[For 4-year-olds] Fun Christmas! Craft Ideas Special
As Christmas approaches, both adults and children get excited and fidgety…
It’s such a delightful event, isn’t it?
If you’re doing Christmas crafts with four-year-olds, you’ll want to capture that sense of excitement too.
Four-year-olds, who enjoy expressing themselves and turning their ideas and creativity into tangible forms, do best with open-ended craft ideas they can freely explore.
This time, we’ve gathered a variety of ideas featuring different materials, techniques, and motifs.
Please feel free to use them as inspiration.
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[For 4-Year-Olds] Fun for Christmas! Craft Idea Collection (21–30)
A cute paper-clay snowman
@chii_1514m [Making a Snowman] We spread paper clay on construction paper and made a snowman ⛄️ We enjoyed the sensory play, and at the end we pressed in sparkly beads—just looking at it makes you excited ✨ Give it a try! 💓ProductionWall decorationWinter ProductionChildcare#Snowman Making
♪ Original song – Chi☺︎ – Chi☺︎
Here’s a craft idea for making a three-dimensional snowman.
On a base made by attaching black construction paper to thick cardstock, shape a snowman out of clay.
Once the snowman is formed, decorate its body with any beads you like and add eyes, a nose, and a mouth.
Next, attach paper mittens to pipe cleaners and stick them into the snowman.
Finally, decorate the base with snowflake stickers and more, and you’re done! You can also put a hat on the snowman if you like.
If you prepare a variety of beads and pipe cleaners, each child will be able to create a snowman full of their own personality.
Easy! Origami Snowman
This is an origami snowman you can make with simple steps.
Choose the color of your origami paper based on the hat you want the snowman to wear.
Once you’ve decided, place the paper with the colored side facing up and fold it in half by bringing the left and right edges together.
Next, fold it again by matching the top and bottom edges.
Then, using the second crease, make a step fold (accordion fold), and fold the two ends of the stepped section inward, opening them into triangles.
This creates a waist, giving you a two-tiered snowman.
Finally, tuck the remaining corners at the top and bottom inward to round the shape, and you’re done.
One corner will become the hat, so fold only one layer inward so that a triangle of the colored side appears on the snowman’s surface.
How to make a fluffy, fuzzy snowman
Stick double-sided tape onto a strip-cut piece of white construction paper, then place cotton on top.
Roll it into a ring and secure it! Connect two of these, add a hat and facial features, and you’ll have a fluffy snowman! Since attaching the hat on top of the cotton is tricky, it’s best to glue it to the paper base before adding the cotton.
For the facial features, bend and twist pipe cleaners to make them.
Depending on the child who makes it, each snowman will have a different expression, resulting in a set of unique, characterful creations.
Make a stylish snowman!
We usually imagine snowmen as pure white, but let’s get creative and turn them into stylish art.
First, fold a sheet of white origami paper and make several cuts.
The key is to cut it so that when you unfold the paper, it forms a round shape.
You’ll get a circular shape with beautiful patterns.
Children will be excited to see how the snowman’s pattern changes depending on where they cut.
Use the patterned cutouts to make the snowman.
If you stick it onto black cardstock, you’ll have a lovely winter craft.
A classic Christmas tree made from a single sheet of construction paper
Here’s an idea for a Christmas tree that also works as a lampshade.
All you need is one sheet of green construction paper.
If you want to decorate the tree, prepare any embellishment parts you like.
First, cut the paper into a square, then fold it into a triangle twice.
You’ll find two pockets; open each and flatten them into squares.
With the center of the origami facing downward, fold both lower edges to the center line on both sides.
Unfold all the creases and squash-fold them into triangles.
The large triangles become the tree’s foliage, and the small triangle at the top becomes the trunk.
Cut slits into the foliage to create the jagged look of fir leaves.
For the trunk, roll the corners inward and glue the ends together to form a ring.
Decorate with your chosen parts, then place it over an LED light.
No-sew yarn Christmas tree
How about making a Christmas tree with cozy, warm yarn? There’s no knitting—just wrapping the yarn around a base—so it’s an easy idea to try with kids.
First, cut cardboard into the shape of a tree.
Then stick double-sided tape on the front and back of the three edges, peel off the backing, and staple the end of the yarn to the back.
From there, simply wrap as you like! Once you’ve wrapped it all around so the base doesn’t show, tie off the yarn so it won’t come loose, and decorate with ribbons or gem stickers.
Add a string and you can use it as an ornament, too.
A DIY Christmas tree made with 100-yen store items
It’s a Christmas tree made by attaching fringed origami to a cone base crafted from drawing paper.
The key is to curl the fringed sections by gently stroking them with a pen or the tip of a pair of scissors—this gives it a soft, fluffy texture.
We recommend making the slits very narrow, about 1 mm wide.
Create several of these pieces and glue them to the base in tiers.
Finish by adding a star and ribbon on the top and small pearls all over, and you’re done!