Christmas Crafts

Fill your house with the sights and scents of the Christmas season with these wonderful Christmas craft ideas. These simple Christmas crafts you can make include fun and easy Christmas crafts for adults that can be made in only 15-minutes! From Christmas wreath crafts to holiday ornament crafts to Christmas decor crafts, one of these easy homemade Christmas crafts will be perfect for your home, or Christmas gift giving!

Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY

November 13, 2018 By Ann 3 Comments

Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY

Give your Christmas tree a personal touch and make your own ornaments this holiday season. Follow these step-by-step tutorial instructions to make this adorable Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament!

These would also be so cute on top of a present as a little “extra” gift. Just attach one under the bow, or even in place of the bow, when you give a Christmas gift.

Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY Materials:

• Mason Jar Lid Ring
• Tan Felt
• Christmas (holiday) Twine
• Small Googly Eyes
• Small Pink Buttons
• White Puffy Paint
• Scissors
• Cotton Balls
• Glue Gun
• Hot Glue Sticks
• Pencil

Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY Directions:

1. Loop a piece of twine through the lid ring and tie the ends into a knot.

2. Trade your lid ring onto a piece of tan felt and cut it out with scissors.
3. Carefully glue the tan circle into the back of the lid ring and turn your lid over to the front.

4. Carefully glue two googly eyes onto the front of the felt circle towards the top.
5. Now use your white puffy paint to draw a wavy circle around the putter edge of the felt circle and a wavy smiley face below the eyes.

6. Carefully glue one small pink button on each end of the smile and let your ornament dry.

7. Let your ornament dry overnight and hang by the Christmas Twine loop.

Yield: 1 Ornament

Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY

An adorable gingerbread man craft made from a mason jar lid. This simple craft comes together in about 15 minutes.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Difficulty easy

Estimated Cost 2.00

Materials

Mason Jar Lid Ring
Tan Felt
Christmas (holiday) Twine
Small Googly Eyes
Small Pink Buttons
White Puffy Paint

Tools

Scissors
Pencil
Glue Gun
Hot Glue Sticks

Instructions

1. Loop a piece of twine through the lid ring and tie the ends into a knot.

2. Trade your lid ring onto a piece of tan felt and cut it out with scissors.

3. Carefully glue the tan circle into the back of the lid ring and turn your lid over to the front.

4. Carefully glue two googly eyes onto the front of the felt circle towards the top.

5. Now use your white puffy paint to draw a wavy circle around the putter edge of the felt circle and a wavy smiley face below the eyes.

6. Carefully glue one small pink button on each end of the smile and let your ornament dry.

7. Let your ornament dry overnight and hang by the Christmas twine loop.

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If you like easy Mason jar lid ornament crafts you will want to make these too:

• Santa Claus Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY – Give your Christmas tree a personal touch and make your own ornaments this holiday season. Follow these step-by-step tutorial instructions to make this adorable Santa Claus Mason Jar Lid Ornament!

• Elf Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY – This easy to make Elf Mason jar lid ornament is simply adorable. This step by step tutorial has easy to follow directions so you can make one for your tree, to give as a gift, or to place on top of a present as a little something extra.

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Wooden Spoon Craft: Rudolph Spoon Puppet

October 30, 2018 By Ann Leave a Comment

Make your own Rudolph spoon for the holidays with these step by step instructions! From children to adults, this adorable little “reindeer” will be your favorite craft this holiday season.

Wooden Spoon Craft: Rudolph Spoon Puppet

These would be great for a kid’s puppet show (obviously) or to stick in floral foam as part of a centerpiece. If you have indoor herbs and spices growing, these would also be adorable to plop in the pot for Christmas decor!

You could also tie a candy around the stem, then cover with the ribbon, and use these as a cute little take home Christmas brunch or dinner favor. Add a name to that candy and it becomes a name card for your holiday dinner table!

Notes:

• All the materials necessary to make this easy little reindeer spoon craft can be purchased at at JoAnn, Michaels, or Hobby Lobby

• The dollar stores sell wooden spoons and googly eyes.

• The dollar stores sell Christmas ribbon.

• You could use brown chalk paint (as it dries very quickly) and draw faces on the spoons with chalk if you like.

Wooden Spoon Craft: Rudolph Spoon Puppet Materials:

• Wooden Cooking Spoon
• Paint Palette or Paper Plate or Other Small Paint Holder
• Brown Paint
• Paintbrush
• Googly Eyes
• Small Red Craft Pom Pom
• Black Marker
• 2 Black Pipe Cleaners
• Holiday Ribbon
• Glue Gun (low temp)
• Hot Glue
• Scissors

Wooden Spoon Craft: Rudolph Spoon Puppet Directions:

• Cover your work surface in case of spills. You can use a disposable tablecloth, cardboard, newspaper, etc. If your children are doing this craft, you really want that work surface covered!
• Use brown craft paint to paint all sides of a wooden cooking spoon.

• Once the paint has dried, attach two googly eyes to the front of the face towards the top.

• Use a glue gun to attach a small red craft pom pom just below the eyes on the front of your spoon.

• With a black marker, make a small circle shape for the reindeer’s mouth just below the red pom pom nose.

• Cut one longer section and two shorter sections from a black pipe cleaner. Repeat the process with the other black pipe cleaner.

• Shape the longer sections of pipe cleaner into an antler shape, and attach the smaller sections of pipe cleaner to each of them to form antler-like projections from the main piece. These will be Rudolph’s antlers.

• Attach the antlers to the back of the wooden spoon with hot glue, place one antler on each side of the reindeer’s head.

• Tie a piece of holiday colored ribbon around the bottom of the top portion of the spoon like it was being placed around Rudolph’s neck. This will serve as his scarf.

Yield: 1 Spoon Puppet

Wooden Spoon Craft: Rudolph Spoon Puppet

Make your own Rudolph spoon for the holidays with these step by step instructions! From children to adults, this adorable little "reindeer" will be your favorite craft this holiday season.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Additional Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Difficulty easy

Estimated Cost 3.00

Materials

Wooden Cooking Spoon
Paint Palette or Paper Plate or Other Small Paint Holder
Brown Paint
Paintbrush
Googly Eyes
Small Red Craft Pom Pom
Black Marker
2 Black Pipe Cleaners
Holiday Ribbon

Tools

Glue Gun (low temp)
Hot Glue
Scissors

Instructions

Cover your work surface in case of spills. You can use a disposable tablecloth, cardboard, newspaper, etc. If your children are doing this craft, you really want that work surface covered!
Use brown craft paint to paint all sides of a wooden cooking spoon.
Once the paint has dried, attach two googly eyes to the front of the face towards the top.
Use a glue gun to attach a small red craft pom pom just below the eyes on the front of your spoon.
With a black marker, make a small circle shape for the reindeer's mouth just below the red pom pom nose.
Cut one longer section and two shorter sections from a black pipe cleaner. Repeat the process with the other black pipe cleaner.
Shape the longer sections of pipe cleaner into an antler shape, and attach the smaller sections of pipe cleaner to each of them to form antler-like projections from the main piece. These will be Rudolph's antlers.
Attach the antlers to the back of the wooden spoon with hot glue, place one antler on each side of the reindeer's head.
Tie a piece of holiday colored ribbon around the bottom of the top portion of the spoon like it was being placed around Rudolph’s neck. This will serve as his scarf.

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If you would like to make more spoon crafts you may want to make these:

• DIY Floating Spoon Flowers – These floating plastic spoon flowers look pretty floating in a pool or bowl of water at night. Add them to an outdoor pond, fountain, or indoor body of water for a pretty floating flower that lights up! They are simple to make, and you can make them match the colors in your party theme or backyard flowers.

• Wooden Spoon Craft: Turkey Spoon Puppet – Using these step-by-step instructions, this simple to make Turkey Spoon Puppet Craft comes together in no time flat! Perfect to use as a puppet, or for more adult decor in centerpieces or flower pots, of as a take home party favor, this adorable wooden spoon craft is a delightful Thanksgiving turkey craft.

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Easy Birdcage Decor: Winter White Flowers

October 25, 2018 By Ann 3 Comments

Have an old birdcage lying about that you would like to repurpose into a beautiful decor piece? This wonderful winter white birdcage decorating idea is a lovely DIY decorating piece for the holidays and beyond. This tells the story of a bird that has left the cage to fly south for the winter. His (or her) nest is empty, and he (or she) is off to parts unknown. This is not only a lovely winter piece, but it could also be used for wedding decor, a centerpiece, a front foyer piece (I always decorate my foyer!) or you could hang it as an empty birdcage in a Florida room or family room.

If you really want a bird in this piece, simply clip one to the outside of the cage for him to get back inside.

This easy birdcage decoration crosses over many types of decor: from farmhouse craft, to shabby chic, to Christmas or winter decor – even wedding centerpieces, this beautiful little birdcage will fit a multitude of decorative design ideas.

Easy Birdcage Decor: Winter White Flowers

Notes

• If your birdcage is not already white, antique white, rustic white, make certain you spray paint it white (or whatever color you choose) and allow it to dry completely before moving on to the bird’s nest and flowers.

• This birdcage decor is all about hiding the foam. There is no right or wrong way to make this beautiful little craft. If you prefer blush colored roses, use those! You could also do this in gold, silver, or blue & gold for the holidays.

• You can buy a rustic-looking white birdcage at JoAnn, Michaels, or Hobby Lobby just about anytime of the year. Or, search through consignment stores in your area for authentic old birdcages. While this is a small birdcage there is no reason you cannot adapt the “story” and flower decorations to fit a larger birdcage.

• The evergreen you purchase can be green, or white crystals/flocked to simulate snowy tips.

• This was made a side table piece. You can definitely hang it with a piece of white ribbon (match the roses!)

Easy Birdcage Decor: Winter White Flowers Materials:

Note: how many flowers and other floral materials you need is dependant on the size of your birdcage.

• Birdcage
• Bird Nest (scaled to size to fit your birdcage)
• Floral Foam
• Glue Gun
• Hot Glue Sticks
• Wire Cutters
• Winter Berries (gold was used to match the gold trim on the roses)
• Winter White Roses
• Icy Floral (for snow/ice)
• Golden Baby Breath
• Pine Cones

Easy Birdcage Decor: Winter White Flowers Directions:

• Start with a white birdcage. Spray paint, and allow to dry if necessary.

• Insert floral foam into cage.
• Place the bird’s nest on top of the floral foam.
• Close the birdcage.
• Now, eyeball what height you want for your nest. Cut down the floral foam to fit the height (and width) you need.

• Once you have cut down the floral foam, make certain it fits in the space you eyeballed – if it does fit, hot glue in place. If it does not yet fit, take off some more floral foam. Remember it is better to take less off and cut twice than take too much floral foam off the first time.
• Hot glue the nest on top of the floral foam.

• Cut down and insert evergreen to surround the nest. You will see the original stems.
• Start to fill in the birdcage around the floral foam and nest with floral and evergreen (or berries) – you want this to look like the bird is simply out of town for the winter – so some overgrowth, and a little snow.

• You can insert your pieces into the floral foam, or insert the floral pieces into the foam and then hot glue them in place.

• This is a busy floral arrangement. Again, you want to make certain you are covering the floral foam completely, and any cut stems that may show, but not the bird’s nest.

• Layer some floral, golden baby breath, and pine cones so it forms a winter-bower for the bird’s nest.

• Attach a cascade of winter white roses to the exterior of the birdcage and hot glue in place.

• Attach some rose leaves to the rose cascade and hot glue them to the cage/roses.

• Check your piece for any holes or bare spots. Cover any remaining ones with berries.

This is a pretty quick craft taking under 30 minutes to make. The most time you will spend if deciding on height and placement of the foam, nest, and floral pieces.

This beautiful birdcage decor is very easy to make. We (royal we as it was my niece’s idea) went with winter white and it looks spectacular in person. The roses chosen have a gold trim, and that meant that the foliage was gold. You do not have to follow the gold motif, red for winter would be fabulous too!

Yield: 1

Easy Birdcage Decor: Winter White Flowers

Prep Time 30 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Difficulty easy

Estimated Cost 20.00

Materials

Bird Cage
Bird Nest
Floral Foam
Winter Berries (gold was used to match the gold trim on the roses)
Winter White Roses
Icy Floral (for snow/ice)
Golden Baby Breath
Pine Cones

Tools

Cutters
Hot Glue Gun
Hot Glue

Instructions

1. Start with a white bird cage. Spray paint, and allow to dry if necessary.

2. Insert floral foam into cage.

3. Place the bird's nest on top of the floral foam.

4. Close the bird cage.

5. Now, eyeball what height you want for your nest. Cut down the floral foam to fit the height (and width) you need.

6. Once you have cut down the floral foam, make certain it fits in the space you eyeballed - if it does fit, hot glue in place. If it does not yet fit, take off some more floral foam. Remember it is better to take less off and cut twice than take too much floral foam off the first time.

7. Hot glue the nest on top of the floral foam.

8. Cut down and insert evergreen to surround the nest. You will see the original stems.

9. Start to fill in the bird cage around the floral foam and nest with floral and evergreen (or berries) - you want this to look like the bird is simply out of town for the winter - so some overgrowth, and a little snow.

10. You can insert your pieces into the floral foam, or insert the floral pieces into the foam and then hot glue them in place.

11. This is a busy floral arrangement. Again, you want to make certain you are covering the floral foam completely, and any cut stems that may show, but not the bird's nest.

12. Layer some floral, golden baby breath, and pine cones so it forms a winter-bower for the bird's nest.

13. Attach a cascade of winter white roses to the exterior of the bird cage and hot glue in place.

14. Attach some rose leaves to the rose cascade and hot glue them to the cage/roses.

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If you are looking for more winter decor, you will want to check out these beautiful crafts:

• Snowflake Bead Wreath Craft DIY – This is a beautiful snowflake wreath that is perfect for door decor in the chilly winter months. You can fully customize this snowflake bead wreath for color, and ornaments. Simple to make, this lovely Snowflake Bead Wreath Craft is a real conversation piece.

• Easy DIY Pine Cone Wreath – Create a beautiful wreath with painted pine cones. Fabulous as fall, winter or spring decor, this Easy DIY Pine Cone Wreath is highly customizable. Step by step instructions make the entire process simple. You will be thrilled with the results of this inexpensive craft project!

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Christmas Crafts

Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY

Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY

Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY Materials:

Gingerbread Man Mason Jar Lid Ornament DIY Directions:

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Wooden Spoon Craft: Rudolph Spoon Puppet

Wooden Spoon Craft: Rudolph Spoon Puppet

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Easy Birdcage Decor: Winter White Flowers

Easy Birdcage Decor: Winter White Flowers

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Easy Birdcage Decor: Winter White Flowers

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