i have four kids and i am looking for cheap ideas for doing crafts for christmas with them.?
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I can suggest searching the web for Christmas crafts.
You could get some small beans small paper plates and glue. Have your children color on the backs of the paper plates after they have done that place the bean in the center and glue the paper plate together. Kids love it I have done this activity a couple of times it works well. you can sing songs to the beat.
There are tons of ideas….You can have them decorate pine cones with glitter and ribbons to make a pine cone tree or just to put on the big tree. Advent calenders. They can make a big tree out of paper, or a Santa face and on his beard have numbered 25 circles and each day the kids glue a cotton ball to the beard. Ornaments can be made out of everything and anything. Use old cards, cut out a circle and fit into a mason jar ring lid. Adults job- Poke a hole in the side to string a ribbon through for hanging. You can use clothes pins to make a reindeer ornaments with pipe cleaners, ribbons, wiggly eyes, glitter etc. Styrofoam balls are great to use for ornaments. Just use glue, glitter, ribbon, tiny pom poms and beads. Felt can be used to make stockings. Cut out a stocking shape and use needle and yarn to “sew” it together. Paper plates can be turned into sparkling snowflakes.
All supplies can be found at an arts and crafts store and are very inexpensive. Check out the sites below for many ideas. And remember to have fun and if using glitter use an old sheet or garbage bag under the table area for easy clean up.
I just made cinnamon ornaments with my daughter the other day. They smell great and I can’t wait to decorate them.
That kids domain link down there had a whole lot of Christmas craft ideas. They even have coloring pages to print out.
I just saw a cute wreath made from gluing crayons to a cardbord base, the crayons were arranged so they all had the tips facing the outside of the wreath. Crayola crayons may be too expensive for this use but there are lots cheaper brands available.
I just found the neatest website. They have everything from coloring pages to craft ideas to project kits you can purchase. Good luck!
http://www.funroom.com/default.mgi?mgiToken=26F8F203198A8466666