like a cup or a mug to draw around to create the centre of your Christmas wreath. Using our 3-in-1 Washable Arty Crayons colour in green leaves all around your circle shape. Now it’s time to decorate! Add some red pom-poms for Christmas berries and a big red bow! This is so simple and easy to do and makes for a wonderful handmade Christmas decoration.

       

       3. Paper Plate Santa Claus

      You will need:

      Try this easy, cost effective Santa paper plate craft using things you’ll find at home!

      Using our 3-in-1 Washable Arty Crayons paint the colour of your Santa's face onto your paper plate. Then with adult supervision cut out a triangle of red card and stick to the top to make Santa’s hat. Add some white cotton balls to the brim and end of this hat and all around the bottom to make Santa’s beard. Use a red pom-pom or draw and colour in a big red nose. Put some more white cotton around Santa’s nose and stick some googly eyes or draw on the eyes.

       

       4. Salt Painted Christmas Trees

      You will need:

      Firstly, draw out your Christmas tree nicely and big. Then, carefully follow the pencil line with some PVA glue, we recommend tub squirt glue for this with adult supervision. Once your outline is complete, gently pour a layer of salt over the top of your Christmas tree design.

      Using your green arty crayon, colour onto a spare piece of paper. Wet your paintbrush and dip into the colour, then carefully dab onto the salt and watch the magic unveil as it changes colour! The colour will begin to bleed through the salt creating a magical salt painted Christmas tree. Once your tree is complete, decorate with glitter, pompoms to your creative hearts desire and draw on your magic star tree topper!

       

       5. Salt Painted Snowflake Art

      You will need:

      This is the same as our Salt Painted Christmas Trees and such a fun STEM activity for kids to do over the holidays this Christmas. Draw snowflakes on to your paper and go over each design with a line of PVA glue. Once you are happy with your snowflakes, gently pour a layer of salt over the top of your design.

      Again grab your arty crayons and colour onto a spare piece of paper. Wet your paintbrush, add some colour and dip along the lines of your beautiful snowflake art and watch as the colours magically change and bleed through the salt to create an explosion of colour.

       

       6. Reindeer Egg Carton Craft 

      You will need:

      These are the cutest little reindeer carton crafts and they're so easy to make! Just grab an old egg carton and cut out one section inside and turn upside down to make your reindeer's head. Bend your pipe cleaners in an antler shape and stick to the top with some brown ears made from card underneath. Afterwards stick on some googly eyes and a red pom-pom nose. You colour add some string or ribbon to turn your Reindeers into homemade Christmas tree ornaments

       

       7. Fingerprint Reindeer Card

      You will need:

      This is such an easy one and will make the perfect Christmas cards to send out to friends and family! Using your brown arty crayon simply colour on a spare piece of paper and add some water, dip your finger in and print onto your Christmas card. Add some ears, antlers and some eyes with your colouring pencils and lastly add your red pom-pom for the nose. And there you have it, your very own Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer Christmas cards!

      Drawing and colouring is fun and effortless with our Love Writing Co. Fully Erasable Chunky Tripod Grip Colouring Pencils especially developed to fit a child hand. Help your child learn good writing habits and improve their creative confidence this new school year. Our colouring pencils are fully erasable so mistakes can easily be corrected, SEND friendly and suitable for both right and left-handers.

       

       8. Pastel Christmas Bauble Craft

      You will need:

      This is a great activity for practising fine motor skills through cutting, sticking and colouring. First, draw out your Christmas tree ornaments with a pencil onto some plain card, try different shapes like stars, circles or hearts. Cut out your designs with some scissors (and adult supervision). Next, place your shapes onto some plain paper and trace around the outside with your Love Writing Co. Washable Arty Crayons. With your finger smudge the colours outwards to create a beautiful pastel effect. Once finished, pick up your template to reveal stunning Christmas ornament pastel art for the perfect DIY Christmas decor.

       

       9. Christmas Tree Ornament Craft

      You will need:

      • Pipe cleaners
      • Colourful beads
      • String or ribbon

      Go to our youtube channel @lovewritingco to watch our step-by-step tutorial on how to make this beautiful Christmas tree ornament. Practice fine motor skills by using pipe-cleaners to thread beads through to make little baubles for your trees and decorate with a glittery star tree topper. Grab some ribbon or string to hang onto your Christmas tree.

       

       10. Sponge Painted Christmas Trees

      You will need:

      Try this no mess, easy and cost effective Christmas craft using items you will find at home. Just cut some sponges into triangle shapes, dip into some green paint and then decorate! Add some Christmas tree ornaments using sequins or draw them on and a gold star to the top. It really is as simple as that!

       

       11. Write some New Year's Resolutions

      Ask your child to start thinking about their New Year’s resolutions as we fast approach the new year. Reflecting on the past year and thinking about who we want to be next year is a great way to encourage children to set goals, make commitments and teaches them about self-love and positive affirmations

      Encourage your child to think about how they felt about the last year. Some writing prompts might be:

      ‘’This year I have achieved…’’

      ‘’My favourite part about this year was…’’

      ‘’Next year I’d like to...’’

      Once written down, ask them to sign and date their work and store their resolutions in a jar or ‘secret’ time capsule to then come back to it next year and reflect on everything they wrote. Not only is this great to look back on but will also give you a chance to see how their handwriting has improved in a year's time!

       

       12. Download our Tree-mendous Festive Fun Christmas Activity Pack

      Love Writing Co. are offering a tree-mendous festive fun Downloadable Christmas Activity Pack - the BEST gifts for children aged 2+ years this Christmas

      Keep them entertained for hours with activities ranging from wreath designing, to paper chain crafts and even includes a Letter to Santa. This pack will help your child develop letter and word formation, build pencil grip and encourage a solid writing foundation all whilst having festive fun over the Christmas holidays. Christmas crafts and independent design activities will spark your little learners imagination and improve their creativity skills. It's endless hours of fun!

      This pack includes:

      • Engage with fun Christmas activity worksheets
      • Letter and word formation worksheets
      • Build good pencil grip
      • Fun Christmas colouring activities
      • Easy tracing activities
      • Word searches, mazes, colour by phonics and letter matching activities
      • Independent design activities - Christmas wreath, stocking and gingerbread man

        

       

      Looking for Children's Christmas Present Ideas?

      Shop all Children's Fun Handwriting Resources | Best Gifts for  2-9 Year Olds | All Love Writing Co. products are endorsed by The British Dyslexia Association, complement the UK National Curriculum and our Complete Learn to Write Pack is recommended by Dr Gummers Good Learning Guide

       

      Shop Handwriting and Alphabet Practice Workbooks | Books for 2-9 Year Olds | Cursive and Pre-Cursive writing books that complement the UK National School Curriculum | SENDfriendly | lay-flat format is ideal for right or left-handed children

       

      Shop Tripod Grip Writing Tools - Small, chunky, hexagonal pencil grip pencils. Good pencils for writing that are designed to be the correct length for children and with a wider diameter, softer core and hexagonal shape, our pencils prevent muscle fatigue and encourage the correct tripod grip, promoting a love of writing from an early age. Our writing and colouring pencils are also suitable for left handed pencil grip

       

      Shop Instant Downloadable Workbooks - Perfect for fun learning at home, holidays and useful print on demand. Available for ages 2-9. Choose from a variety of pencil grip practice, letter formation worksheets, or fun word search and maze activity workbooks.

       

      Calling all Paddington and PAWPatrol lovers - Give the gift of learning to write with all their favourite characters this Christmas - Check out our collection of writing resources that will transform your child learning to write journey.

       

      And there you have it….We hope you try out these wonderful ideas and have lots of learning fun over the Christmas holidays! Don’t forget to snap, tag and share with us all your craft activities and creations - we would love to see!

      Follow us for more tips, fun ideas and all things handwriting practice - @lovewritingco

      We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! From all of us at Love Writing Co. - Happy Writing!

       

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