Fun for 1-year-olds! A collection of cute Christmas craft ideas
Many of you are probably looking for Christmas crafts that are fun to make even with little hands.
Here, we’ll introduce craft ideas perfect for one-year-olds.
Using familiar materials, you can create trees, Santa Clauses, ornaments, and more—plenty of delightful projects to brighten the holiday season.
As children use their fingers and enjoy different textures, their imaginations will grow.
Each activity uses simple steps—jump in with the kids and have fun together! Note: Because children’s creations are treated as works, we use the term “production” (制作) in the text.
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Fun for 1-year-olds! A collection of cute Christmas craft ideas (1–10)
A three-dimensional snowman made by stuffing it with cotton
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Christmas tree ornaments really make the tree shine, don’t they? This snowman tree ornament is made using an OPP bag, pipe cleaners, and cotton.
After putting cotton into the OPP bag, use about two colors of pipe cleaners to make the snowman’s scarf.
Wrapping the pipe cleaners in different colors adds flair and becomes a focal point.
Once the snowman has its scarf, draw the face with stickers or a felt-tip pen to finish.
Filling the bag with cotton and twisting the pipe cleaners are activities even one-year-olds can enjoy while making this.
A Christmas tree with a cute, translucent charm
https://www.tiktok.com/@poccle/video/7304650652184022273With a little creativity, you can make an adorable original snowman.
Once you’ve drawn a Christmas tree shape on a clear file folder, start sticking on transparent stickers.
Transparent stickers make the finished piece look especially beautiful—that’s the key point.
Cut it out in the shape of a tree, and round the corners so you don’t get injured.
When it’s done, stick it on a window and enjoy the way the light shines through the tree.
It will sparkle beautifully, just like stained glass.
Cute silhouette ornament
Here’s how to make a Christmas ornament that even a 1-year-old can help create! You’ll need: baking/parchment paper, three sheets of OPP (clear) tape, tissue paper, wood glue, cardboard, a snowman cut out of black construction paper, and a light.
First, cut the parchment paper into a rectangle.
Stick the OPP tape onto it.
Next, tear tissue paper in the colors you like.
Peel back the OPP tape’s backing and stick the torn tissue pieces onto it.
Cut the cardboard with scissors to make a frame that matches the rectangle, and glue it on with wood glue.
Finally, attach the snowman.
Shine a light from behind and you’ll have a cute silhouette-style Christmas ornament.
Please have an adult cut the cardboard.
Fun for 1-year-olds! A collection of cute Christmas craft ideas (11–20)
Furi-Furi Color Bottle
I’ll show you how to make color bottles that even 1-year-olds can help with! Materials: small plastic bottles from probiotic drinks, paint, cellophane tape, Christmas-patterned origami paper, rubber bands, double-sided tape, and ribbon.
Instructions: First, fill the bottle with water.
Put your chosen paint color into the bottle cap.
Close the cap tightly, then secure around it with cellophane tape.
Cover the cap with origami paper and fasten it with a rubber band.
Attach a ribbon using double-sided tape, and you’re done! When you shake it, the water turns color—it’s lots of fun.
Some steps are tricky for 1-year-olds, so it’s best to let them choose the paint and origami, and enjoy shaking the bottle.
Santa Claus with a tingling beard
Here’s an origami idea you can make together with a one-year-old, letting them enjoy the fun, crackly feeling of tearing paper.
Create a winter origami piece themed around Santa Claus, who visits at Christmas! Make Santa’s hat and face parts from construction paper, and put double-sided tape on the face in advance.
For the white beard, tear up regular copy paper into pieces—this will be especially fun to do with the children.
If you make small cuts in the paper first, it will tear more easily, which is recommended.
Finally, stick on the eyes, hat, and beard to the face, and you’re done.
Fruit-filled Christmas cake
We’re introducing a fun way to make a cute fruit cake with bright, cheerful colors.
First, prepare the cake base and fruits like strawberries, pineapple, oranges, and kiwi using construction paper.
Let the children glue them on freely.
The feeling of glue on their hands, the cool texture, and the colorful fruits all provide a variety of sensory and visual stimulation.
It’s also fun to see their individuality: some kids will stick on lots of their favorite fruits, while others will cover the base until it’s overflowing.
Christmas art with handprints and footprints
Christmas crafts made with handprints and footprints are a fun, exciting idea to make together with children! They’re suitable even for infants from 0 years old, so please give them a try.
Use green handprints to make a Christmas tree, red footprints to make Santa’s outfit, and brown footprints to transform them into a reindeer! The decorating step—sticking on round stickers and more—is something even little ones can enjoy.
It’s sure to become a special memory for the children.
