[Childcare] December Wall Decoration Ideas: Festive Crafts for Christmas and Winter

10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminderkepiko
Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.
20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.

Many of you are probably looking for ideas to brighten up your nursery classroom walls in December.

Transform the space into a fun environment for children with wonderful, winter-themed creations like Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and fluffy snowmen.

Here, we introduce a wealth of wall decoration ideas—from pieces using unique techniques such as salt painting and decalcomania to projects made with familiar materials like toilet paper rolls and sticky note rolls.

With a bit of creativity and ingenuity from teachers, these ideas can evolve into even more delightful works!

[Childcare] Ideas for December Wall Decorations! Festive Crafts for Christmas and Winter (71–80)

Christmas sweater

Why not make Christmas sweaters that spark kids’ creativity? Prepare sweater-shaped cutouts from construction paper, and let the children glue on Christmas motifs or paint sweater patterns with paint! Recommended colors are the classic Christmas palette of red, green, and white.

For the motifs, you can either provide pre-made templates or have the kids cut them out of construction paper themselves.

You can also add materials like felt pom-poms and sequins to make the pieces even more lively.

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Cake-style cardboard tree

Let us introduce a cake-style cardboard tree that boosts the lively, festive Christmas mood! It’s perfect for teachers and children to make together.

Glue torn pieces of green paper onto cardboard boxes, then stack and combine them to create a wedding-cake shape! Decorate it with ribbons, glittery tinsel, and cotton, or even add paper plate crafts made separately by the children for an extra special touch.

A Christmas tree that everyone works hard to make together is sure to become an unforgettable memory for the kids!

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Santa and Presents

For children who are looking forward to Santa coming to their homes at Christmas, we recommend making wall decorations with a Santa and presents theme.

Create pieces featuring December-perfect characters, like illustrations of Santa or a reindeer peeking out from a gift box.

Displaying the finished artwork in a child’s room will make the wait for Christmas even more exciting.

If you’re crafting together with kids, be sure to prepare items like ribbons and stickers.

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[Childcare] December Wall Display Craft Ideas! Decorations to Brighten Christmas and Winter (81–90)

A tree made using straws

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Just dab, dab, dab with a straw?!😍 This time we’re making a Christmas craft using straws—you buy them once and get a ton! 🎄.* It’s super easy✨ Put 3–4 paint colors on a palette, dip the straw in the paint, then just dab it onto construction paper 😆✨ If you lightly draw a triangle with a pencil first, you can dab in a tree shape—highly recommended💕 For decorations, use sparkly stickers💕 You can also try yarn, pipe cleaners, ribbons, pom-pom balls… experiment with materials you have at home 🥰👍 Make them in lots of colors and display them💕 —————————— I used: • Construction paper • Straws • Paint • Stickers —————————— ☆━━━━━━━━━━━━━━☆ Thank you always for the comments and likes 😊 Some people even tell me “I made it!” and that makes me super happy ☺️♥️ I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone played with and made 😆✨✨ ☆━━━━━━━━━━━━━━☆Parenting #ParentingMom #LifeWithKids
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As Christmas approaches, the glow of Christmas trees seems to shine even brighter, doesn’t it? For this Christmas tree craft, we’ll use straws and paint to create the tree.

First, paste only the tree trunk/branches onto construction paper.

Then dip the drinking end of a straw into paint and dab it—pon-pon—onto the paper to form the tree.

Using a variety of paint colors will make the tree sparkle even more, so I highly recommend it.

Once the paint is dry, add decorations on top to complete it.

If you use black construction paper, the paint colors will pop and the crafting process will be easier.

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Peta-Peta Tree

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[Peta-Peta Tree ❤] An easy tree you can make just by sticking on masking tape ❤#Christmas decorations #Christmas Craft Sticker play
♬ All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey

The season the kids have been waiting for—Christmas—is just around the corner! Here, I’ll show you how to make a cute Christmas tree that’s super easy to create just by sticking things on.

All you need is cardboard, scissors, and masking tape.

To make it, first cut the cardboard into the shape of a Christmas tree with the scissors, then start sticking on the masking tape.

Make lots of pieces and stick them on to give it a real Christmas tree look.

After that, decorate it however you like and you’re done! Try making and decorating it together with the kids while having fun.

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Sparkly ornaments made with pipe cleaners and glue

How about making some sparkly ornaments to get into the Christmas spirit? You can make them with simple materials like pipe cleaners and wood glue! Shape a pipe cleaner into a triangle and coat the outside with wood glue.

Flip the pipe cleaner over onto a sheet of baking paper and fill the inside with glue.

Next, dip a toothpick or similar tool into paint to draw patterns, and decorate with beads.

Once the glue is completely dry, slowly peel it off the baking paper, and you’re done! You can also try shaping the pipe cleaner into a star or a boot, or changing the paint colors for more fun.

It’s a lovely craft to do with children to decorate your Christmas tree.

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