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 DIY Christmas crafts: ideas you'll want to display (1–10)
Pinecone Tree
A craft classic! Here are some ideas for a pinecone tree.
Prepare pinecones, nuts, fir branches, decorative parts, and a base for the tree.
First, decorate the parts with gold spray, then paint the pinecones and nuts white using water-based touch-up paint.
Once dry, glue the pinecones together while inserting fir branches throughout, and decorate with nuts and parts in a balance you like.
Finally, attach everything to the base and you’re done.
The overall look will change depending on the decorations you use, so try making a variety of styles!
Home Advent Calendar
The “advent calendar” is also popular as a pre-Christmas gift.
It’s often a box with dates from December 1st to 24th, and inside are sweets and presents that kids love.
You open one dated section each day and enjoy the excitement leading up to the 25th.
Advent calendars are actually easy to make by hand! Prepare 24 gift bags, fill them with sweets or small gifts, and seal them.
Stick on the date and some Christmas-themed stickers on the front, and your original advent calendar is complete!
Felt ornament ball
Here’s an idea for ornaments made with Christmas-colored felt.
First, cut out ten circular pieces, each 5 cm in diameter, from red felt and ten from green felt.
Cut each circle in half, then apply hot glue along the straight edge and fold to form a fan shape.
Once all are glued, attach the red and green folded pieces together along their creases.
This should bring them back to a half-circle shape, so apply hot glue along the straight edge again and stack and glue the pieces together.
Before sealing the final edge, thread a string with beads through the center, and finish it as a spherical ornament.
Christmas ornament
Let’s make and decorate together—these ornaments are perfect for Christmas! Use boxes, masking tape, clear panels, and similar items to create the main frame.
It’s handy to attach the ornaments with stickers.
Depending on the materials you use and how you get creative, the ornaments take on a different charm, and your whole room is sure to be filled with Christmas spirit! You can reuse items from 100-yen shops or things you already have at home, which is easy on your wallet—a nice bonus.
They’re simple to make but turn out adorable, so give ornament-making a try!
Tetra Pak
A Santa Claus mascot assembled from origami is not only great for displaying on a surface, but also looks nice when you thread a string through it and hang it.
Use origami paper in the color of the hat as the base, and cleverly fold it to make use of the white reverse side, then assemble it into the shape of Santa Claus from there.
After gluing it into a bag-like shape and attaching the facial features, fold and glue the open sections so that the diagonals align, and you’ll have a three-dimensional Santa Claus.
Since it creates a hollow space inside, you can put some candy in before sealing it, making it handy as a gift as well.
candle ornament
Let’s make authentic candle ornaments using natural materials.
First, melt beeswax in a double boiler and add a few drops of essential oil.
Cut off just the bottom of a paper cup, then quickly pour in the wax before it hardens.
Be careful not to make too many at once, as the wax will set.
Arrange dried fruits and leaves on the poured wax, and use a straw to make a hole for threading a string.
Once fully hardened, remove the paper cup, thread the string through, and you’re done.
stained-glass-style ornament
Stained glass looks so beautiful when held up to the light, doesn’t it? We’ll make one using laminating film, a template, origami paper, and transparent origami.
Use the template to trace the shape onto black origami paper and cut out the inside.
Stick the black cutout onto the adhesive side of the laminating film.
Then, use scissors or a hole punch to cut the transparent origami into pieces and attach them randomly.
Punch a hole, thread a string through, and it’s done! This stained glass craft is very simple and easy to make, so give it a try!
Santa Claus made from a toilet paper roll core
Let’s make a cute Santa Claus doll using a toilet paper roll! Cover the toilet paper roll with felt in colors that match Santa’s outfit, like red and white.
For the eyes and nose, use small pieces of cut felt, pom-poms, or safety eyes used for stuffed animals.
For Santa’s beard, cotton or fluffy string is recommended.
If kids want an easier craft, construction paper or origami paper can be used instead of felt.
Let’s wait for Santa to come at Christmas with the cute Santa doll you made.
miniature wreath
A miniature wreath is a perfect handmade item for the Christmas season! If you gather the materials at a 100-yen shop, anyone can make one easily.
Just twist some chenille stems into a circle and decorate it with ribbons and beads, and you’ve got an adorable creation.
The detailed work is also great for building concentration and creativity.
The finished wreath makes a lovely gift for friends and family, and displaying it in your room will boost the Christmas mood! It’s also fun to make them together with everyone.
Christmas cracker
Do you know Christmas crackers? Christmas crackers are a traditional item used at Christmas parties in the UK.
This time, I’ll introduce a fun variation.
The method is very simple: prepare a toilet paper roll core, wrapping paper, ribbon, a small toy that fits inside, a paper crown, and a slip of paper with a riddle written on it.
Cut the toilet paper roll in half, then place the paper crown, the riddle, and the toy inside.
Wrap it with wrapping paper and tie the ends with ribbon—and it’s done! Since you can’t see what’s inside, it’s exciting to open the wrapping, so it seems perfect for Christmas parties!