15 Minute Kids Craft

I was just at Michael's...they have foamy glittered wreathes, candy canes and x-mas trees with pre-sticky decorations to stick on them. Target has much the same, also holiday necklaces the kiddos can assemble.

My kiddos like to make santa claus handprints. On a piece of red paper we put a white handprint upside down. We draw a face and glue a spread cotton balls across the bottom finger pattern to make a beard. Anything can be made into a hat ie: construction paper, drawn with markers.
Good Luck, it seems as if all the previous responses have been awesome. I can't wait to try some of them with my kiddos!

To keep my little ones busy on Thanksgiving, I gave them these little foam assembly crafts I bought at Pat cattans for under a dollar each. They could put together a snowman, xmas tree, snowflake, santa, there were a ton to pick from. You would need glue sticks (non toxic kind) and that's it! They were very cute, inexpensive, and the kids enjoyed them.

Hi Denise,
My source for all things cute and crafty is littlegiraffes.com.

Take a peek -
http://www.littlegiraffes.com/christmas.html

The Christmas light necklaces and the handprint reindeer are pretty cute. She has the best crafts and she is a K teacher so it's the perfect level for your kiddos.

Hope that helps!
C.
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What about a peel & sick foamy craft? Kids love those and they are not messy at all. You could do an ornament, picture frame or a winter scene on a 8x10 foamy background.

You can also try orientaltrading.com. My son's class isdoing a penguin snow measuring stick.

REINDEER FOOD!

Have the children make "Reindeer Food", that they can leave next to the cookies and milk for Santa to give to his reindeer after he visits.

The kids can put a small amount of each of these into a zip-lock:

Oats
Candy Crystals (like you would put on sugar cookies)
Cheerios
baby carrots
M&Ms

What you can do relatively quickly ahead of time:

*Cut "tags" out of colored construction paper (red/green)
*Use a hole-punch to punch a hole into each "tag"
*Use a hole-punch to punch a hole into the top corner of each zip-lock
*Cut red/green ribbon into small lengths for tying the tag

The kids would need pencils/markers/crayons to make their tag. They can write a cute note/message on one side, and put their name on the other.

Hi Denise,

How about a snowman craft? 2 small paperplates. One hole punch in each. Tie together with yarn use construction paper to cut out the hat - hands - boots - 3 red buttons (from construction paper) - carrot nose mouth either crayon the eyes or construction paper here too.

OR

poinsettia flower

trace each childs hand cut out about 6 green & 6 red handprints. using glue stick on a small paper plate glue first the green handprints then two layers of the red handprints use yellow construction paper cut out a 1 inch circle glue to the center..

i always like the pinecone bird feeder (using peanut butter in the pine cone and rolling in birdseed). kids love making those and the birds are looking for food now :)

Hi Denise,

I agree with previous poster -- Oriental Trading. We just did a craft with my Girl Scout troop that is easy or can be intricate depending on the age. The kit had precut snowflakes in two shades of blue and sticks. The snowflakes have two layers, the blue top layer and a shiny silver underlayer. Using a stick, scrape off some of the blue to show the silver underneath. They turn out very pretty no matter what you do to them.

There was a similar idea with an ornament in different shapes. Black top layer with rainbow underneath.

Have fun!

Try this web site: www.dltk-kids.com
They have tons of craft ideas for any season/holiday. Most are quite simple with basic supplies.

Have fun!

D.

candy cane reindeer

Each child will need a candy cane, brown pipe cleaner (I think just half of one, you would have to try it out), two googgly eyes, and a red puffy ball for a nose.
They take the pipe cleaner, twist it around the candy cane to make horns. Glue the eyes in place & glue on the nose. The horns should be near the peak of the curve of the candy cane. The eyes & nose should be on the short part. It should be really quick.

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-age/school-age-c...

:)

I went to Amazingmoms.com to find the craft for my daughter's class. We are doing a snowflake using tensil pipe cleaners and a few beads. It will be fun and quick, and turn out very pretty.

Wreaths, made with pipe cleaners, beads with large holes, (so the pipe cleaner threads easily) and a bit of ribbon for a bow. You can get red and green pipe cleaners and clear beads, or use your imagination.

Also a wreath made from the rim of a fluted paper plate. (Cut out the middle).Embellished with little foam Christmas shapes(available at Michael's) Add a paper cut-out bow or a ribbon bow.

I am doing gingerbread men for my daughters kindergarten class. I usually make all of the men and bring icing and treats to decorate. One of the mothers tells me that Michaels actually carries the kits. I don't know if it will work in 15 minutes? It is so nice because they get to eat it and there is no messy crafts to take home. (after 4 kids i have soooo many crafts i don't know what to do with them all...lol!)

I just did a craft for my 7yr old's birthday party which is seasonal but non-religious. We made snow-flakes! Just pipe-cleaners and beads, no glue, no paint, no special tools.

Take 3 pipe-cleaners 6 or 8 inches long (I cut 12 inch craft pipe cleaners in half). Twist them in the middle and splay the ends to make a 6 pointed star. Thread any type of beads onto the 6 legs of the pipe-cleaner star. Turn the end of the wire in a loop when finished to assure the beads will not fall off the wire. Add a loop of ribbon to one wire's turned end to hang. I found the idea through "oriental tradings" website where they sell kits to make the snowflakes but I just went to the local sewing/ craft store (Joann's in my case) and bought the large economy bags of different beads I liked (be sure to include colored beads even though I did not see them as snowflake appropriate the children ALL used the color beads more than the crystal-like plastic beads I bought) and pipe-cleaners.

I suggest having the 6 pointed stars done before hand, having the beads in pie pans, and having your loops of ribbon cut to length and knotted in a loop. This way the children can focus on the beading (sliding the beads down the pipe cleaner). It also works to improve small-motor skills and can be tied to math skills of pattern making.

Hope this helps!
Fondly,
ann m.

I just did a christmas craft with my kids (6/4) that was cute. We made a reindeer out of their hands/feet. We traced their foot on brown construction paper and that was the body... then we traced two hands and those were the antlers.. then we put on a red button for the nose, googly eyes, and use a pipe cleaner for the smile. not sure how long it took though or would take for you.

My son just made a cute stocking in his pre-k class today. For each stocking, cut out 2 pieces of red felt (theirs was the stiff kind). Use a hole punch to punch holes every inch or so. Kids lace the stocking together using yarn (don't lace along the top or it won't open). Tie an additional loop of yarn to one hole at the top for a hanger. Kids glue cotton balls or pompoms to the top. Kids decorate with foam stickers or markers or glue on sequins.

Denise D,
I dont know how much time you have to get this all together.

the toilet paper roll candles:

empty toilet paper roll for each candle
red felt to wrap totally around roll
gold pipe cleaners about 4 inches bent in half like a flame
green for black felt for the bottom.
you need a red piece if felt to go over the top with a little tiny hole to put the pipe cleaner in
or

toilet paper snowman:

black permanent marker
orange permanent marker
pink permanent marker
glue
each snowman needs:
two rolls of toilet paper
a long white sock (big enough to put two rolls of toilet paper in.
about 1' X 3" of material (for a scarf)
and a small knit hat (you can get at a craft store)
2 bottons
a bread bag tie to tie the sock at the top.

take the toilet paper and remove a small amount from 1 roll so that it is slightly smaller
put smaller roll on top of full roll
put both rolls in the sock
draw a face on the smaller roll
black eyes, orange nose, and pink cheeks
glue the scarf around the neck part between the rolls
and glue two buttons on the bottom roll
and the hat on the top over the gathering of the sock.
The kids may need a little help getting the rolls in the sock.
Good luck and have fun.