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Kids Winter Crafts and Activities

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Sometimes in the winter, the weather can trap you inside. With these winter activities and crafts, you can make masterpieces and enjoy winter again! via @irishtwinsmom11Sometimes in the winter, the weather can trap you inside. With these winter activities and crafts, you can make masterpieces and enjoy winter again! via @irishtwinsmom11

In the winter months in Virginia, it is sometimes snowing, but oftentimes it is cold (temperatures between the 20s and 50s). This does not stop my family from being busy as we have the holidays and several birthdays, including Christian’s, Jack’s, and Luke’s that we must celebrate.

Here is a great list of fun winter crafts and activities you can do as a family:

  • Make Holiday Cookies

You may say that making Christmas cookies or holidays is just standard, but did you know that you could make extra and donate them? I have learned that if you enjoy baking but don’t want to leave the temptations at home, you can donate them to your local church on Sunday mornings for people to enjoy after mass.

  • Wreaths

Burlap and construction paper wreath that is sure to be welcoming and creative.

  • Ornaments

Santa Salt Dough Handprint Ornament– A handprint Father Christmas makes a truly adorable homemade first Christmas ornaments! Children grow so quickly, it’s nice to capture a permanent reminder of how tiny the children’s little hands are.santa hanprint christmas craft for kids

Homemade Cinnamon Ornaments – All you need is 2 ingredients to make these super simple and easy Homemade Cinnamon Ornaments! A great DIY holiday craft or fun Christmas gift for both kids and adults to make and customize!Homemade Cinnamon Ornaments | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 All you need is 2 ingredients to make these super simple and easy Homemade Cinnamon Ornaments! A great DIY holiday craft or fun Christmas gift for both kids and adults to make and customize!

Santa Ball Ornament – When you want to make something cute for the holidays, create this easy Santa ball ornament craft.christmas santa ball ornament craft

Glitter Ornaments – These are perfect for adding some sparkle to your tree and are 100% customizable!Ribbed Glitter Ornament

Lego Christmas Ornament – If you have LEGOs, you have all the materials to make fabulous Christmas ornaments! This LEGO candy cane Christmas ornament is easy to make. Your little LEGO builders will have lots of fun building a small army of candy canes for your tree.

  • Popsicle Crafts

Elf Popsicle Craft – It’s a fun Christmas craft that makes a cute ornament.

Elf Popsicle stick craft for kids

Santa Popsicle Hats– Your kids will love how simple this cute Christmas craft for kids is to make. You only need three supplies, in addition to scissors and glue! To make these adorable Santa hats, you’ll need red craft sticks, cotton balls, and red construction paper.

This adorable Santa hat craft is the perfect Christmas craft for kids from Hunny I'm Home DIY | Santa hat craft ideas | Santa hat craft preschool | Santa hat craft for kids | Santa hat craft kids | Christmas crafts for kids to make | Christmas craft DIY | Christmas crafts for kids #Christmas #craftsforkids #Christmascrafts

  • Construction Paper Crafts

Snowflakes– Fold white construction horizontally and vertically, then make cuts and unfold to have a beautiful.

Handprint Rudolph – Kids love making handprint crafts, and since Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, is one of the most iconic characters of the Christmas season, we knew we needed to start with him.Handprint raindeers

Handprint Santa Claus – One of our favorite things about making handprint crafts is how easy and cheap they are to make. You’ll need a few standard household craft supplies and our free template for this craft! Handprint Santa

Footprint Penguin -With winter in full swing, we decided to turn a footprint into a silly, lovable penguin, complete with giant eyes and a beak that opens up. Penguin craft for kids #kids #kidscrafts #kidsactivities

  • Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

Santa Binoculars -This Santa Binoculars craft is perfect for the upcoming Christmas holiday! Your little one will love using them to “spy” Santa! Santa Binoculars Christmas Craft

Toilet Roll Santa Claus– It’s super easy to get this craft done from start to finish thanks to our free printable template. All you need to do is download it, cut and get crafting!
Toliet Paper Roll Santa Claus

Paper Roll Olaf – Disney’s Frozen has taken the world by storm for the second time as Frozen 2 was just released! It became an instant classic that kids (and adults) just can’t get enough of!Olaf Toilet Paper Roll

  • Felt Crafts

Christmas Photo Ornaments – This craft is perfect for kids to make homemade gifts. What grandparent, aunt or uncle would not love a homemade tree ornament filled with a picture of their loved one!

Nativity Felt Ornaments – Making these adorable holy family felt Christmas ornaments has been on our list all year. Even better, the pattern is so versatile and usable for many different nativity crafts.

Kids felt Christmas Tree- I’ve created this felt Christmas tree to try to entertain her. It is the perfect alternative for her to touch and play with (without destroying the real Christmas tree, no doubt that will still happen, but maybe this will buy me five or six minutes of peace).

  • Pipe Cleaner Crafts

Candy Cane Ornaments – These are super easy, and quick. As long as I made sure the one-year-old didn’t put them in her mouth, she could “do it,” too!Christmas Crafts for Busy Moms - This DIY candy cane ornament is the perfect quick craft to do with your kids for Christmas time! #thebusymomclub #busymom #christmascrafts #easychristmascraft #christmascraftswithkids

Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes – It requires little to no actual artistic skills to complete, which I love! It’s easy enough for young children and can be modified in difficulty for older kids. Plus, this craft doubles as a Christmas tree ornament!

  • Outdoor Winter Activites

    1. Build a Snowman out of the snow
    2. Sledding
    3. Snow tubing
    4. Snow Angels
    5. Skiing
    6. Snowboarding
    7. Ice Skating
    8. Snowball fighting
    9. Ice Fishing
  • Other Winter Activities & Crafts

Frozen Slime – This beautiful glittery slime is great for Winter-themed sensory play without the use of Borax! no text pin sparkly slime

Rock Painting – Options are endless with rock painting, and you can find them anywhere. These adorable Penguin Painted Rocks make perfect winter decor for your home!

Santa Sensor Bottle – Sensory bottles are a type of sensory play, which is an experience designed to stimulate a child’s senses. sensory water bottles for Christmas made to look like Santa

Penguin Puppet – Little penguins are the cutest! Every time we visit a zoo that has penguins, my kids have been fascinated by them. There’s something inherently silly and fun about them that kids just love!
Penguin Puppets

I hope you enjoy these activities this winter as I will be trying to make a lot of there.

I hope everyone has a magnificent Christmas and New Year!

Sincerely,

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  1. Erin

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    Lots of fun ideas! Thank you!

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  2. Britt

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    You’ve got some adorable ideas here, I LOVE craft time with the nieces and nephews! I have to say, in looking at the glitter balls all I could think about was the glitter bomb that would cause in my living room in the process hahaha

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    • The Irish Twin's Momma

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      Of course! My husband was not so thrilled that our boys had more glitter on them then in the ornaments when we made them. LOL I had a blast though.

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  3. Rachel Roy

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    These are fantastic activities for families with young children. Thank you!

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