4 Holiday Crafts You Can Do With Your Children

By :- Kate, On November 6, 2015 in ::-Children

Spending time together with family members is a favorite pastime during the holidays each year. You can make the most of your time together by bringing out your creative sides and making crafts with your kids that will bring the holiday spirit.

Summer Holiday Crafts

When school is out for the summer, kids often enjoy being outside in the swimming pool, on the baseball field, or playing with friends. For some rainy day fun, pull out the materials to make a fun and festive 4th of July decoration. Younger children can use their fingerprints to create the American flag, or use old toilet paper rolls and streamers to create a custom firework. Your kids might like to make 4th of July visors or fans to stay cool while they are watching a parade.

Spooky Halloween Ideas

Halloween is a fun holiday for kids of all ages, since they get to dress up and parade through the neighborhood, while collecting tasty treats. Help your children get into the Halloween spirit by doing traditional crafts, such as painting or carving pumpkins and making costumes. You can also find unique decorations for the home that kids can make, including mummy candy holders, tote bags for trick-or-treating, or pumpkin picture frames to display photos from celebrations over the years. If you are planning a party, enlist your children to help make festive witch hat piñatas as favors.

Wintertime Festivities

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When the weather turns chilly, we know that Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner. You can help bring a thankful mood into your home by creating simple turkeys out of construction paper, with each of the feathers containing something for which the child is thankful. Christmas brings fun craft ideas as well, from simple ornaments and paper wreaths to jingle bell hair clips and notepads that your kids can give as gifts. You can also add light to the décor in your home with a festive etched glass block that contains a strand of lights. Shop for lights for holiday crafts at ChristmasLightsEtc.com.

Easter Celebration

Kids love the excitement of the Easter Bunny, who usually brings a basket filled with treats and toys on this holiday. Since it is a religious holiday, you can choose crafts that fit with this theme. There are also plenty of ideas that involve bunnies and chicks, eggs, and baskets, so you have some freedom when it comes to choosing Easter craft projects for your family.

Safety First

When it comes to doing crafts with kids, be sure to choose simple options to prevent injury. If you do choose a more complex craft, help out by having items ready and available. For example, those who create the glass blocks with their family members may want to have the blocks pre-drilled to simplify the process and keep little hands safe.

Making crafts together is a fun way to strengthen relationships with your children while making memories about the holiday traditions in your home. You can also continue to use the crafts as decorations for years to come, allowing your children to share these with their future children as well.