Want to get crafty with your little kids this holiday season? Here are a ton of Christmas Crafts for Toddlers with step by step tutorials!
Christmas can be a fast-moving, stressful time. Let’s slow down and enjoy it with our kids!
I love crafting all year long, but especially during the Christmas season.
While crafting with toddlers can be eye-crossing, it can also be very precious and adorable. It is really a way to create lasting memories and foster creativity in your kiddo.
Today I want to share some age-appropriate Christmas craft ideas for toddlers!
Benefits of Christmas Crafts for Toddlers
Crafting with your kids can be fun (in small bursts, when they are into it) but also has some other benefits!
- Developmental growth: Enhancing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity
- Cognitive stimulation: Introducing colors, shapes, and textures through hands-on activities
- Emotional expression: Allowing toddlers to explore their imagination, gain confidence, and express themselves
- Quality time: Encouraging parent-child bonding and creating shared experiences
Toddler-Friendly Christmas Craft Ideas
Here are some step by step tutorials to show you Christmas craft ideas to do with your toddlers!
Toddler-Friendly Christmas Craft Ideas
Here are a ton of ideas for Christmas crafts to do with your toddler this holiday season!
Go on a nature hunt, collect leaves, and paint them to look like reindeers!
EVen the littlest hands can stick washi tape strips to an upcycled lid for this cute ornament craft!
You cut the paper plate and let your toddler decorate it for a fun and easy paper craft!
How cute are these pom pom Christmas trees? Cute and easy to make!
If you have wooden cubes, kids will love painting them with these fun holiday designs!
Kids find fingerprint art so fun and silly, and this is an adorable snowman version.
Squish painting is mess-free and easy enough for babies to do!
You will need to help with the gluing, but toddlers will love decorating these popsicle trees.
Get out the finger paint and prepare to go wild making these thumbprint trees.
Trace handprints from every family member to make a paper Christmas tree. Super fun, especially if you have a big group!
Turn these handprints into adorable festive gingerbread men!
Suncatchers are so fun for kids to make and hang in the window, these are Christmas light themed!
Even the littlest hands can bend and twist pipecleaners to make these little trees.
You will need to help with the cutting and rolling of the paper plates, but these paper trees are too cute!
Gingerbread Playdough Recipe – No Cook No Cream of Tartar Homemade Playdough
Toddlers are the perfect age for play doh - and how cute is this gingerbread recipe!
These paper plate angels are adorable and easy enough for small kids to decorate.
Cut out cardboard stars and let kids go wild decorating them!
Toddlers will need a little help assembling these, but will have so much fun decorating them!
Can you believe that this Christmas tree is cut from a paper plate?!
Kids can practice fine motor skills twisting these pipe cleaner candy canes!
Handprint Christmas Tree – Christmas craft for kids or a DIY ornament
Such a cute craft to make and gift to grandparents - handprint Christmas trees!
Salt dough ornaments can be made in any shape - even with a handprint or footprint - and are fun for toddlers to play with as they make.
Put away the paint brushes and make these tree paintings with a fork!
Practice fine motor skills with these Christmas threading games.
Mix it up by letting kids color on tin foil to make these fun ornaments.
How to make a fun 3D paper Christmas tree craft with construction paper
With your help, toddlers can make a fun 3D paper Christmas tree!
You might want to do the cutting, but toddlers will love decorating these paper ornaments!
How about making some Christmas play dough - here are 3 festive scent ideas!
Toddlers love shaking and watching snow globes - heres a fun one they can make!
How about making some holiday slime? I prefer food safe slimes for toddlers, and this one is fully edible!
What are your favorite Christmas crafts to do with toddlers?
Thanks for reading!
Hey there, I’m Morgan, the creative mind behind CelebratingWithKids.com! As a parent of two lively little ones, I’ve made it my mission to turn ordinary days into extraordinary adventures, sharing playful activities, thoughtful toy reviews, and delightful printables to help families celebrate every moment together. 🎉👨👩👧👦🎈