There are a lot of easy Christmas crafts for toddlers out there that you can find to keep your little ones preoccupied this season.
From Christmas tree crafts to more general fun Christmas crafts, there’s no shortage of craft ideas.
The overwhelming part is finding toddler Christmas crafts in one place without scouring books and the internet.
In this article, you’ll find Christmas crafts for toddlers that will provide fun, bonding, a little learning, and even some practice using those newly acquired fine motor skills.
Christmas crafts for toddlers
When looking for a Christmas craft with your children, it usually means finding a fun craft to help them understand the meaning behind the Christmas spirit and good cheer.
You don’t have to spend much money, just time and love.
From easy Christmas crafts using supplies you probably have around your house to more ornate and time-consuming Christmas crafts for toddlers that can double as Christmas gifts, you’re sure to find something here to inspire you.
1. Christmas bauble cards
From Red Ted Art, these bauble cards are great fun and easy, and you can limit it to only using all the supplies you have lying around your house.
Take some card stock or construction paper, fold it in half to make a card, and then draw circles on a white piece of paper in various sizes. Then let your toddler be creative about what to do with those circles.
They can be painted, colored, pasted, glittered, or anything else.
Then stick these circles that you’ve cut out onto the cards.
2. Fine motor skills Christmas tree crafts
This is one of those craft ideas that can be added in many ways, making it a perfect Christmas craft for all ages.
Cut out a tree shape on green paper, and give toddlers a cotton swab and some paint.
They can dip the cotton into different paints to “decorate” the tree.
3. Popsicle sticks for Christmas tree crafts
Popsicle sticks are great because they can be used for so many things.
For this craft, you can buy colored sticks, but the plain wood ones will allow your toddler to use green paint and get messy, which is always fun for your child.
Make a Christmas tree by cutting the sticks into tapered lengths and then gluing them to a support or central vertical stick.
Then use pom poms, small cotton balls, rhinestones, sequins, beads, or glitter to decorate them.
4. Glue snowman Christmas craft
This one is fun and adorable. Lay out some wax paper, and then let your child pour glue into a shape like a snowman. You can then drop pom poms, beads, and glitter to decorate as buttons, eyes, and more onto the snowman.
Once your craft has dried, simply peel it off the paper.
5. Paper plate melted crayon ornaments
This craft does call for an extra piece of equipment.
You’ll need a crayon melter.
However, having one will provide you with many other crafts for numerous occasions.
So if you don’t have one already, it’s not a bad investment.
Simply cut a circle out of a paper plate, and then melt the crayon (the adult will need to do this part) over it in whatever designs the child wants.
Then you can punch a hole in the top, put a ribbon through it, and hang it on your Christmas tree.
You can also use this as a gift tag on a Christmas present for someone special!
6. Scrunched tissue paper Christmas tree crafts
There aren’t many crafts for toddlers that allow kids to crumple things.
So if you want to give your toddler that fun experience, this is one of the best ideas for a craft that will cater to your child’s silly side.
Cut out a Christmas tree shape from green paper. Then take colored thin paper, roll or scrunch it into balls for ornaments, and glue them onto the tree.
Easy Christmas paintings
When it comes to messing with paint, many parents shy away from it.
Crafts for toddlers than involve paint can be great, though, especially for those sensory learners who want to feel new textures.
1. Reverse finger paint Christmas card crafts
For this, fold a piece of paper in half to make a Christmas card. Then cut out a shape of a star, Christmas tree, stocking, or whatever you want, and put it down in the center on the front of the card.
Dip little fingers in the paint, and let the toddlers paint around the outside of the stencil you made. Then remove the stencil. You will be left with a silhouette of that shape, surrounded by fingerprints.
2. Watercolor Christmas cards
This is an easy-peasy craft idea and always turns out super cute.
Keep kids busy making cards with watercolor paint. Give them a brush and a watercolor set, and let their creativity and imagination run wild.
They can paint anything they want, or you can give them a certain directive to draw.
More Christmas crafts for toddlers
Still looking for things you can do as a Christmas craft with your kids? The following are some great ideas that will cater to older kids and toddlers.
1. Handprint peace dove with paper plates
Paper plates are a plentiful art supply to keep on hand. And this one is super easy.
Simply trace a child’s hand sideways onto a paper plate. Have them keep their four fingers together and stick their thumb outward.
Draw lines between the fingers, make feathers and use the thumb to make the dove’s head, beak, and face.
The child can then paint, draw, or decorate the rest of the plate. Kids will love making this sweet craft.
2. Contact paper Christmas tree crafts
This is one of the best ideas if you want mess-free Christmas crafts. Crafty things don’t always have to be messy.
Cut out a Christmas tree shape with green paper (you can even find a free printable or template) and put it on the sticky side of contact paper. Then stick the paper to a larger piece of regular paper.
Then let the kids draw decorations on the tree. Kids will have a lot of fun with this one, which makes for a mess-free Christmas craft.
3. Salt dough ornament
Salt dough is easy to make, and you probably have everything you need in your kitchen. Make ornaments from the prints of their little hands, and then you’ll end up with a final product that you’ll cherish forever.
Mix the dough, and then have your toddler or preschoolers push their hands into it. Bake it, let your little one paint it, and then secure a string so you can hang it on the tree.
Your kids will have a blast, and it’s a great and creative craft to make every year before the holidays.
4. Paper plate Christmas wreath
If you’re looking to create something with your kids that they can proudly display around the house, this craft for kids is perfect. The only materials you need are festive-colored crayons, markers, paint, and poms.
This cute and simple crafting idea can be fun for the whole family. Cut the center from the plate, and let the preschoolers or kids color the outside ring.
Then glue poms, beads, or other decorations (felt snowmen can also be fun) around the outside.
Then attach a string, and you’re set!
5. Santa plate crafting
Preschoolers will love this craft.
They can show it to their friends, play with it, hang it in their rooms, or stick it on the fridge. All it takes is another disposable plate (I told you those would come in handy!)
Make the beard on the bottom of the plate with cotton balls and glue. Use googly eyes, crayons, markers, or paint to make a sweet face. Just use whatever materials you have for this. Red construction paper works well for the Santa hat, as well.
This festive crafting idea is great fun for the whole family.
Christmas crafts for kids
When it comes to your little one, it matters much less whether they create a masterpiece as it does that you spend time together doing something on the toddler level that will help you bond.
Whether you make an ornament, a festive card, or create something completely unidentifiable, the experience matters.