All Things Hold Together

The snow is all melted, so we have been crafting our tails off the last couple of days!

For those of you just tuning in, our previous Kids Christmas Crafts are posted here, here, and here.

Craft 7:

This is a classic. We used to make these when I was in elementary school.

Cut strips from construction paper. I used a ruler lined up lengthwise with the edge of the paper to make the strips a uniform width. You need one strip for the center color and two strips of each of the other colors.

Leave two strips the full length. Cut one inch off the next color pair. Cut two inches off the center strip. Now you have 5 strips, in three lengths.

Place the strips in a pile in the following order: longest, middle-length, shortest, middle-length, longest. Line up on one end and staple. Now line up the other ends and staple. Hole punch and thread through a piece of yarn for hanging.

You can also make these with more than three colors and/or vary the amount that you cut off for different designs.

Craft 8:

This is a quick and easy craft.

Simply cut a circle out of green construction paper or cardstock. Cut it into a spiral. Decorate with glitter glue, markers, or other embellishments.

Punch a hole in the center to thread on yarn, or staple yarn on, for hanging.

If desired, glue a star on the top.

The green is supposed to make it look like a tree, but I think these are fun to make in all colors.

Craft 9:

A gingerbread house!

Making gingerbread houses with your kids has never been easier now that most stores carry kits with the pre-baked gingerbread pieces and all of the candy and frosting.

Crafts 10 and 11:

These two crafts both come from The Toymaker (Hat tip: Homeschool Hacks).

This is an awesome site.

The first craft is 3D stars the the kids colored and cut out. The folding is a little tricky, so you might have to do that part.

These look nice nestled in the branches of the Christmas tree. (Sorry, no picture of that.)

The next craft is a dodecahedron with cute snowmen printed on it. The folding and gluing for this make it a bit tricky for the kids, but they love playing with this little paper “ball” when it is finished.

For a more kid-involved craft, print out a blank dodecahedron for them to color.

The Toymaker is a wonderful site with lots of mama crafts, too, like this three-dimensional angel house made from folded printer paper. (Found here.)

Wow! I actually caught up, even with the snow days. I’ll be back later to post today’s craft.