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Crafts for a merry time!

Christmas Crafts

Crafts for a merry time!
 
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About the projects

This series features craft projects for Christmas-time fun. The series includes gift boxes specially designed for Christmas, a variety of ornament crafts, gift wrapping techniques, loads of Christmas cards to make, and seasonal decorating ideas—plus more! Also, checkout the Christmas and wintertime digital papers.

The projects range in difficulty from VERY EASY to DIFFICULT.

Browse down this page for descriptions and illustrations of the projects, then select a project and have some crafting fun! Or jump to the category index for a listing of all crafts.

Christmas Rectangular Gift Boxes

Rectangular Christmas gift boxes - versatile
Description ↓

Create charming Christmas gift boxes with lids using one of the four free patterns in traditional red or green. Follow the easy instructions in the Rectangular Box craft project to assemble the boxes and then decorate the box tops with Christmas Quilling or your favorite crafting supplies. These versatile rectangular boxes are perfect for party favors, sweets, candies, and small gifts.

EASY

Miniature Christmas Tree Ornament

Mini-tree ornament made from a cone of green paper
Friday Fun Description ↓

A simple cone of paper can be made into an ornament in the form of a Christmas tree that everyone will enjoy. With just a few standard supplies, you and your children can make and decorate these little paper Christmas trees. Make cones from other colors of paper to create bell and Santa hat ornaments.

EASY

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Cinnamon Clay Recipe

Cinnmaon clay ornaments
Description ↓

This recipe makes a sweet smelling dough that can be made into ornaments or package decorations. Just mix together applesauce,  cinnamon, and a bit of glue to create a clay that is perfect for rolling out and cutting shapes with cookie cutters.

EASY

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Christmas Quilling

Christmas Quilling
Description ↓

Quilling, the art of rolling narrow strips of paper into coils or scrolls, is a wonderful way to decorate boxes, tags, and cards. It can also turn a simple craft item into an elegant gift. This project includes Christmas quilling designs and examples of how to combine quilling with handcrafted items.

EASY

Christmas Tree-Shaped Box

Christmas tree shaped box
Description ↓

These adorable gift boxes are the perfect way to add a personal touch to your holiday gift-giving. Choose from two sizes to fit your small presents, and unleash your creativity with your favorite colors and embellishments. This easy DIY project even includes instructions for creating your own unique novelty-shaped boxes!

DIFFICULT

Pumpkin Seed Poinsettias

Pumpkin Seed Poinsettias - brooch or ornament
Friday Fun Description ↓

Poinsettias are the flower of the Christmas season. These brooches or Christmas ornaments made of pumpkin seeds will bring out the holiday cheer in all who see them. Make one for yourself or make several to give as gifts. Grandma will especially cherish a cheerful brooch made by the kids.

EASY

Recycled Greeting Cards

Example Recycled Cards
Description ↓

In this tutorial, learn how to make new greeting cards by recycling old cards. A variety of techniques are presented that make it easy to create a card you will be proud to send. Making recycled cards is a terrific group activity and is fun for crafters of all ages.

EASY

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Shaped Cards for Christmas

Shaped cards for Christmas - angel, pine tree and Santa
Description ↓

Make simple and fun holiday cards in the shape of a pine tree, Santa, or an angel. These cards are easy enough for younger children and people with special needs to make. While the cards are very simple to make, they are easily enhanced with glitter, cotton balls, sequins, and other creative touches. Let your imagination soar!

VERY EASY

Cookie Cutter Felt Ornaments

Coookie Cutter Felt Ornaments
Friday Fun Description ↓

Simple and durable ornaments can be made with cookie cutters, felt and imagination. No sewing is required! The cookie cutters are used as templates for making the ornaments or use Aunt Annie's printable pattern with Christmas-themed templates.

VERY EASY

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Christmas Pop-Up Cards

Christmas pop-up cards
Description ↓

In this project, you will learn how to make a Christmas pop-up card with a Christmas tree or teddy bear pop-up inside. The project includes printable patterns for cards in two styles—one being fun and easy for children and the other being stylish and elegant for adults.

EASY

Christmas Ornaments, Magnets and Figurines

Clay Christmas Ornaments, Magnets and Figurines
Friday Fun Description ↓

See how easy it is to use Homemade Modeling Dough to make Christmas-themed ornaments, refrigerator magnets, and figurines. Use your fingers to fashion the modeling dough in fun shapes for Christmas using the ideas in this project, or come up with something new of your own invention!

EASY

Stenciled Bear Christmas Cards

Stenciled Bear Christmas Cards
Description ↓

Make a batch of Christmas cards in a flash, featuring a stenciled Christmas bear holding a 3-D banner. Select from two stencil templates, on the included printable pattern, to cut a stencil that you use to create cards for sending to friends and relatives.

EASY

Milk and Cookie Placemats

Milk and cookie placemat with snowman and mitten cutouts
Friday Fun Description ↓

Kids of all ages will have fun making these placemats that are sized for a snack of milk and cookies. Just cut out images from old greeting cards, calendars or magazines that relate to the theme for the placemat and cover with clear contact paper. That's it! Simple as eating a chocolate chip cookie. Yum!

VERY EASY

Candy Cane Reindeer

Candy cane reindeer
Friday Fun Description ↓

Children will enjoy transforming a candy cane into a reindeer using a few craft supplies and a bit of glue. This reindeer is a great decoration for the tree or a fun party favor. It's a craft that has long been a holiday favorite for kids and teachers alike.

EASY

Snowman and Angel Suncatcher Ornaments

Snowman and Angel Suncatcher Ornaments
Description ↓

Make these special snowmanand angel-shaped Christmas ornaments that have translucent centers. These suncatchers can be hung in a window, given as a gift, made into a mobile, or used as tree ornaments.  Suncatchers are easy to make and are a great vehicle for creativity!

EASY

Paper Angel Chains

See how to make paper angel chains
Friday Fun Description ↓

Create a chain of paper angels by cutting folded paper strips. It's just like folding and cutting paper doll chains! The angels stand on their own and can be used to add some sparkle anywhere you are doing some holiday decorating!

VERY EASY

Christmas Card Set

Set of six Christmas cards
Description ↓

Make handmade Christmas cards to send to family and friends in a flash! Just stamp up a sheet of cardstock and cut it into to six pieces. Add some red and green paper and Christmas-themed rubber stamps to make six totally unique Christmas cards!

EASY

Stained Glass Christmas Decoration

Stained glass Santa medallion
Description ↓

Make stained glass-like medallions that can be used to decorate windows or as ornaments on the Christmas tree. This is a great family craft  that the kids color and the adults assemble. Best of all, these large and colorful circular hangings can be used year after year to bring festive joy to your home!

EASY

Ribbon Edge Christmas Cards

Ribbon Edge Christmas Card
Description ↓

'Tis the season for ribbons! Take your homemade Christmas cards up a notch by adding a ribbon edge. In this tutorial you'll learn how to create a decorative cut edge that is enhanced with a ribbon backing. You'll also learn how to make a stamp from an eraser and use it make plain and checkered backgrounds.

EASY

Paper Medallions

Paper medallions
Description ↓

Make paper medallions to decorate gift packages. The medallions are a nice alternative to bows and ribbon, and when made from foil add extra elegance to your present. There are three different medallion designs, each with two sizes. Use each size alone or make them with contrasting colors and layer the two sizes together.

EASY

Festive Window Stencils

Window stenciled with angels and snowmen
Description ↓

Decorate your windows in festive and colorful holiday designs with simple paper stencils. Make snowman, bell, angel, star, candle or Christmas tree stencils to use with Aunt Annie's special paint mix. The stencils are easy to make and use, and the paint will wash off the windows with ease at the end of the holiday season.

EASY

Gift Tag Fun

Gift tags made from recycled cards
Friday Fun Description ↓

Recycle greeting cards and paper scraps into fun and unique gift tags. The whole family can join in on the cutting and pasting to make these special additions to your holiday gifts. The tags can even be grouped into packages for sale at a Christmas bazaar or for a fundraiser.

VERY EASY

Little Gift Boxes

Little gift box
Description ↓

An easy to make cube-shaped box with four choices of printable patterns—quick to make in full color, a black and white version for kids to color, or a plain template to unleash your creativity. They are also be used are ornaments.

EASY

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