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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.
photo credit: Liz (perspicacious.org)
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.
It’s finally feeling like spring! Where I live it is now so beautiful out, great outside weather! I thought I would share some spring craft ideas. This would have been a great mothers day craft too! This is a perfect preschool Craft and it’s very easy to create. I have to give credit to my sons teacher, as he made this with her! I love it!
Supplies:
- Construction Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
Steps:
- Cut thin strips of green for stems
- Cut out flower shapes to put on stems
- Cut out a larger flower shape to use on planter
- Glue Flower shape on stems
- Take two pieces of construction paper and cut into a square
- Once it is cut into a square, turn it so it looks like a diamond, with one tip facing you
- Fold bottom tip up
- Fold one side then the other, gluing the second one to the first side folded
- Cut a triangle in the top corner (the part not folded yet)
- Fold each piece out and glue down
- Glue Larger flower shape over triangles that are folded down
- Place flowers inside planter and carefully glue in place
Have fun!
I love Felt!! You can do so much with it! This is a fun preschool craft decoration that your child can make and place proudly on their door. You can make it any shape you like, perhaps a tree, snowflake etc for winter. Just take the idea and change the shape.
Supplies:
- Felt in two colors
- Scissors
- Glue
- Ribbon
- 3 bells ( you can do more or less, whatever you like)
- Foam stickers or cutouts
Steps:
- Draw on the felt the outline of the star
- Cut out the star
- Make a slightly smaller outline of a star and cut that out
- Glue smaller star on larger one
- Let it dry
- Once dry, cut to slices in the middle of the star, so that it will slip over a door handle
- Hole punch 3 wholes in bottom of star and tie ribbon through it
- Tie bottom of ribbon to bells
- Decorate star with cutouts and glitter etc.
Have fun!
My daughter made this at preschool and I thought is was so cute I wanted to share it. It’s a fun decoration that is pretty easy for a kindergarten or preschool child to make. It makes a great gift for kids to make. I love Kindergarten crafts that can be gifts too!!
Supplies:
- 2 Bells
- Ribbon
- Shiny string
- Pipe cleaner
- Glue
- Scissors
- Decorative Leaf or Flower
Steps:
- Shape Pipe cleaner into circle
- Cut Ribbon and String to equal lengths
- Tie one end of string through bell (do this for each bell)
- Tie other end of string to Pipe Cleaner Circle
- Glue Ribbon to Pipe Cleaner
- Glue Decorative leaf or flower over spot where you glued ribbon on pipe cleaner
- Let it dry.
This can also double as a noise maker for the new year!! Happy New Year!! Have fun!!
