One of the best things about Christmas is decorating your house in a festive mood, nothing says Christmas like red and green decorations. Every year people spend tons of money on buying Christmas decorations because they think it is easier than making their own. But what they don’t realize is how fun and easy some of the Christmas paper or cardboard craft ideas can be. And many times you can complete these crafts with stuff you have sitting around the house, so you don’t have that extra expense at Christmas time.
Here are some Christmas paper craft ideas for children and adults to enjoy.
Craft one:
Snowflakes are a simple and easy paper craft that children of all ages enjoy making, in fact many adults find them fun to make as well. This project is simple and takes a few minutes to complete. And the best thing is you can make it as elaborate or as simple as you want. All you need is a piece of white paper, which ever size and thickness you prefer, and a pair of scissors. You can also mount the snowflakes onto colored construction paper and then attach a string so they can be hung around the room.
Craft two:
Another fun Christmas craft is to decorate and design your own gift bags. Again like the snowflakes this craft can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish and can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. To complete this project you are going to need brown bags of whatever sizes you think you will need, Christmas wrapping paper or construction paper, glitter, glue, scissors and some ribbon. You can use others things as well.
Craft three:
Hands Christmas wreath is a fun and exciting for kids to do each Christmas, plus it also allows Mom and Dad to see how much the children have grown each year. The project is relatively simple as well. To do this project you are going to need colored construction paper, scissors, pencils, and your child’s hand. What you are going to be doing is cutting out your child’s hand print and gluing them in a circle to create a wreath to hang on your front door or above your fireplace. Another idea for a Christmas wreath is to use green construction paper and empty toleit paper rolls that you have painted green, but don’t forget the red construction paper or spray painted cotton balls for the red berries.
Craft four:
Another fun project is to make miniature snowmen or Santa Clauses out of empty toilet paper rolls and construction paper. For the snowmen you can use cotton balls to make the round snowballs, but be sure to layer the snowballs to give the snowman the right shape and size. You can also use paper towel holders that are cut down to different sizes; this is a good idea if you want to create a family of snowmen. You can also make angels or other Christmas figures out of the same supplies.
Craft five:
You can use a shoebox and paper cut outs to create your own Nativity Scene. One of the best ways to do this is to glue the lid of the shoebox to the side of the box so that you have a wider space to work with. You can buy ceramic or plastic figures in most craft stores and then paint the shoebox to how you want to set up your scene, using cotton balls for the ground cover and real hay is actually easy to do.
Just keep in mind that these are only some of the Christmas paper or cardboard crafts that you can do, you can find even more ideas online.