[For Toddlers] A Big Collection of Craft Ideas to Enjoy at Christmas [Part 3]
Christmas is a major event for kids! It’s a day packed with fun—getting presents, eating cake, and more.
How about enjoying some Christmas crafts as part of the preparations? In this article, we share perfect Christmas ideas for preschoolers.
Classic motifs like Santa Claus and reindeer are all here! After your crafting time, be sure to display the creations around your room.
Since children’s creations are treated as works, we use the term “seisaku (制作)” to mean “craft/work” in the text.
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[For Toddlers] Big Collection of Craft Ideas to Enjoy at Christmas [Part 3] (41–50)
Easy paper-plate Christmas tree

First, fold a paper plate and cut along the crease to divide it into four equal parts.
Tear green origami paper into small pieces, as you would for a collage, and paste them on to represent the leaves of a Christmas tree.
If you layer and attach the paper plate pieces with double-sided tape, you’ll create bumps and add a three-dimensional effect.
Stick on stickers in your favorite colors to light up the tree, then add a star ornament at the top.
Finally, make a trunk with orange origami paper and attach it, and your Christmas tree is complete.
It’s a Christmas craft that uses simple materials but can be made festive with a bit of creativity.
A Christmas present you can make with just one sheet!
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Let me show you how to make a present box with a ribbon.
Place the colored side of the origami paper facing up and fold it in half horizontally to make a crease in the center.
Open it, then fold the top and bottom edges inward by about 1 cm.
Turn the paper over and fold the top and bottom edges to meet the center crease.
Rotate the paper vertically, then turn it over again and fold down the top edge by about 2 cm.
Open and squash the white section in the center of the folded part to form the ribbon, then fold up the bottom edge and tuck it under the ribbon.
Your present box is complete!
Cute and easy Santa boots
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Fold the origami in half by bringing the top and bottom edges together to make a crease.
Open it up, place the colored side facing up, and fold the right edge inward by about 1 cm.
Flip the paper over again, then fold the top and bottom edges to meet the center crease.
Place it with the white side facing up, and fold the bottom edge up to align with the lower line of the white area.
Fold the paper in half by bringing the left and right edges together, then pinch the inside section and pull it outward 90 degrees.
Fold the pulled-out section upward on the front and the back to form a boot shape.
Finally, fold the tip of the boot to round it off, and you’re done!
Easy! Christmas Bell Origami
https://www.tiktok.com/@hoiku.labo/video/7301952391056821506Let’s try making a bell out of origami to use as a Christmas decoration.
With the colored side of the paper facing up, fold up the bottom edge by about 1 centimeter.
Turn the paper over, fold the top left and right corners in to meet at the center, then fold the top down along the base line of the triangle you just made.
Fold the bottom left and right corners up to meet the bottom point of the triangle.
At this step, fold them at a slight angle so the shape looks like a bell.
Tuck in the remaining corners to refine the bell shape, then make a second one the same way and glue them together.
Finish by attaching a holly piece to the back.
Snowflake ornament
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Take a square sheet of origami paper divided into four equal parts and fold it into a triangle three times.
Hold the corner that becomes the center of the origami, then round off the edge and cut off the tip.
Draw two curved lines up and down from the left edge to just before the right edge, and make cuts along those curves with scissors.
Open the paper, then glue the middle sections with the slits together at the center on all four sides.
Make another one the same way, rotate it slightly, and attach them back-to-back.
Finally, add a string for hanging, and it’s complete.
Cute Santa Claus you can fold from a single sheet!

Fold the origami paper into a triangle to make a crease, then open it and fold the top corner down to meet the center.
Fold the lowered corner into a roll (tuck fold) to create the white part of the hat.
Next, fold the bottom corner up to meet the top edge, then fold it back down about 1 cm below the white part of the hat.
This white triangle will be Santa’s beard.
Turn the paper over, and fold the top left and right edges inward by about 7 mm.
Then fold both sides inward again so that the top edges align with the vertical center line.
Fold along the creases you just made so they match the lower left and right edges of the diamond shape at the center, and fold them back outward, tucking the corners into the small triangles on the left and right—these will be Santa’s arms.
Turn the paper to the front and draw the face to finish.
Just two folds! An easy wreath

A wreath made by connecting folded origami pieces is a perfect origami activity for older kindergarteners in December.
Prepare eight sheets of origami paper cut into quarters.
Fold each piece into a triangle, then fold one of the corners upward.
Make eight pieces using the same folding method, then insert the tip of one piece into the pocket of another to connect them and form a circular wreath.
Mixing colors will create a bright and cute wreath.
Decorating it with stickers or pom-poms is also recommended.


