Holiday Crafts
If you have any great holiday craft ideas and you'd like to share them, please e-mail me and I'd love to add them to this page!

Christmas Bell- This wonderful craft came from my dear friend in Ohio. Thank you for the great idea.  Our Brownie troop is going to make these at our Holiday Party!  On a piece of construction paper, cut a bell big enough to fit poem on to.  Write poem on to bell:

        Each night before Christmas,

        After prayers have been said,

        Take off one loop,

        And hop into bed.

        When Christmas will come,

        Tis easy to tell,

        For that is the night,

        You come to the bell!

Cut out 12 strips, about 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide, of construction paper for each bell that you are making.  At the bottom of the bell make a slit big enough to run a strip of construction paper through. Continue making 11 more loops and glue or tape to form a chain.  There should be 12 loops all together.  This signifies the 12 days of Christmas.  

Popsicle Reindeer-  
           What you need: 3 popsicle or craft sticks for each reindeer

                                    2 jiggely eyes for each reindeer
                                    1 small red pom-pom for each reindeer
                                    1 brown chenille stem or pipecleaner
                                    piece of 1/4 inch ribbon for hanger

                                    tacky glue or hot glue gun, only if adult is using it!

Glue the 3 sticks into a triangle.  Cut the chenille stem in half and wrap around one of the sticks to form 2 antlers. You can add small pieces to make more points on the antlers.  Glue the eyes in place on the 2 side sticks and the nose at the point at the bottom.  Your triangle should be pointing down to resemble a reindeer head.  After all is good and dry, tie ribbon inbetween the antlers, so that you can hang on your tree!

Rudolphs Face- We are going to have my daughter's 1st grade class make this for their Holiday party this year!

            What you need:

                      2 or 3 pieces of construction paper for each reindeer
                      2 large jiggely eyes or buttons for each reindeer
                      1 large red pom-pom for each reindeer

                      black marker or black yarn for mouth
                      glue

For the head: Trace around one foot (leave sock on!) on a sheet of construction paper and cut out.  For the antlers: Trace around both hands on another sheet of construction paper and cut out.  Attach antlers to back of reindeer head with glue, where the toes are.   Add eyes or buttons and then a pom-pom near the heel for the nose.  Under the nose, either draw a mouth with black marker or glue a small piece of yarn to paper for the mouth.  You can add a ribbon on the back, so that you can hand this if you want.

     

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