December: Craft ideas for 2-year-olds!
Children eagerly awaiting Christmas.
To make them even more excited, we’ve gathered ideas for Christmas crafts you’ll want to make in December with 2-year-olds.
From Santa Claus and reindeer to Christmas trees and wreaths, there are plenty of wonderful craft ideas that make the most of children’s free expression.
Be sure to use these as inspiration and try making them together!
Because the children’s creations are treated as “artworks,” the term used in the main text is “制作 (seisaku).”
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[December] Craft ideas for 2-year-olds! (21–30)
Pompom Stamping! Christmas Tree
https://www.tiktok.com/@hoiku.labo/video/7445125954743110919Here’s a Christmas tree craft idea where you dab on color with stamps.
Prepare a tree template, stamps, paint, and drawing paper.
First, fix the tree template onto the base sheet and have the children stamp paint onto it.
Green is the main color, but adding a little white can make it look like a snow-covered tree.
Once the stamping is done, remove the template and glue on a trunk made from construction paper to finish.
After the paint dries, decorating with sticker ornaments could be fun, too.
Cute tissue paper wreath
The step of rolling and sticking is so much fun! Let me share an idea for making a tissue paper wreath.
Before you begin, prepare a paper plate with the center cut out, white and green tissue paper cut into manageable pieces, and decorative parts like Santa and star shapes.
Have the children crumple the tissue paper into little balls and stick them onto the rim-only paper plate where you’ve applied glue.
Once they’ve gone all the way around with the tissue paper, let them place the decorative parts—made into stickers with double-sided tape—wherever they like.
Punch a hole at the top of the paper plate, thread a string through, and your Christmas wreath is complete.
Let’s make a big Christmas tree!
This is an idea where you put a big Christmas tree made from construction paper on the wall and let the children freely decorate it with ornaments.
Since it’s for infants (0-year-olds), please prepare the ornament bases in advance by cutting them out of construction paper.
Let the children draw on the bases with crayons or stick on stickers to create lovely ornaments.
Once the ornaments are finished, decorate the tree with them! If you prepare bases in a variety of motifs, the tree will look even more festive.
How to make handprint reindeer and Santa
Here are some craft ideas for making Santa Claus and a reindeer using handprints.
For Santa, use a handprint to create his beard, and for the reindeer, use a handprint to form the face.
Since Santa’s beard uses an upside-down handprint, make sure to pay attention to the direction when stamping.
The faces are made with round stickers, so the children can also enjoy sticking the stickers.
Once Santa and the reindeer are finished, glue them onto a base with a construction paper Christmas tree attached.
Be sure to decorate the tree with round stickers as ornaments, too!
Christmas activities for 0-year-olds
As part of a Christmas-themed activity, why not try making Christmas trees and ornaments? Use a stamp made by covering a lactic acid drink bottle with fabric to print patterns on construction paper, or decorate ornaments with stickers to make them festive.
In the end, you can even decorate a big tree drawn on the wall! Even children who don’t yet understand what Christmas is will surely deepen their understanding while having fun through play.
Prepare ornaments and stickers with different motifs and colors, and let the children choose for themselves.
Santa Claus and reindeer made with handprints
Introducing a Christmas decoration featuring Santa Claus and a reindeer made using children’s handprints! Dabbing paint and pressing their hands onto construction paper lets kids enjoy the feel of the paint.
It’s also fun to see how the look changes depending on how the paint is applied and the pressure used.
Once the handprints are done, add antlers to the reindeer.
Stick on a nose made from construction paper or origami, and draw the eyes and mouth to make it even cuter! It’s a lovely ornament that preserves a memory of those little hands as they grow.
Polar Bear’s Underpants
Let’s create a picture-book character! Here are some ideas for the polar bear’s underpants.
The polar bear in the beloved baby book “Shirokuma no Pantsu” (Polar Bear’s Underpants) is popular with children for his cute expressions and humorous underwear.
This time, let’s make your very own pair using a crayon-and-paint resist technique! When kids stick on the polar bear’s face parts themselves, their individuality will really shine through! Give it a try!