Christmas is the season of vibrancy and fun. It is the festivity that brings joy to the hearts of kids and adults alike. The time of merriment is celebrated in grandeur and gorgeous manner. The month of vacation is a reason for kids to engage in activities that are full of frolic and laughter.
As parents, you are recommended to spend more time with your children during the vacation period. You can involve them in activities which concern household chores. To dodge the monotony, you can ask them to help you design easy and fun craft designs which will adorn the walls on Christmas night. Kids will surely feel appreciated and welcomed if you provide them with the opportunity to help you with the home decorations.
This will instil the feeling of joy and a sense of belonging in them. The child will be able to realise that her presence in the house is important and adds value to the home. Kids face the crisis of abandonment and suffer in silence. Engaging in fun Christmas art and craft ideas will help you to bond with them in this festive season.
So what are you waiting for? Let's get into the ideas which you can use to inspire the kids to spend quality time in the household and learn new skills.
1. Paper plate Santas.
This is the easiest way to design Christmas decorations with kids. You can simply collect some paper plates and paint them in vibrant and bright shades. Incorporate the face of Santa and cotton to add an extra touch of creativity. You can punch a hole at the top and your handmade wall hanging is ready for the evening of celebration. This kind of art idea helps you to recycle and reuse old items that are lying around the garage.
The method is safe for the kid and eco friendly as well. You can also try to design a bunch of these paper plate Santas and fasten each of them to a continuous string. The whole set will be useful when you are wishing to deck up the railings of the staircases or the empty wall in the corridor.
2. Ice cream sticks to make Christmas trees.
Another brilliant and colourful idea for Christmas home decoration is the usage of ice cream sticks to design miniature Christmas trees. The kids can use these to decorate their rooms and add a touch of self creativity to the atmosphere. Painting the ice cream sticks and then using adhesive to join them one after the other in angels will create a 3D Christmas tree that can further be decorated with shimmering glitters and sequins.
You can also use this one for sticking a childhood picture on one of the sides and fastening it to a hook with a string.
3. Handmade greeting cards.
During the season of festivity, it is a common practice to send Christmas Cards and New Year's good wishes to relatives and friends. Instead of buying fancy readymade cards, you can ask your child to design you a couple of cards for the lovely relatives. They will certainly feel enthusiastic to help you with the project. You can use paper quills to decorate the outer cover and ask them to draw events of Christmas Eve or items symbolising Santa on the insides.
Personalised and handmade items are very much appreciated among everyone and it portrays a sense of warmth and affection towards them.
4. Santa calendars.
This kind of calendar can be prepared in myriad patterns. Either you can carve the face of Santa on a chart paper and use the bearded region to stick the numbers or you can cut out small number cards each with a unique pattern of reminders, the face of Santa, sometimes a couple of trees, stars or gingerbread man faces. Attach all the pieces to a singular long string and hang the calendar on the refrigerator with the help of a magnet or tape it to the kitchen walls.
5. Santa customised fridge magnet.
Another mesmerizing and easy trick of Christmas craft is the creation of fridge magnets. And this can be made out of entire junk items. The old CDs can be used to decorate and paint their surface to form the base. You can draw figures with permanent markers or use glass paints. After the thing dries up, you can simply fix a small magnet behind and attach the creative fridge to your refrigerator and put the artistic skills of your child on display for everyone to admire.
Other junk objects and recyclable pieces can be used to design beautiful Christmas decorations out of them. You can use the old glass bottles to first paint the base and then use them for setting up small climbers on the kitchen table or adjust fairy lights and put them on display on the dinner table.