Making Christmas decorations with children

"Loving craft ideas for the happy festival"

The house is festively decorated for Christmas. Lights, stars and angels spread a contemplative atmosphere and contribute to the Advent mood. The great thing: creative Christmas decorations and winter decorations can be easily with the right oneCraft material Tinker yourself. And the children can also participate in the implementation of fabulous craft ideas.

The best joy is anticipation - especially in the Christmas season

Christmas decorations with children is a nice thing. Of course, the little ones are excited as soon as the beautiful Advent season comes closer. Everything shines and shines and of course the anticipation for the Christmas presents cannot be tamed.

The most beautiful joy is anticipation

The most beautiful joy is anticipation

If there are gray and cold at this time and the days are gray and cold, then there are cozy handicraft afternoons to make imaginative Christmas decoration yourself and linger in a contemplative mood. No matter whether fir green, snowflakes or Santa Clauses - there are extraordinarily large number of craft ideas for enchanting Christmas decorations.

With our tips for tree decorations, table decorations or decorations for window sills, you conjure up an appropriate, solemn ambience.

Classic for children: Small Santa Clauses

Nikolaus figures are indispensable from the Christmas and winter decorations and represent wonderfully classic decorations that can be made in a simple way.

You need for this Christmas decoration:

  • A desired number of toilet paper rolls
  • Red Nuscheli
  • Black lens pearls
  • White wood pearls in different sizes
  • Thread cord
  • Bell
  • Cotton

Co -coat the cardboard rolls

So that Nikolaus is pretty to look at, first cut the red Nscheli into strips. These should be as wide as the roles. Now wrap the cardboard roll with several layers. You fix the first with a little craftsman.

Lentil pearls 10mm around black 

Face and details on the Christmas decoration

For the eyes, simply use the black lentil beads. With the help of the cotton wool, which you simply attach with liquid adhesive.

Gloeckchen painted small Wood pearls 10mm white

Belt from white pearls

For decoration, thread white wooden beads into a short chain. They then place them once or three times, depending on the favor and length of the chain, around Santa Claus. At the end, attach a small bell. Complete!

Christmas candle holder

Sophisticated light is inseparable from Christmas. Fragrant candles can be found on every set table when the delicious roast is caught. To offer candles the appropriate place, you should definitely make a few candle holders as Christmas decorations. The children can actively participate here.

Christmas candle holder at Christmas dinner

Christmas candle holder at Christmas dinner

We need the following materials for this:

  • Different, empty glasses
  • Nuscheli in green, white and red
  • Decosand or very fine pebbles
  • Fir green
  • Craft wire
  • Small lens beads mixed
  • Candles

Wrap the glasses with fabric

The snuggling are first cut into small strips. You can work with one or more colors at this point. Now wrap the stripes around the glass. You are welcome to wrap some crisscross. It seems more alive.

 

Fill glasses

Now fill the glasses with decorative sand or very fine pebbles so that only a small edge remains.

Candles and fir green

Now put the candle in the sand or gravel. The fir green is simply put in or they just put it on. Now the Christmas decorations are great. Only a few details are missing.

Lentil pearls 10mm around 33 colors

Set accents with a small lens bead chain

To beautify the Christmas decoration, make small chains with the colorful lens pearls. Thread the pearls on the handicraft wire. Here the imagination can give a little free rein. In the end, simply place the chains around the glasses. Knot the end of the wire so that the chain holds.

Our tips for successful Christmas tree decorations

Refine pine cones with pearls

The pine cones look beautiful by nature and must not be missing from the Christmas decoration or the winter decoration. To finish them a little, take a few small wooden beads in different colors and glue them onto the cones using hot glue. These colorful cones give the Christmas tree completely new accents.

Tinker with pine cones

Tinker with pine cones

Christmas decorations with pearl chains instead of Lametta

The Christmas tree is often decorated with lametta. How about decorating it as an alternative with a few chic pearl chains? Children can also make this Christmas jewelry quickly and easily. You don't need any more than thread cords and various Wooden handicrafts Or plastic in shapes and sizes of your choice.

This is how it is done

Thread the chains on the length you want. The chains are hung individually over the branches. As for the choice of colors, it is up to you whether you put contrasts or orientate yourself to the rest of the tree decorations.

Wooden beads

Beautify old Christmas tree balls with crochet beads

Do you still have Christmas tree balls that you can decorate something? Whether old or very simple balls. With the pretty crochet beads they can be wonderfully complemented. The soft Handicrafts can be easily glued on. A great, quick handicraft idea for children.

Haekelperlen baby blue Haekelperlen Cassis Haekelperlen dark blue

Tinker winter decorations: Our tip for children

Winter is a central topic for every Christmas decoration. That is why corresponding decoration is characterized by picturesque snow landscapes or white covered firs. For winter decorations it is advisable to tinker snow clouds.

We need this:

  • Subsidiary residues/ wool/ socks
  • White Nuscheli
  • Cords
  • White crochet pearls

Make the clouds for the winter decoration

Take either a few remnants of fabric, used socks or wool and shape a cloud from it by folding the fabric into a shapely ball. Now take the white Nuscheli and put the ball in. You can use the Nuscheli a little more generously. Close the fabric package and simply put on a small line at the top so that you can hang up the cloud later.

Faedelschnur 10m-Stueck white Haekelperlen white

Tinker snowflakes

From the thick snow clouds it sneakes. To do this, thread the white crochet beads into different lengths and then attach them to the bottom of the cloud.

Get inspiration - now the handicrafts start with children

Winter decoration and Christmas decorations tinker with children - this is a great job that is small and great fun. Our versatile handicraft tips have now given some input. Now all you have to do is open and put the ideas into practice with your offspring.

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