Christmas crafts - the most beautiful ideas for all ages
When it's cold outside, it's snowing and we're approaching Christmas, we'll be in a hobby. And we let our imagination run free: We crochet and work, we glue, decorate and fold. The result is chic Christmas tree ornaments, magical nativity scenes and Christmas angels? as gifts or decoration.
Christmas decoration: craft ideas
You can easily make your Christmas decorations yourself: Paint Christmas tree baubles, crochet bells, make pine cones or pendants yourself - Christmassy mood comes with these craft ideas.
Christmas crafts with crafting instructions
Making advent calendars yourself is a great gift for friends and family - which you can fill according to preferences, For the individual doors you can use very different materials:Glasses, boxes, milk cartons, Spandosen or you sew the subjects themselves.
Make Christmas cards yourself
To make Christmas cards yourself, you need blank folding cards. Decorate them with colorful masking tape as a candle and paint another flame, This crafting instructions can also be tinkered well with children.
Less colorful, but just as cute is a Christmas card with reindeer. For this crafting instructions you need next to the folding cards still some red color for the nose and darker pens for eyes and antlers.
You take in this idea fabric tape, preferably in Christmas colors like green or red. You make two opposite holes from the inside to the front of the card. The distance becomes smaller and smaller, then you pull the threads through there, At the top you knot the ends together.
Christmas crafts with children
After the autumn crafts, children's Christmas is now very popular with children. Make sure your ideas match the age of the child. Painting pine cones or making stars out of wooden sticks is suitable for small children, larger ones can also paint Christmas balls or cut out fir trees.Of course, having fun is the most important thing. And the grandparents are sure to enjoy the homemade things as Christmas presents: the cute snowmen will not only make children's eyes shine.
For smaller children lighter crafting instructions such as the little gnomes of cardboard, handprint and colored paper are easy to copy.
Paper crafting
Paper is versatile and you do not need much experience or special tools in making Christmas with this material. Christmas angels and poinsettias are especially successful, Ever wanted to make a froebel star? That's not as hard as you might think! Of course, you can also start a crafting tutorial with a different version and template.
Craft ideas with natural materials
Whether wood, salt dough or cinnamon sticks? All these natural materials can be wonderfully used for Christmas crafts. From a few wooden sticks, for example, you can make an atmospheric crib.
Wood
Christmas crafts for hanging: The star needs next to wooden balls, only flower wire and a leather strap.
salt dough
Out salt dough many things can be conjured. And for the salt dough recipe to make yourself, you only need three ingredients:
- 2 cups of flour
- 1 cup salt
- 1 cup of water
Mix the flour with the salt and then add the water. Known everything to a smooth dough before you process it. The consistency is optimal if the mass does not stick to the hands.
By the way: You can find out how to make candles or make Christmas balls on our theme page.
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