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Christmas Decorations to Make with Children

Christmas Decorations to Make with Children

Written by Josie

Making Christmas decorations with the children is an annual tradition in out house. Every year we pick a style and spend an afternoon making DIY Christmas decorations that the children can give as gifts to their teachers as well as family and friends. What follows is a round up of all the decorations we have made over the last 5 years, which are all process art based, and a selection of the best ideas from other bloggers. Here are 10 great Christmas decorations to make with children.

 

Melted Crayon Glass Ornaments

These melted crayon glass ornaments were one of our first attempts at making Christmas decorations with the children and they remain one of my favourite. While they can be done with you younger children, they will need quite a bit of help as the baubles are fragile and although they are only heated with a hairdryer, they do get surprisingly hot.

Melted Crayon Christmas Ornaments
Melted Crayon Christmas Ornaments – the first Christmas decoration I made with my kids

 

Solid Melted Crayon Decorations

These melted crayon decorations are really east to do, so great for younger children and a great way to use up old bits of crayon. You will need to invest in some silicone moulds but they can be used for Christmas baking as well so you’ll likely get your money’s worth. If you don’t want to use them as decorations you can also use them as festive crayons which make lovely stocking fillers.

Melted crayon Decorations
Melted Crayon Decorations are really easy to make with children

 

Melted Bead Christmas Decorations to Make with Children

Are you sensing a theme here? We do love melting stuff! For these Melted Bead Christmas Tree Decorations You’ll need some festive cookie cutters to make these (or just keep it simple and use stars which you can use year round) and they do need drilling in order to hang them but the final effect is very pretty.

Melted Bead Christmas Decorations
Melted Bead Christmas Decorations

 

Alcohol Ink Baubles

Alcohol Ink is one of my favourite process art materials and we’ve done lots of projects with it. These alcohol ink baubles came out really well ans were very easy to do so even toddlers can get involved. Just make sure you either buy white baubles, or paint them white, in order to get the full effect.

 

Alcohol Ink Baubles
Alcohol Ink Baubles

 

Marbled Nail Polish Baubles

These marbled nail Polish baubles are really striking and are made using just cheap nail Polish and white baubles. We experimented with lots of colours and some work better than others but we ended up with some lovely results and all really enjoyed doing them.

Nail Polish marbled Christmas baubles
Nail Polish marbled Christmas Decorations to make with children

So those are the Christmas decorations my children and I have made over the last five years, the rest of the ideas here are suggestions from other bloggers that they have made with their children.

 

Nature Inspired Christmas Tree Decorations

Sparkly Nature inspired Christmas tree decorations that are easy to make with kids! These would be a great way to combine getting outside for a walk with a Christmas themed activity.

Nature Inspired Christmas Tree Decorations
Nature Inspired Christmas Tree Decorations

 

Egg Carton Santa Decorations

Egg carton Santa decorations are a really easy craft decoration to make with young children. Use up old egg cartons, fabric scraps and get painting to make these junk modelled St Nicholas tree decs.

Egg Box Santa Decorations
Egg Box Santa Decorations

 

Borax Crystal Christmas Decorations

Growing Crystals from Borax is a really fun activity to try at home. Here we show you how to grow crystal stars to hang on your Christmas Tree.

Borax Crystal Christmas Decorations
Borax Crystal Christmas Decorations

 

Lolly Stick Christmas Decorations

These Lolly Stick Christmas Decorations are really simple so even the youngest children can get involved with making them.

Lolly stick Christmas Tree Decorations
Lolly stick Christmas Tree Decorations

 

Candy Cane Hearts

Who doesn’t love a Christmas decoration you can eat! These Candy Cane Hearts are really pretty as well as being yummy and fin for the kids to make.

Candy cane hearts
Candy cane hearts to make with children at Christmas

 

Candy Cane Koala

If you’ve got some left over candy canes, why not have a go at another decoration you can eat, these Candy Cane Koalas.

Candy Cane Koalas
Candy Cane Koalas

 

Jumping Clay Tree Decorations to Make with Kids

These Jumping Clay Tree Decorations are simple but effective and won’t break easily if little ones or pets knock them off the tree.

Jumping clay tree Decorations
Jumping Clay Tree Decorations are simple to make with kids

 

Clay Fingerprint Tree Decorations

We made fun keepsake Fingerprint Christmas decorations from air drying clay to add to our collection of homemade decorations.

Clay Fingerprint Christmas Tree Decorations
Clay Fingerprint Christmas Tree Decorations are great for even the littlest children 

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