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Drawing a reindeer might look very challenging for you? Don’t be discouraged thinking about your difficulty in sketching this great Christmas creature. It’s just a matter of creativity and imagination.
Working on the “Reindeer Wall Stick On” is an easy-to-make craft made out of tracing a child’s hand and foot prints. By using the handprints and footprint, you can make a reindeer’s head that can be decorated on the walls of your children’s room.
Because the children will use their own handprint and foot print, they will be making personalized masterpieces that they could treasure.
Supplies:
- Orange, red, and brown construction paper
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Scissors
- Glue
- Large Wiggly Eyes
- Double Sided Tape
- Black marker
Steps:
- Let the child trace his or her foot using the brown construction paper. Adults can help children who still cannot do it by themselves. This will serve as the head of the reindeer.
- Then, let the child trace his or her left and right hand prints on the orange construction paper. These will serve as the reindeer’s antlers.
- Trace the outline of the foot print and the handprints with a black marker.
- Cut along these outlines.
- After cutting put the patterns, glue the handprints on the top of the reindeers head.
- Glue the wiggly eyes on the reindeer head.
- Cut a circle shape on the red construction paper.
- Glue the red circle shape in the middle of the reindeer head. This will serve as the nose of the reindeer.
- Draw a smiling mouth below the red nose.
- Cut the double sided tape and place it at the back of the reindeer. Peel off and stick on the walls of the child’s room.
Fill the children’s rooms with these simple and easy-to-do Christmas decorations and create the Christmas atmosphere that you all may appreciate.
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Kids love decorating the Christmas tree during the Yuletide season. One of the most popular decors used is a Christmas ball that comes in many different colors.
Now, with your big help and encouragement, kids can also decorate cards with these colorful balls. In turn they can give these cards to other people to spread the Christmas spirit.
Supplies:
- Green paper board
- Colored construction papers
- Shiny paper
- Black yarn
- Glue
- Glitter or glitter glue
- Tape
- Scissors
- Markers
Steps:
- Get the green paper board and cut a rectangle shape for the card base. (You may use plain paper board and paste green colored paper on it if green paper board is not available).
- Fold it into half.
- Fold the front portion into four crosswise folds and cut away three parts (3/4) of the paper fold, with one fold remaining at the top portion of the card.
- Make balls by making and cutting circle shapes in different sizes using the different colored papers.
- Make the kids design their own Christmas balls by using colored markers and glitters, or lining then with glitter glue.
- Cut the yarn into short pieces. Glue one end into the back part of the remaining paper fold of the front portion of the card and attach the Christmas balls to the other end. Yarn lengths need not be equal.
- Write “Merry Christmas!” on the remaining top portion of the front fold of the card.
- Write your message on the inner back fold of the card. You can add some designs into that portion too.
Bond with the kids in making the hanging Christmas balls card and teach them the value of sharing by letting the children create and give cards to friends and loved ones.
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This is one craft that your kids will surely love and enjoy. This will develop their creativity and resourcefulness. As they grow taller and stronger, they are attracted to moving objects. They are also becoming more aware of their mobility. Making a pull-along mini-cart would satisfy their curiosity and active desire to be in control of things. Moreover, this craft can be a learning activity in which the children can identify colors and shapes.
What you will need:
- Drinking/plastic cup
- Colored cardboard
- Two pieces of pencils
- Modeling clay
- String
- Pair of scissors
How to do it:
- Place your drinking/plastic cup on the colored cardboard and trace the base with a pencil to make four wheels.
- Cut the four wheels out of the cardboard.
- Push the two pencils through the two wheels respectively. Be careful in handling the pointed tip to avoid piercing or hurting yourself.
- Attach the pencil on each wheel and seal it with modeling clay to prevent it from loosening.
- Make a small rectangular box with an open top using your colored cardboard. You can use a different color this time to make the body of the mini-cart distinct from the wheels.
- Make four holes on the sides of the box, two on each side.
- Push the pencils with wheels through the holes.
- Attach the remaining two wheels on the two pencils, respectively and fixing it with modeling clay.
- Tie a string on one end of the box, just long enough for your kid to pull it along.
- Now that you have a pull-along mini-cart, ask your child to give it a name to make it more meaningful for him.
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Toddlers always enjoy making sounds, be it by just tapping objects or anything they can get their hands on. Teach your kids early to develop their love for music.
One simple musical instrument that you can do with your toddlers is a musical shaker made of ordinary things or recycled materials. Surely, it will be enjoyable for the kids to make, and play with! To make their shaker colorful, the kids can add decorations on it.
Supplies:
- Two pieces of used plastic cups
- Dried lentils or beans
- Tape
- Colored construction paper (optional)
- Crayons or markers
- Glue
- Pair of scissors
Steps:
- Clean up the cups very thoroughly.
- Ask your child to take the dried lentils or beans and place them inside the cup.
- Take the other cup and place it on top of the cup with dried lentils or beans.
- Attach them with a tape (make it tight, so it doesn’t break open)
- Take out your colored construction paper and wrap it around the shaker.
- Assist your child in decorating the shaker with crayons or markers.
- Ask your kids to shake it up and down, and side to side to make sounds.
Now, play the CD of your kids’ favorite songs and sing with them while demonstrating how you enhance the rhythm of the music using the musical shakers that you all crafted. Add some fun dancing and surely the whole family would find great time and bonding.
photo credit: ktylerconk
Christmas is the most colorful and most anticipated celebration of the year all over the world. It is a special holiday characterized by twinkling lights, tinsel display all over town, glittering decors in the homes and stores. Children, especially love Christmas, and are always excited to celebrate Christmas every year.
You can make it doubly exciting for your kids by engaging them in creative activities in preparation for the season. One of these is making Christmas décor, like a Christmas glitter globe. Definitely, kids will love making their own home decor that they can display during the Christmas holidays.
What you will need:
- A glass jar with tight-fitting lid depends on the size of the globe you want to make)
- A Christmas figurine or figurines, depends on how many can fit in (e.g., Santa Claus with reindeers, Manger scene, or an angel)
- Waterproof glue
- Glitter (color depends on your preference)
- Water
How to make it:
- Clean the jar and its lid. Take off labels and any residue of its former contents.
- On the inside portion of the lid, glue your Christmas figurine with waterproof glue or glue gun. Stick the figurine well to prevent it from falling off.
- Set aside until dry.
- Fill the glass jar with cold water, about ¾ full only.
- Sprinkle one tablespoon of glitter into the jar.
- Check the jar lid to see if your figurine is completely dry. If it is, screw on lid and check water level. Add water, or spill out some of it if necessary.
- Tighten the lid securely. Shake your glitter globe and watch your Christmas figurine sparkle inside.
- You can use your Christmas glitter globe as a table décor, or as paper weight.
