Easy handmade Christmas crafts: ideas you'll want to display
As Christmas approaches, it’s hard not to feel a little giddy, isn’t it? Here are some simple DIY Christmas craft ideas that let you fully express that excitement.
These projects use easy-to-find items like toilet paper rolls, cardboard scraps, origami paper, and pom-poms, so anyone can jump in! They’re perfect for decorating your room or giving as gifts.
Add your own twist and create one-of-a-kind Christmas goodies.
Wishing you a Christmas filled with warmth and kindness, along with your handmade creations!
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Easy handmade Christmas crafts: ideas you’ll want to display (61–70)
Easy! How to Make an Advent Calendar
When you want to make an advent calendar, it often overlaps with the busy season leading up to the end of the year.
So here are some ideas for an advent calendar you can make easily.
Prepare small bags, stick date labels on them, and put the contents inside.
Close the opening, punch a hole, thread a string through, and you’re done! The key is to close the bag so it forms a three-dimensional triangle.
If the design feels a bit plain, try decorating with Christmas stickers.
You can display them however you like, but hanging them with string makes them perfect as Christmas ornaments, too.
A beaded tree is complete! An advent calendar that looks like candy
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The contents of Advent calendars are often candy or toys, but this one uses beads—once you collect them all, you can make a tree.
Each bead is individually wrapped like candy, which is adorable, and it looks fun to watch the tree gradually take shape.
Set the pipe cleaner base on the first day, and let the kids thread the beads onto it as if they were stringing them.
Please create it with the letter “A” in mind.
100-yen store DIY! Advent calendar made with cups and a wooden box
Here’s an idea for an advent calendar made by filling a tall cup with a Christmas design with presents.
Prepare your favorite sweets and small items, pick a few, wrap them in origami paper, and place them in the cup so the contents can’t be seen.
Stick date-numbered labels on the sides of the cups, set them in a wooden box, and you’re done.
You can buy a wooden box or make one yourself by assembling pieces of wood.
If your child can read numbers, try arranging the cups in the wooden box at random on purpose.
If you say, “Where’s today’s cup?” it’ll feel like a treasure hunt and they’ll have fun with it.
House-shaped Advent calendar
How about making house-shaped Christmas ornaments out of kraft paper? They’re simple and stylish, and if you put candy inside, they become an advent calendar.
First, prepare a house-shaped template and cut the kraft paper.
Next, use a white pen to draw roof patterns, windows, and a door.
Fold it up, apply glue to the tabs, and assemble.
Then punch a hole in the roof and thread a string in your favorite color through it.
Put in your child’s favorite treats, attach another string, and hang it on the Christmas tree.
The window and roof patterns will look cute in a variety of colors, too!
Also works as ornaments! How to make an advent calendar
Let me share an idea for an Advent calendar made with coffee filters that can also double as Christmas ornaments.
First, write the date in the center of a coffee filter and punch a hole at the top.
Put candies or small toys inside, then fold the left and right edges inward and staple them closed.
Make as many as you need in the same way, then thread a string through the holes to hang them up.
Since coffee filters are simple, I recommend adding Christmas stickers or decorating them like ornaments.
Origami Boots Advent Calendar
A Christmas stocking advent calendar is a festive idea that also works as a wall decoration.
Make the stockings with origami and tuck individually wrapped candies into the pocket-like part.
Write the dates with a pen, add holly made from another small piece of origami, and it’s done! The stockings only take a few folds, so even kids can give it a try.
The holly here is made with small origami paper and red round stickers, but you can also draw it or use other stickers.
Making the stockings in several colors will make the display even more vibrant.
Swaying Snowman Wreath
Let me introduce a cute Christmas wreath with a gently swaying snowman.
First, cut out the center of a paper plate to make the wreath base.
You’ll use the cut-out circle to make the snowman, so try to cut it out neatly.
Decorate the remaining ring-shaped paper plate with paint or colored paper, and attach a string to the top for hanging.
Give the snowman a scarf using masking tape, glue on a bucket hat made from colored paper, and draw the face with a pen.
Finally, hang the snowman in the center of the paper plate with fishing line, and it’s complete!
Glove Santa Claus
Christmas is a harshly cold season, and many people can’t go without gloves.
This craft uses a glove to create something that looks warm as well.
We’ll use a red glove, turning the fingers into arms and legs to make Santa Claus.
Attach facial parts to the palm area, hat parts around the wrist, and decorate with cotton, beads, and other materials.
Let’s also think carefully about how to decorate it to make it look even cuter.
Gift box ornament
We’ll make a box using one 15 cm sheet of origami and one slightly smaller sheet whose edges have been cut on two sides.
Fold both sheets using the same steps and combine them to create a single gift box.
First, make a zabuton fold with the origami, then fold it into thirds by overlapping the top and bottom.
Once the creases are set, open it up and fold the left and right edges the same way to create creases.
Return the paper to its original shape and use the creases to form the box.
After the box is made, use colored hole-pattern origami to add a ribbon, attach a string so it can be hung as an ornament, and you’re done.
Christmas swag
When it comes to stylish wall decorations, a swag is a great choice.
This time, we’re sharing an idea for a Christmas swag made with fir as the base.
Layer Japanese cedar (Satsuma-sugi) over the fir, bind them with wire, then add a ribbon on top and decorate with your favorite accents.
Instead of tying the ribbon directly, it’s recommended to make a decorative bow first and secure it with wire.
The look of the swag will change depending on the plants and embellishments you use, so start by imagining the style you want and gather the parts accordingly.
A hot glue gun is handy for attaching items.