The best way to bond with your kids when there’s a holiday is to get into craft projects together. Take some colourful pieces of paper, glue, glitter, scissors, and a box of craft embellishments, and you’re ready to create your own versions of these easy holiday crafts for kids.
New-Year Noisemakers
Want to make some noise but don’t want your kids to play with firecrackers? These noisemakers are a fun way to ring in the New Year!
Materials:
- 2 Styrofoam cups
- Glue
- Glitter or metallic paper
- Paint brush
- Pipe cleaners
- Scissors
- Candies (optional)
Steps:
- Decorate your Styrofoam cups using some glue and glitter or metallic paper.
- Cut your pipe cleaners in halves, and then twirl each half using your finger. Once they’re all twirled, group them in two, and twist each group together on one end.
- Using your scissors, punch a hole on the bottom of each cup, and then stick the twisted end of the pipe cleaners into the hole. Bend the end so they don’t fall out.
- Put some candies on one cup and then carefully, without getting glue on the candies, use the paint brush to stick the two cups together.
- At midnight, break your noisemaker to welcome the New Year!
Easter Bunny Mask and Tail
Make Easter a little more special by creating Easter Bunny costumes for you and your kids. Here’s how.
Materials:
- Cardboard
- Cotton balls
- Pink construction paper
- Pink pompom
- Black pipe cleaners
- String
- Pencil
- Glue
- Scissors
- Safety pin
Steps:
- Using a pencil, trace the shape of a bunny’s head (minus the mouth part) and tail onto the cardboard. Cut them out using the scissors, making sure that you also cut holes for the eyes. Leave a small slit on each side of the mask for the string as well.
- On the pink construction paper, trace the shape of the bunny’s ears. Make sure that you make it half-an-inch thinner than the cardboard cut-out.
- Glue the pink bunny ears on the cardboard and then cover the mask and tail with cotton balls.
- Decorate the mask using the pompom as the bunny’s nose and the pipe cleaners as its whiskers.
- Using the string for the mask and the pin for the tail, you can now wear your Easter Bunny costume.
Christmas Wreath
What’s a fun and way to decorate your kids’ bedroom doors? Create this Christmas wreath with them!
Materials:
- Paper plate
- Tissue paper
- String
- Red pompoms
- Red ribbon
- Paint (green, red and gold)
- Plastic container
- Glue
- Scissors
Steps:
- In a wide plastic container, mix your green paint with some water. Dip your tissue paper into the mixture for a few seconds and then let each sheet dry.
- While waiting for the tissue to dry, trace a lit candle on the centre of the paper plate. Cut around it by using your scissors, making sure to leave the candle and the ribbed edge as your frame.
- Paint the candle using your red and gold paint.
- Once the sheets are dry, crumple them into balls, and stick them to the frame.
- Decorate your wreath with the red pompoms and ribbon. Use the string to hang it on the wall.
So, here are a few Christmas crafts to try with your kids. Which one are you making?