Christmas Gift Crafts For Kids

I think there is something special about a homemade gift. The thought, the effort and the act that has gone into making a gift for someone make it extra special. The kids and I have come up with a few gifts we made that we can give to someone this Christmas for this month’s Tots 100 #BostickBlogger craft. Let me know what you think of them. 

Christmas Gift Crafts For Kids – Book Snowman

What you’ll need:-

• Bostik White Glu or Bostike Glu Dots
• Buttons
• Craft Knife
• Pen
• Book
• Ribbon

Step 1

Draw a snowman shape on the book. We did a three-ball snowman.

Step 2

Start to cut out the snowman shape in the book layer by layer using the craft knife.

Step 3

Remove the pages so you can keep making the snowman.

Step 4

Continue to cut the snowman down.

Step 5

Keep cutting and remove the excess paper.

Step 6

It should start to take shape like this.

Step 7

Keep cutting until the pages are all cut, then remove the cover.

Step 8

Fan out the book so it isn’t all clumped together.

Step 9

Your snowman body will look like this.

Step 10

Once we have our snowman, we want to add some accessories. First up a scarf.

Step 11

Tie the scarf around his neck.

Step 12

Cut out shapes to make a hat. Add Bostik Glu dots to hold that hat together and to the snowman.

Step 13

The hat should be stuck onto the book.

Step 14

Stick on buttons for the eyes.

Step 15

Stick on buttons to the body of the snowman.

Step 16

We made a carrot shaped nose for the snowman to stick on.

Step 17

Stick them all on ready to go.

Step 18

Here is our completed Snowman Book Christmas Craft. What do you think?

Christmas Decoration Crafts For Kids – Twine Christmas Tree

What you’ll need:-

• Twine. We used green sparkly twine.
• Bostik White Glu
• Decorations
• Cardboard
• Cling film
• Scissors
• Sellotape

Step 1

Using a piece of cardboard, cut so that it can be rolled into a cone.

Step 2

Make a cone shape and sellotape.

Step 3

Cover with cling film.

Step 4

Add a few layers so it doesn’t stick.

Step 5

Get glue to make a paste.

Step 6

Mix the glue with one part water and stir.

Step 7

Dip the twine into the glue to get ready to wrap.

Step 8

Wrap the twine around the cling film covered cone. Making it up until it’s a Christmas tree.

Step 9

Let it dry for 24 hours and remove the cling film and cardboard cone. Or you can leave it in to be a little more stable.

Step 10 

We decided to leave ours in and think it looks ok.

Step 11

Use Bostik Glu Dots to add on any decorations you want to add to your twine tree.

Step 12

Stick on whatever decoration you’d like to decorate the tree with.

Step 13

Twine Christmas Tree Christmas Gift Craft. I think this would look great with a battery tea light underneath it too.

Christmas Decoration Crafts For Kids – Scandinavian Gnome 

What You’ll Need:- 

• Bostik Glu Dots
• Elastic Band
• White Cardboard
• Material
• Felt
• Rice
• Stuffing
• Material or something for a nose

Step 1

We found it held better as a square rather than a circle when cutting out.

Step 2

Add in some rice to weigh down the gnome.

Step 3

Add some stuffing on top of the rice to pad our your gnome body.

Step 4

Gather the body together before you tie.

Step 5 

We used an elastic band to tie and trim off the excess.

Step 6

We used some white felt for the nose and added a little bit of stuffing inside.

Step 7

Add on the nose using Bostik Glu Dots or a Glue Gun if you want it super secure.

Step 8

Get some cardboard to cut out the hat.

Step 9

Cut out the shape to make a cone shape.

Step 10

Stick it to a cone shape and then cut out the base of the hat.

Step 11

Stick together using Bostik Glu Dots.

Step 12

Cover the cone hat with felt.

Step 13

Add the hat to the body of the gnome.

Step 14

Cut some fur fabric to make a beard.

Step 15

Add your beard and there you have a Scandinavian Gnome. I absolutely love these.

Step 16

They can be made all differently. They are simple and look cute. We think the Scandinavian Gnomes would make a fantastic gift this Christmas.

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What do you think of our Christmas Gift crafts, we’d love to know if you make any of them. Send us photos and tweet us how you get on.