Felt Snowmen

Felt is cut into snowmen to make a fun winter scene with crafts by amanda.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/snowman-felt-board-snowman-crafts/

Snowmen Hand Puppet

A wool glove is embellished with felt snowmen to make a cute hand puppet with buzzmills.  She even adds colorful hats and scarfs.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://buzzmills.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/five-little-snowmen.html

Ice Wreath

Cranberries and water and placed into a bunt pan and set outside to freeze.  Next it's strung up with a thick red bow and tied to a tree.  Craftown shares the details.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftown.com/Cranberry-Ice-Wreath.html

Yarn Snowmen

White yarn is rolled up into increasing sizes snowballs to make a snowman with better homes and gardens.  They then add wire arms, a knitted scarf and sew on eyes and mouth.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.bhg.com/christmas/crafts/make-a-felted-snowman-craft/  

Tea Light Snowmen

An electric tea light is dressed up with a scrapbooking paper hat and scarf.  Eyes and a mouth are drawn on with marker and the light makes the nose.  Maryann jenkins shares the details.

Good for ages  6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.maryannjenkins.com/2012/12/snowman-tea-lights.html

String Cheese Snowmen

String cheese is dressed up as snowmen using markers to draw on face and buttons, ribbons and felt hats.  Nobiggie shares the details.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.nobiggie.net/string-cheese-snowmen/

A Flock of Paper Birds

No time for flash cards cuts out bird shapes from scrapbooking paper and adds folded paper wings.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2009/06/birds-of-a-feather.html

 

Domestic goddesque uses cup cake liners to make her birds.

Get the instructions here:

http://domesticgoddesque.com/2011/08/cupcake-cases-creatures/

All kids network folds a brown paper in half and give them a red tummy to make a robin.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/birds/robin-craft.asp

Spoonful curls up the paper to make the birds three dimensional.

Spoonful uses bent paper clips to give them legs and feet.

The website is no longer available.

Helen hopcroft puts hers on sticks and uses outside as garden decor.

Get the instructions here:
http://helenhopcroft.wordpress.com/tag/kids-craft-project/

Family Mittens

A cute twist on family hand prints, cut out paper mittens from scrapbooking paper in each of the family hand sizes and glue them one on top of each other to make a winter family montage with cindy derosier.

Good for ages 1 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2013/12/family-mittens.html

Plastic Spoon Snowmen

A white plastic spoon makes a perfect canvas for a fun snowman.  Add on a black paper or felt hat, orange triangle nose and draw on eyes and a mouth.  Activity village shares the details.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/plastic-spoon-snowman

Ice Lanterns

Empty cans are filled with water and left outside just until the bottom and sides freeze to make nifty ice lanterns with kix cereal.  Next, they wait for nighttime and place a glow stick underneath for a beautiful winter luminary.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kixcereal.com/kix-cereal-glow-stick-ice-luminaries/

Willowday freezes the water in balloons  and uses electric tea lights.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.willowday.com/2012/01/ice-art-2-ice-art-with-balloons.html

New Year's Eve Resolutions

Make a New Year's Eve resolution hand magnet counting what kids will resolve to do for the new year.  Activity village shares the details.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/resolutions-magnet

Memory Garlands

Kids cut draw and cut out pictures of memories they want to remember from the past year and tape them onto long strings to decorate the home for New Year's Eve.  Art yowza share the details.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/artyowza/sets/72157623073146165/with/4269975028/

New Year's Eve Bubbles

Make New Year's Eve fun with these special decorated bubbles complete with a wishing wand and star garland.  Pretty little things shares the details.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://prettylittlethings.typepad.com/lori_marie/2010/12/a-little-bubbly.html

New Year's Eve Bingo

Keep kids entertained as they count down the hours with this fun New Year's Eve Bingo printable from hip hip hooray blog.  Make sure to update the year.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.hiphiphoorayblog.com/2010/12/happy-new-year/

New Year's Eve Ball

A styrofoam ball is transformed for New Year's Eve with mirror stickers of many sizes so kids can drop the ball themselves. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

The website is no longer available. 

Wishing Tree

Create a wishing tree for New Year's Eve.  Kids first cut out stars, decorate with glitter and write what they wish for before placing them on tree branches.  This could also be done with resolutions.  No time for flash cards shares the details.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2010/01/new-years-craft.html

Nativity Finger Puppets

Felt is cut into finger puppets to make a nativity Christmas play with xoxo grandma.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://xoxograndma.blogspot.com/2014/11/nativity-finger-puppets-free-pattern.html

Hand Print Santas

Hand prints are stamped into salt dough, cut out, baked and painted to look like a Santa for a fun ornament with meaningful mama.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://meaningfulmama.com/2012/12/day-337-salt-dough-santa-hand-print.html

Pipe Cleaner Candy Canes

Pipe cleaners are twisted together and bent into a candy cane shape with kids craft room to make a fun ornament.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidscraftroom.com/easy-christmas-crafts-kids-candy-cane-tree-decorations/

Gingerbread Puppet

A gingerbread man is cut out of brown paper, given brown icing trim, two buttons, googly eyes and a smile with accucut education.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.accucuteducation.com/IdeasProjectPage.aspx?IdeaId=4198

Santa Chocolate Bars

Turn a candy bar into a Santa animal by wrapping it in red paper and giving it a white beard and Santa belt with kerrys paper crafts.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.kerryspapercrafts.com/craft-fair-goodies-santa-hershey-bars/

Christmas Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppets

Pipe cleaners are twirled around to make finger puppets for Xmas with woo jr.  She makes a snowman, santa, reindeer, elf and other Christmas characters.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.woojr.com/christmas-kids-crafts-easy-finger-puppets/ 

Xmas Snowball Game

Shaving cream and ping pong balls make for messy fun with inspired by family mag.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://inspiredbyfamilymag.com/2012/12/14/christmas-family-game-snowball-toss/

Christmas Chimes

Silver garland is wrapped around a paper cup to make the base of an Xmas bell ornament with parents.  A colorful jingle bell is added to the middle to make it ring. 

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.parents.com/holiday/christmas/crafts/adorable-chime-ornament/

Garland Xmas Tree

Green garland is wrapped around a styrofoam cone to make a fun and shiny Xmas tree with sew woodsy.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://sewwoodsy.com/2011/11/video-tutorial-gift-wrap-garland-christmas-tree.html

Paper Bag Gingerbread House

A brown paper bag is colored to look like a gingerbread house using a white paint marker.  Dollar store crafts then stuffs it with yummies.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2011/12/tutorial-lunchsack-gingerbread-house/

Paper Cup Bells

Paper cups are painted red and gold and given bells and matching ribbons to make jingle bells for the holidays with first palette.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.firstpalette.com/Craft_themes/Music/Paper_Cup_Bell/Paper_Cup_Bell.html

Felt Dreidels

Blue felt is cut into a dreidel shape and decorated with glittery sparkles.  Creative jewish mom shares the details.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2009/12/felt-dreidel-ornaments-for-chanukah.html

Hanukkah Luminaries

Luminaries are lit for Hanukkah with make and takes.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.makeandtakes.com/hanukkah-luminaries-to-light-up-the-night

Candy Cane Soap

Crushed candy canes are actually sprinkled into this red and white soap to make Christmas cleaning extra fun with glue sticks blog.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://gluesticksblog.com/2011/12/candy-cane-soap.html

Mice Santas

A walnut is cut in half, given googly eyes and a red and white felt santa hat to make a santa mouse for Christmas.  Mom on timeout shares the details.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.momontimeout.com/2011/12/santa-mouse-craft/

Burlap Reindeer

A rectangle of burlap is cut out, given a red pompom nose, brown pipe cleaner antlers and googly eyes to make a cute reindeer with kissed by a frog.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kissedbyafrog.blogspot.com/2011/12/reindeer-games-gp-from-miss-mindie.html

Candy Cane Reindeer

Two candy canes are wrapped in brown ribbon, given red pompom noses and googly eyes to become reindeer with kim mccrary.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kimmccrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/craft-for-little-girls.html

Candy Cane Sugar Scrub

Make a sugar scrub with layers of food colored crystals to make a sweet gift for the holidays.  Jacolyn murphy then ties a candy cane to the jar.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.jacolynmurphy.com/2011/12/oh-sugar-secrets-of-scrub.html

Fingerprint Reindeer

Reindeer are created with a simple brown thumbprint.  Halleujahs by holly then adds a pompom nose and draws on eyes and antlers.

Good fo rages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://hallelujahsbyholly.blogspot.com/2011/12/advent-day-14-thumbprint-reindeer-gift.html

Popsicle Stick Menorahs

Popsicles sticks are colored and glued into a menorah shape with creative jewish mom.  She then adds paper flames.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2009/11/make-cute-chanukah-decorations-from-popsicle-sticks.html

Pasta Menorahs

Pasta and dried lentils are glued onto paper to make a fun menorah craft for Hanukkah with she knows.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/812076/macaroni-menorah-for-hanukkah

Beaded Stars

Beads are placed onto jewelry pins, which are then wrapped into stars to make pretty ornaments with the crafty mummy.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://thecraftymummy.com/2010/11/christmas-beaded-stars/

Candy Wrapped Coins

Rolls of coins are wrapped in white paper and then colorful ribbon is twisted on the diagonal to make them into candy canes with Martha Stewart.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.marthastewart.com/270417/candy-coins

Gingerbread Jars

Glass jars are transformed into gingerbread men bu gluing on buttons, ribbons and pompoms with hooplapalooza.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://hooplapalooza.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-in-jar-part-2-visions-of.html

Thanksgiving Doily

A hand print is stamped onto a doily and turned into a turkey for a pretty table setting.  Beautiful thoughts are then written onto the "feathers."

Good for ages 2 and up.

The website is no longer available.

Paint Chip Turkey

Colorful paint chips are turned into feathers to make a cute turkey for Thanksgiving.  Preschool alphabet then adds photos and kind words to the different sections.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://preschoolalphabet.blogspot.ca/2011/11/thanksgiving-is-just-around-corner-i.html

Thanksgiving Handprint Card

Hand prints are traced and cut out and drawn in to make a family of turkeys for a super cute Thanksgiving card from my paper crane.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/2009/11/turkeys/

Shape Turkey

Colorful paper diamonds, triangles, triangles, ovals and circles are glued to paper to make a turkey with kids play box.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.kidsplaybox.com/thanksgiving-craft-for-the-toddler/

Plastic Spoon Pilgrims

Plastic spoons are dressed up as pilgrims with black and white paper and googly eyes.  Special connection homeschool shares the details.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://specialconnectionhomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/easy-thanksgiving-crafts.html