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Christmas trees show up everywhere this time of year, which makes them the perfect place to start when kids are ready to make something festive. A simple craft can turn into a quiet afternoon activity, a classroom project, or a way to use up odds and ends from the craft bin. These Christmas Tree Crafts for Kids keep things flexible, easy, and fun, letting kids create something seasonal without needing a long list of supplies or lots of prep.
Some days call for glitter and glue, while others just need paper, crayons, and a little imagination. Christmas tree crafts can be as simple or as detailed as you want, which makes them easy to fit into busy days, holiday parties, or last-minute plans. The focus stays on creating, not perfection, and the end results are always a little different, just like the kids making them.
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Easy Christmas Tree Craft for Kids to Make
These are perfect for making easy DIY Christmas trees!
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Yarn Christmas Trees
Yarn Christmas Trees are super adorable to display!
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DIY Scandinavian Felt Christmas Trees
Check out how cool and fun these trees are!
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Christmas Tree Ball Painting {Visual Sensory Activity}
The kids will have a blast painting their very own tree.
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Christmas Tree Sun Catchers
Christmas Tree Sun Catchers are a great crafts for kids to make and can really light up a room!
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Recycle Christmas Tree Craft
Teach Me Mommy has the cutest recycle crafts tree that can be made by little hands and set in little rooms!
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Christmas Tree Craft for Preschoolers
Creative Crafts for Kids hooks us up with a free printable standing tree pattern and directions on making and decorating it!
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Sticker Christmas Tree Craft for Kids
Do you have a ridiculous stash of stickers like Hands on as We Grow? Dig them out and let the kids make this cute Paper Christmas Tree Craft!
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Preschool Christmas Crafts
This trio of Triangles is a great way to work on shape recognition and get some home decorations for this Holiday Season!
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Torn Wrapping Paper Christmas Trees
Torn Wrapping Paper Trees – huh? This is such a fun way for you to use up those extra bits of paper!
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5 Easy Paper Christmas Tree Crafts for Kids
Do It Yourself with these fun Paper Christmas Trees from the Kids Activities Blog!
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A Christmas Tree of Hearts
Fun Littles shows us how to make the most adorable paper heart tree!
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Handmade Christmas Tree Cards Kids Can Make
These Handmade Christmas Cards are a great way to #1 save money and #2 give a bit of your kids' art to friends and family!
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Christmas Around the World: Scotland
Learn about Scotland's Christmas Traditions and even learn to make an adorable paper Christmas Tree in this post from Living Montessori Now.
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Christmas Around the World: Uganda
Here Come the Girls shows us how to create decorations Uganda Style in her Christmas Around the World series!
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Cute DIY Button Christmas Tree Ornament
What do you get when you dig in the craft box for buttons and felt? These cute ornaments from Hands on as We Grow!
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Lacing Tree Ornaments for Toddlers
I love the fact that these lacing tree ornaments aren't just fin but also improve motor skills in little ones!
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Scented Salt Dough Decorations
Mix up a batch of scented, yes SCENTED salt dough for these decorations!
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Twig Tree Ornaments for Kids to Make
These frugal Twiggy Tree ornaments are made using sticks from the yard and a few other decorations – too cute, Happy Hooligans!
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Play Doh Ornaments
I love to create stuff from play dough and keep it forever! There's Just one Mommy shows us some cutesy pet themed ornaments and how to make them!
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Candy Cane Reindeer
I remember making Candy Cane Reindeer ornaments like these from Crystal and Company many years ago when I was little. They are fun to make, yummy to eat, and cute to boot!
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Gorgeous Tin Foil Christmas Tree Ornaments
These Tinfoil Tree Ornaments certainly got a bit bedazzled! Aren't they cute?
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Star Ornament for Kids
All it takes is some Popsicle sticks and a few other crafty goodies to make these adorable personalized stars from Powerful Mothering!
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Puzzle Piece Frame
If you have kids, chances are you have puzzles that are missing pieces – recycle those pieces into this adorable Puzzle Piece Frame!
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DIY Metallic Paper Christmas Tree Ornaments
The Artsy Craftsy Mom reminds us to keep crafts with kids quick and pretty with these beautiful tiered ornaments that take only about 10 minutes!
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Handmade Grinch Christmas Tree Ornaments
You'll love these adorable Grinch ornament ideas!
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DIY Grinch Hand Christmas Ornament
Take some time to make your very own tree ornament!
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DIY Applesauce Cinnamon Ornaments
This is fun to make and smells so good!
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DIY Rae Dunn Inspired Christmas Ornaments
Look how easy it is to make this!!!
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How to Make Baby Jesus and a Manger
The twins bring home the most beautiful creations from Mothers Day Out each week. They made this baby Jesus in a manger project last week at school and I could not resist sharing it with you.
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Button Christmas Tree Ornaments
Happy Hooligans has the neatest painting process for these Trees and even shows us how to add ornaments to them with buttons!
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Coffee Filter Christmas Tree Ornaments
Learn to science (and art) behind color blending and water absorption with these adorable Coffee Filter Ornaments.
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Recycled Paper Tube Christmas Tree
Or, you can make this adorable Christmas tree from several different toilet paper rolls!
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Birthday Hat Christmas Tree Craft for Kids
Though these Birthday Party Hat trees were made from purchased hats, this could be a great way to use up all those birthday hats that we seem to purchase and get stuck with!
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Pinecone Tree Centerpiece
The Pinecone Tree from Paging Fun Mums is a great table decoration that can begin with a family hike to collect the pinecones!
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Decorate the Felt Christmas Tree Activity for Kids
Buggy and Buddy get busy decorating the Felt Christmas Tree and Mom showed us how they did it and what she needed to do to prepare for it. Too adorable!
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Paint Stirring Stick Christmas Trees
Love how the sticks were used for this activity!
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Make Handprint Christmas Tree & Wreath
This Handprint Tree from Kids Activities Blog is the best one I have seen to date! Plus, it could be a bit messy which is bonus with my boys!
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Christmas Tree Decorating Creative Table
Set up a Creative Table with cut-out Christmas trees and stuff like Mama. Papa. Bubba. to maximize small spaces and enhance your child's creativity.
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Tin Can Christmas Tree Activity
Oh My Gosh! Babble Dabble Do has the cutest tin can Christmas Tree Craft I have ever seen and the pictures are phenomenal!
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Super Easy Christmas Tree Art for Kids
Resist Painting is a great craft for kids and if you follow the directions for this Christmas Craft for Kids, you can create a decoration for tons of future use!
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Sparkly Christmas Tree Banner
Creative Family Fun tried something unique to make this Sparkly Christmas Tree Banner and the results turned out beautifully! Go see how you can recreate it!
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Educational Holiday Fun
C is for Candy Cane Worksheet
Everyone needs some candy cane fun in their days!
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Peppermint Crafts for Kids
Check out these fun craft ideas for kids that they'll love!!!
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Cozy Up With This Winter Felt Play Activity
What about story telling with a Felt Play Scene from the Kids Activities Blog?
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Christmas Tree Shapes Activity + Free Printable Craft (Fun & Educational!)
Make a Christmas Tree: Shape Recognition is a fun craft that teaches – double score!
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Super Fun Christmas Cutting Pages
These fun cutting pages for kids are perfect for fine motor skills!
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Christmas Name Game
Love this Name Practice Idea from the Kids Activities blog – what a fun way to decorate and learn!
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Christmas Tree Letter Review (Fun Holiday Alphabet Activity for Kids)
This Christmas Tree Letter Review is a super fun way to help your preschoolers work on letter recognition!
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Elf Reading Christmas Printable Flash Cards
Perfect for some reading fun!
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Too Cute To Put on a Shelf: Elf Poster
These are adorable and easy to do!
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Elf on the Shelf Worksheets and Activities
Time to work on various elf activities! The perfect holiday printable!
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These are perfect for making easy DIY Christmas trees!
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Yarn Christmas Trees are super adorable to display!
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rufflesandrainboots.com
Check out how cool and fun these trees are!
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The kids will have a blast painting their very own tree.
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herecomethegirlsblog.com
Christmas Tree Sun Catchers are a great crafts for kids to make and can really light up a room!
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www.teach-me-mommy.com
Teach Me Mommy has the cutest recycle crafts tree that can be made by little hands and set in little rooms!
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www.creativeconnectionsforkids.com
Creative Crafts for Kids hooks us up with a free printable standing tree pattern and directions on making and decorating it!
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handsonaswegrow.com
Do you have a ridiculous stash of stickers like Hands on as We Grow? Dig them out and let the kids make this cute Paper Christmas Tree Craft!
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theresjustonemommy.com
This trio of Triangles is a great way to work on shape recognition and get some home decorations for this Holiday Season!
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thisreadingmama.com
Torn Wrapping Paper Trees - huh? This is such a fun way for you to use up those extra bits of paper!
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kidsactivitiesblog.com
Do It Yourself with these fun Paper Christmas Trees from the Kids Activities Blog!
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www.funlittles.com
Fun Littles shows us how to make the most adorable paper heart tree!
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www.trueaimeducation.com
These Handmade Christmas Cards are a great way to #1 save money and #2 give a bit of your kids' art to friends and family!
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livingmontessorinow.com
Learn about Scotland's Christmas Traditions and even learn to make an adorable paper Christmas Tree in this post from Living Montessori Now
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Christmas Tree Ornament Crafts
These would be perfect ornaments to hang on the tree!
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herecomethegirlsblog.com
Here Come the Girls shows us how to create decorations Uganda Style in her Christmas Around the World series!
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handsonaswegrow.com
What do you get when you dig in the craft box for buttons and felt? These cute ornaments from Hands on as We Grow!
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happyhooligans.ca
I love the fact that these lacing tree ornaments aren't just fin but also improve motor skills in little ones!
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kidscraftroom.com
Mix up a batch of scented, yes SCENTED salt dough for these decorations!
Continue Reading
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happyhooligans.ca
These frugal Twiggy Tree ornaments are made using sticks from the yard and a few other decorations - too cute, Happy Hooligans!
Continue Reading
Photo Credit:
theresjustonemommy.com
I love to create stuff from play dough and keep it forever! There's Just one Mommy shows us some cutesy pet themed ornaments and how to make them!
Continue Reading
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crystalandcomp.com
I remember making Candy Cane Reindeer ornaments like these from Crystal and Company many years ago when I was little. They are fun to make, yummy to eat, and cute to boot!
Continue Reading
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buggyandbuddy.com
If you have kids, chances are you have puzzles that are missing pieces - recycle those pieces into this adorable Puzzle Piece Frame!
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www.powerfulmothering.com
All it takes is some Popsicle sticks and a few other crafty goodies to make these adorable personalized stars from Powerful Mothering!
Continue Reading
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happyhooligans.ca
These Tinfoil Tree Ornaments certainly got a bit bedazzled! Aren't they cute?
Continue Reading
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artsycraftsymom.com
The Artsy Craftsy Mom reminds us to keep crafts with kids quick and pretty with these beautiful tiered ornaments that take only about 10 minutes!
Continue Reading
You'll love these adorable Grinch ornament ideas!
Continue Reading
Take some time to make your very own tree ornament!
Continue Reading
This is fun to make and smells so good!
Continue Reading
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conservamome.com
Look how easy it is to make this!!!
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crystalandcomp.com
Crystal and Company remade this adorable Baby Jesus in a Manger ornament that her boys brought home from Mother's Day Out!
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happyhooligans.ca
Happy Hooligans has the neatest painting process for these Trees and even shows us how to add ornaments to them with buttons!
Continue Reading
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happyhooligans.ca
Learn to science (and art) behind color blending and water absorption with these adorable Coffee Filter Ornaments.
Continue Reading
Other Christmas Tree Crafts for Kids:
You'll love these Other Christmas Tree Crafts for Kids! Perfect for creativity!
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www.schooltimesnippets.com
Or, you can make this adorable Christmas tree from several different toilet paper rolls!
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jdaniel4smom.com
Though these Birthday Party Hat trees were made from purchased hats, this could be a great way to use up all those birthday hats that we seem to purchase and get stuck with!
Continue Reading
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pagingfunmums.com
The Pinecone Tree from Paging Fun Mums is a great table decoration that can begin with a family hike to collect the pinecones!
Continue Reading
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buggyandbuddy.com
Buggy and Buddy get busy decorating the Felt Christmas Tree and Mom showed us how they did it and what she needed to do to prepare for it. Too adorable!
Continue Reading
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www.reallifeathome.com
Love how the sticks were used for this activity!
Continue Reading
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kidsactivitiesblog.com
This Handprint Tree from Kids Activities Blog is the best one I have seen to date! Plus, it could be a bit messy which is bonus with my boys!
Continue Reading
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mamapapabubba.com
Set up a Creative Table with cut-out Christmas trees and stuff like Mama. Papa. Bubba. to maximize small spaces and enhance your child's creativity.
Continue Reading
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babbledabbledo.com
Oh My Gosh! Babble Dabble Do has the cutest tin can Christmas Tree Craft I have ever seen and the pictures are phenomenal!
Continue Reading
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kidsactivitiesblog.com
Resist Painting is a great craft for kids and if you follow the directions for this Christmas Craft for Kids, you can create a decoration for tons of future use!
Continue Reading
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creativefamilyfun.net
Creative Family Fun tried something unique to make this Sparkly Christmas Tree Banner and the results turned out beautifully! Go see how you can recreate it!
Continue Reading
BONUS: Christmas Tree Educational Activities:
Everyone loves extras so here are some of my favorites!!
Everyone needs some candy cane fun in their days!
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Check out these fun craft ideas for kids that they'll love!!!
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kidsactivitiesblog.com
What about story telling with a Felt Play Scene from the Kids Activities Blog?
Continue Reading
Make a Christmas Tree: Shape Recognition is a fun craft that teaches - double score!
Continue Reading
These fun cutting pages for kids are perfect for fine motor skills!
Continue Reading
Photo Credit:
kidsactivitiesblog.com
Love this Name Practice Idea from the Kids Activities blog - what a fun way to decorate and learn!
Continue Reading
This Christmas Tree Letter Review is a super fun way to help your preschoolers work on letter recognition!
Continue Reading
Perfect for some reading fun!
Continue Reading
These are adorable and easy to do!
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Time to work on various elf activities! The perfect holiday printable!
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This adorable kids world map for more learning fun!
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Wow! What a round up! Thanks so much for including all of our trees, Kelli! This post will be such a great resource!
Thanks Jackie! I hope it helps all educators (whether in a home or in a school) with crafts for this Christmas season and many to come!
Wow! What a list! Thanks for including our trio of Christmas crafts with triangles! They were a favorite here!
PInning!
Thanks for pinning! Every share helps everyone see a bit more Holiday traffic 🙂 Also, thanks for posting about your craft! <3
Thanks so much for including our tree! Kristi
TY for such a fun craft! 🙂
Holy moly! What a round up! Thanks so much for including our Spin Art Christmas trees!
I just LOVE them! My kids don’t have a spin art machine, but I so want them to. LOL! I had so much fun with mine as a kid