Helpful for childcare! Let's make Christmas decorations using familiar materials.
Christmas is full of fun things like presents from Santa and delicious cakes, isn’t it?
How about making Christmas decorations with the kids to get ready for the holiday?
A dazzling lineup of festive, cute items you’ll want to display for Christmas—like trees, wreaths, and snow globes!
They’re easy to make with everyday materials, so they’re perfect not only for preschools and kindergartens but also for doing at home.
Place them on desks or lockers, stick them on the wall—decorate your space in all kinds of ways and build up that Christmas spirit!
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Helpful for childcare! Let’s make Christmas decorations using familiar materials (61–70)
Poinsettia Christmas tree
Why not try making a tree together by dividing the process into different steps? The main tasks include crumpling tissue paper, cutting materials, folding and finishing them, and assembling the pieces.
Even a project that might seem time-consuming and difficult for one person can become a meaningful memory when everyone works together to create something.
Let’s make the most of each person’s strengths and complete a dazzling tree that you’ll want to look at forever.
It will surely be a Christmas that stays in your heart.
Cute on the wall too! Christmas wreath
Prepare two sheets of origami paper and cut each into four equal squares.
Take each cut piece, fold the top two corners toward the center, then fold it in half by bringing the left and right edges together.
That completes one part; repeat the same steps for the remaining seven pieces.
After that, simply assemble and glue the parts together to form a wreath.
It’s a very simple wreath, so add a ribbon or draw your favorite patterns with a pen to make it more festive.
It would also look cute decorated with a Santa or snowman made from different origami paper.
How to fold a cute Tomte
Also popular as Christmas decorations! The Nordic gnome “Tomte.” Let’s make the hat with 15 cm origami paper, and the face and body with 7.5 cm origami paper.
First, fold the hat paper into a triangle to make a crease.
Next, fold the bottom corner up so it aligns slightly below the crease.
Fold it up again along the center crease to form a triangle, then turn it over and fold the left and right corners up to meet the top corner.
Fold the lower left and right edges inward so they meet at the center, and the hat is done.
Next, fold the face paper into a triangle to make a crease, then fold the two top edges down to meet the crease.
Open up the overlapped center and squash it to form the nose.
Fold the tip of the nose slightly to round it, then turn the paper over and fold the corner above the nose slightly inward to make a crease.
Insert the part under the hat, aligning the crease with the bottom edge of the hat, and fold both sides of the face to match the sides of the hat.
The white part left showing is the beard.
Fold the left, right, and bottom corners of the body paper inward, then attach it to the face to finish.
clear ball
Many ornaments are spherical, right? If you want to recreate that beautiful shape, using a clear ball is ideal.
A clear ball is a product like a capsule made of transparent material.
You can even buy them at 100-yen shops.
Once you have one, you can decorate it by attaching stickers or placing objects inside.
It’s fun to create unique ornaments with your own ideas.
Adding a ribbon, if you like, will give it an even more Christmassy feel.
Create a party vibe! 3 types of Christmas decorations
December brings a flurry of fun events like winter break, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve.
Many kindergartens and daycare centers probably host Christmas parties, too.
Try decorating the walls with a festive, party-like Christmas theme to lift everyone’s spirits.
Even simple paper bunting strung with thread in red and green Christmas colors creates a great atmosphere.
Paper wreaths and paper balls are also eye-catching decorations.
Adding illustrations of snowmen and reindeer is the key to finishing it off with a lively touch.
Pom-pom ornament
Let’s decorate the wall with items that will brighten up your Christmas party.
Wind yarn round and round, tie it with a new piece of yarn, then cut through the looped parts with scissors to make a pom-pom.
Add decorations to match characters like Santa, reindeer, and snowmen.
You can use tree branches to represent arms or antlers, and felt fabric to make hats.
Finish by embellishing the body with sequins or buttons.
Try making these soft, fluffy ornaments!
Stained glass-style decoration with lamination
Why not make stained-glass-style decorations and enjoy Christmas together? First, cut out black outlines in shapes like stars, trees, and hearts.
Once the outlines are ready, sandwich them between laminating sheets and laminate them.
Since the laminator gets hot, be sure to work in an area away from children.
Next, carefully cut around the outside of the laminated outline, making sure the corners aren’t sharp.
Flip it over and draw straight-line patterns inside the outline.
Have the kids color them in with permanent markers.
Finally, use a hole punch to make a hole and thread a string so it can be hung.
The transparency is beautiful, so please display them in various places.
