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These baby Christmas crafts would be the cutest and SO festive to do this holiday season!
Baby Christmas crafts are a super fun activity for mom and baby, not to mention an adorable keepsake or gift for friends and family! These are all really simple to do and will be a wonderful craft to look back on for all the years to come. You could even do one each year to watch how your little one changes and grows!
This post is all about baby Christmas crafts!
1. Handprint Christmas Tree Skirt
Materials needed:
- Tree skirt (recommended: cotton, linen, burlap, or denim)
- Cardboard or trash bag
- Paper plate for paint
- Acrylic paint + fabric medium or fabric paint
- Foam paintbrush
- Puff paint
What a special craft to do as a family! Good for kids of all ages, and such a sweet keepsake to use as your tree skirt for all the Christmas’s to come.
2. Handprint Elf Christmas Craft
Materials needed:
- White paper (recommended: cardstock or construction paper)
- Washable paint (recommended: green, beige, and a variety for Christmas lights)
- Cotton balls
- Googly eyes
- White school glue
- Markers
- Tiny pom poms
- Paint brushes
- Paper plate or cup
Two different options for how to make your elf with this craft! Would look great displayed in the house for some holiday decor.
3. Lil’ Reindeer Rudolph Handprint
Materials needed:
- Brown acrylic paint
- Rudolph craft template (free download on their website)
- Scissors
- Glue
- White paper (I like to use White cardstock-affiliate link for painted crafts because the paper is thicker and brighter white.)
- Paint brush (For handprint crafts I like to use soft and fluffy tipped paint brush like this one, 3/4 Paint Brush-affiliate link, because they transfer a lot of paint.)
How adorable is that Rudolph printable?! Give Rudolph an adorable set of antlers with your baby’s handprints for this Christmas craft.
4. Handprint Christmas Tree ornament
Materials needed:
- Clear plastic round ornament
- Acrylic paint
- Styrofoam balls (optional)
- Mod podge or craft sealant
- Paint brush
- Q-tip
- Ribbon (optional)
Ornaments are always a good keepsake! Make one every year as a tradition and watch those little handprints grow into big handprints. You can pass them down too!
5. Family Handprint Christmas Tree
Materials needed:
- Construction paper
- Glue
- Scissors
A great project that includes the whole family, and really highlights just how teeny your baby’s hands are! Too cute.
6. Marshmallow Clay Christmas Ornament
Materials needed:
This ornament craft comes from a kit so you have everything you need to make this handprint ornament with your little one.
7. Thumbprint Wreath Christmas Ornament
Materials needed:
- Table salt
- All purpose flour
- Water
- Food coloring
- Straw
- Ribbon/Decorations
- Hot glue
- 4×6 pictures on cardstock or photo paper
DIY your own ornament with salt dough dyed with food coloring!
8. Mistletoes Christmas Footprint Craft
Materials needed:
- Green washable paint
- Paintbrush
- White paper or cardstock
- Markers
- Laminating sheets or clear packing tape
- Scissors
- A hole punch
- Some extra string or leftover ribbon
Nothing sweeter than little baby toes! So of course they make for beyond adorable decor for the holidays.
Which Christmas craft do you plan to do with your baby? Whatever you pick, or if you pick all of them, it will be sure to be a fun memory with the family and a very sweet keepsake to have for all the years to come. Merry Christmas!
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