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 (71–80)
Christmas tree made of felt
The tree is a symbol of Christmas and an essential part of the decorations.
If you make it with felt, you can create it in any size, and the soft material adds a cute touch.
First, roll a piece of felt cut into a fan shape to form the spreading leaves of the tree.
By layering several pieces instead of just one, you can achieve a softer, fuller look.
Finally, attach the trunk and a star, and your tree is complete.
It might also be fun to add beads to make it more festive.
Christmas ornaments made of felt
Christmas ornaments made with soft felt fabric.
Draw illustrations like Christmas trees and Santa, then cut along the outer lines.
Once the base is ready, make each part and attach it.
Using embroidery glue helps everything stick perfectly.
Add any decorations you like, such as beads or ribbons, then finally make a loop with embroidery thread.
Thread it through, and your ornament is complete.
How about making a gentle, heartwarming Christmas item?
gift box
One craft you should definitely teach kids who love origami is the present box.
This one is simply about making a square box out of origami paper.
If you use wrapping paper instead of origami paper, or attach small cut pieces of ribbon, it will look more polished.
You can display the finished present boxes on a surface, but hanging them from the ceiling like ornaments makes them stand out even more.
Making lots of them and lining them up is also adorable.
The method is easy, but it does take a bit of finesse, so be sure to give them a hand.
A snowman ornament made from Yakult containers
Many kids prefer cute decorations over stylish ones, right? That’s why I recommend a snowman ornament.
People often think making ornaments is difficult, but this snowman ornament is easy for anyone to make as long as you have a small lactic-acid drink bottle.
You won’t even need scissors, so it’s safe to let a child try making it on their own.
If you want to make it even cuter, you can add a little yarn hat and scarf.
You can also dab some blush on its cheeks to give it a more girlish look.
Star ornament with origami
Stars are an essential design element for decorations, such as placing one as the finishing touch on top of a Christmas tree.
This piece shows how to make versatile stars out of origami that can be used not only at Christmas but in many situations.
While you can simply cut out a star shape with scissors, we also recommend folding, adding slits, and shaping to create a three-dimensional star.
Another tip is that if you glue together two sheets of origami folded into a raised, star-like form, you can use them as a star-shaped decorative object.