It’s the last month of the year so that means it is time for some fabulous December crafts for kids! Here you will find some Christmas crafts as well as general Winter crafts! These are sure to keep your children occupied on snowy days at home, before their little fingers get frostbitten!
I have hundreds of easy crafts for kids on this site so I thought it would be a good idea to class all my December craft ideas together so that you can hand them to hand come the end of November. A simple bookmark of this page will mean you can revisit when you want some more craft directions.
The easy craft ideas I will feature here include Christmas trees, Gingerbread men and houses, Santa Claus, Rudolph and his other reindeer friends, elves (some naughty but all nice), Christmas ornaments, Christmas card crafts and lots more!!
Most of my December arts and crafts are for young children. Adults may enjoy making the popup cards and clay pot ornaments and pre-schoolers will be able to try the toilet roll crafts!
Some of my top easy craft ideas for December
Santa Countdown Clock – an advent calendar craft for children to help them countdown to 24th December
Clay Pot Reindeer – this is one of these Christmas crafts to sell, it is just so adorable! Perfect December crafting for kids and adults alike.
Christmas Angel Bookmark – cute Christmas bookmark idea for girls
Elf Christmas craft –Paper elf shoe craft for kids
Ballerina Christmas Ornament– I love Christmas ornament crafts such as this adorable Ballerina
Grinch Bookmark Craft – make the naughty Grinch this year
Christmas Handprint Card – handprint cards are great for little kids this Christmas
Find my complete list of December crafts below
It's the last month of the year so that means it is time for some fabulous December crafts for kids! Here you will find some Christmas crafts as well as general Winter crafts! These are sure to keep your children occupied on snowy days at home, before their little fingers get frostbitten! This Santa Countdown clock craft will help kids count the days down from Dec 1 until Christmas. A brilliant craft for December that can be used for weeks! This flower pot reindeer craft is a super painting craft for Christmas. You could easily sell these at a Christmas market but they are so adorable that you will want to keep them for yourself! Turn an old water bottle into a Christmas tree using some yarn and old buttons! One of the best Christmas crafts for December. Enjoy your festive reading with my Christmas Angel bookmark craft for kids. This easy bookmark idea can be made in less than 20 minutes using my craft directions and free printable template. Happy Christmas to Star Wars fans with this Christmas Baby Yoda puppet for kids. Learn how to make a paper Grogu with my easy craft directions and free printable template. These robin Christmas card crafts will help kids make a beautiful paper card to send to friends and family. Who does not love Robins at Christmas time?! This 3D Christmas tree card is simple to make using free craft directions! How classy does this bead Christmas decoration not look hanging on my Christmas tree! A great December craft for adults and kids alike. This clothes peg snowflake Christmas tree ornament is perfect Winter craft for children who love snow especially if you have lots of clothespins lying around! Gather some pinecones in your local forest, add some paint and glitter, voila you have your own mini-Christmas tree! Why not make an abundance of these and scatter them around the bottom of your tree or fireplace. Time to use your hands and turn them all festive with this cute Christmas tree craft, suitable for toddlers and pre-schoolers. This paper plate Grinch craft with Christmas tree and bag of stolen presents is the perfect Christmas craft for little kids. This Ballerina Christmas Ornament Craft is a great way to make some pretty Christmas tree decorations for December. Would make a nice thoughtful gift for a teacher. This Dollar Tree Gnome Ornament for Christmas is the perfect Christmas activity for Mum and kids to help make a beautiful decoration for your tree. I bet Grandma would love one of these too! This Santa train craft is an easy paper craft for kids this Christmas. It can also be used for pretend play afterwards. You could also stick this onto some card and make turn it into a Christmas card. This Elf and Elf shoe craft is a fun Christmas paper craft for kids. Take my printable template and colored craft papers and make an elf Christmas bookmark!! What name will you call your Elf? Pop up Gingerbread man Christmas card is a real crowd pleaser for kids and adults alike. Little girls will just adore this gingerbread flowerpot craft. When you finish a tub of pringles, do not bin the tube. Keep it and add some paint and cotton balls to make an adorable Gingerbread house. Christmas is associated with carols! Celebrate with some non-vocal carol singers made from toilet paper rolls. We all love candy canes at Christmas time and even better when we can transform them into a reindeer. This is an easy candy cane preschool craft for December. This Grinch craft with paper is the perfect easy Christmas craft for kids this December. Make a paper Grinch who will not steal your Christmas presents!! December Crafts for Kids
Perhaps you might want to revisit some of my crafts for November, or else go to my list of January crafts when you have completed these!
Want more December themed fun for kids
How about my Christmas word search or maybe a Christmas tree drawing for kids
I also have some great Christmas coloring pages in the form of penguin coloring as well as my Gnome Christmas cards to color
Which of these December crafts for kids is your favorite?
Hi there, I’m Laura an avid kids crafter with two little ones of my own to keep entertained! I have been doing kids crafts since 2018! Here at Easy Crafts for Kids you can find seasonal crafts for all age groups, as well as drawing tutorials, coloring pages and some other fun printables!