Spend just an hour or two creating a craft with a child, and you’ll see why moms, dads and teachers across the world love using crafts as a way to foster creativity in children. When it comes to the holidays, you can find Christmas craft ideas online that will help you come up with some amazing activities to do with your child.
If you ever searched online for Christmas crafts ideas for kids, then you know that while there are the usual large craft sites that offer children’s activity ideas around the year, there are few websites that devote a lot of web space specifically to Christmas.
The following resources are seven of the best online websites that offer the most Christmas craft ideas for children. If you visit any of these websites, you’ll discover an amazing list of some of the most creative and fun projects that you can work on with any child from age 4 to 10.
The Holiday Spot
The Holiday Spot is one of those hidden jewels that you didn’t realize was online until someone points you in the right direction. The design of the website isn’t entirely professional, but the content within the site is amazing.
A Holiday Spot Project
Categories here include Christmas gifts, paper cards, table decorations, tree decorations and much more. Many of these are so creative that even grown adults will enjoy making them. The projects are formatted in a clear and easy set of instructions with materials needed.
Danielle’s Place
Danielle’s Place is a wonderful craft site run by a Christian woman, and including all sorts of neat crafts and activities for kids. While much of the site is geared for Christian children, the Christmas crafts page is suited for any child that celebrates Christmas, regardless of religion.
Christmas Crafts for Kids
The page devoted to Christmas craft ideas is set up in a blog format where, as you scroll down the page, you’ll discover a long list of wonderful craft projects. Each idea details what you will need, and a set of clear instructions on how to complete each craft.
All Free Crafts
AllFreeCrafts is another one of those sites that you wouldn’t expect would have many useful resources because it’s so overloaded with ads. However, once you start scrolling you’ll discover an amazing library of wonderful Christmas craft ideas.
The Directory of Crafts
The main Christmas section has a whole list of crafts including a birch branch reindeer, a coat hanger christmas tree and a clay pot elf, just to name a few. Browsing through this list, you’re sure to find a great project idea to do with your child.
Kids Turn Central
Kids’ Turn Central is another one of those sites that are misleading. Obviously, the site is run by people with more skill with crafting than with web design, but once you start browsing you’ll discover just how special this website is.
PDF Activity Printouts
When you click on each of the craft idea links, a PDF file will open (make sure you have Adobe installed) that provides a high quality, professionally formatted craft instruction handout.
Crayola
While this list contains mostly non-commercial websites, Crayola deserves honorable mention for the excellent list of Christmas craft ideas offered on the Holiday Crafts section of the Crayola website.
Crayola Activity Instructions
In addition to the long, alphabetized list of projects, from a mosaic card to reindeer ornaments, you’ll find that each page is laid out in a way that makes the projects as easy to follow as possible.
All Crafts
AllCrafts is another one of those websites that’s devoted to everything to do with crafting. There are even sections for sewing, quilting, crochet and knitting. So, it makes sense that such as site would feature probably one of the best Christmas craft sites on the net – and it does.
AllCrafts Activity Instructions
Out of all of the sites, AllCrafts does the best in laying out not only the instructions for the craft, but even illustrations for each step.
Craftbits
Craftbits is a very fun site that’s set up in a blog format. However, the Christmas Crafts page is laid out in a webpage format featuring a very long list of craft ideas, such as Christmas gift soaps, a crochet gingerbread man and even a Christmas Pinata.
Featured Crafts
At the top of the page, you’ll see a scrolling gallery of featured Christmas crafts from throughout the site.
You could always head over to the usual sites where you’ll find crafts for kids, like Enchanged Learning or Fisher-Price, or you can go to Martha Stewart where you’re always guaranteed to find interesting craft ideas, but sometimes digging through the web a little deeper, you can discover some of the most wonderful, hidden jewels where you’ll find the greatest crafts for kids.
Christmas crafts are a perfect way to spend time with your kids this holiday season, so browse through some of these sites and pick out a few projects that you can do with your own child. If you do, you’ll not only be making crafts, you’ll be making memories that will last a lifetime.