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✂️ Easy Christmas crafts for toddlers and preschoolers

Big movements, few steps and no sharp tools: Christmas crafts for children aged 3 to 5. An adult helps with the cutting, your little one does the stamping, sticking and painting.

Christmas sensory tray for toddlersMake a Christmas sensory tray with rice, pine cones and things from home. A safe play and discovery idea for toddlers and preschoolers in December. Cork stamping: Christmas baubles with toddlersStamp cheerful Christmas baubles with bottle corks and paint. An easy Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers with things you already have at home. Cotton bud snowflakes for preschoolersLay out and glue snowflakes made from cotton buds on dark paper. An easy winter craft for preschoolers from age 3, with no cutting needed. Father Christmas craft with a cotton wool beardMake a Father Christmas with a big, fluffy cotton wool beard. An easy Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers, with what they do and where you help. Cotton wool snowman: a calm craft for toddlersStick a soft cotton wool snowman on dark paper. An easy, calm Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers from age 2, with tips and variations. Egg box Christmas baubles for preschoolersTurn an empty egg box into cheerful Christmas baubles for the tree. An easy Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers with paint and things from home. Fingerprint Christmas lights card for toddlersMake a Christmas card with a string of fingerprint fairy lights. An easy homemade Christmas card for toddlers and preschoolers from age 2. Footprint snowman: a Christmas keepsake for toddlersA snowman made from a white footprint on dark paper. A quick Christmas craft for toddlers from age 2, and a sweet keepsake to treasure for years. Snow sensory bottle without glitter for toddlersMake a shake bottle where it snows, without glitter, using water and things from home. A calming Christmas and winter craft for toddlers and preschoolers. Handprint Christmas tree craft for toddlersGreen handprints in a triangle become a Christmas tree. An easy Christmas craft with finger paint for children from age 2, with tips and variations. Handprint Christmas wreath for preschoolersMake a Christmas wreath from cut-out green paper handprints on a paper plate. An easy Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers to do themselves. Handprint reindeer: an easy Christmas craft for toddlersTurn your child's handprint into a cheerful reindeer for a Christmas card or keepsake. Easy for toddlers and preschoolers, with paint and card. Homemade Christmas cards with kids: 5 easy ideasMake your own Christmas cards with children. A step-by-step pop-up Christmas tree card and four other easy ideas with paper, paint and things from home. Lolly stick Christmas star for preschoolersMake a Christmas star from five lolly sticks together. A grown-up glues the star, your preschooler paints and decorates. An easy craft from age 3. Painted pine cones: a Christmas craft for toddlersCollect pine cones on a winter walk and paint them with snow or as mini Christmas trees. An easy Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers. Paper bag reindeer puppet for preschoolersTurn a brown paper bag into a reindeer puppet with handprint antlers. An easy Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers from age 3. Paper chain Christmas garland with preschoolersMake a cheerful Christmas garland from strips of coloured paper, link by link. An easy, cheap Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers. Paper Christmas hat craft for preschoolersMake a paper Christmas hat together that your child can wear. An easy Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers, with cotton wool or paper balls. Paper plate Christmas wreath craft for kidsMake a colourful Christmas wreath from a paper plate, tissue paper and a ribbon. Easy cutting, scrunching and sticking for children aged 3 and up. Paper plate Father Christmas craft for toddlersA cheerful paper plate Father Christmas with a beard of scrunched-up paper balls. An easy Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers from age 2. Pipe cleaner and bead Christmas decorationsThread big beads onto a pipe cleaner and bend it into a candy cane, wreath or star. A Christmas craft for preschoolers from age 3, with close supervision. Potato stamp snowman craft for toddlersThree halved potatoes, white paint and dark paper is all it takes for your toddler to stamp a snowman. An easy winter and Christmas craft from age 2. Salt dough Christmas decorations: easy recipe for kidsMake salt dough Christmas decorations with just flour, salt and water. Easy recipe, baking times, painting tips and ideas for handprint keepsakes. Salt dough Christmas figures for toddlersA small, soft salt dough recipe for toddlers to shape Christmas figures by hand, like snowmen, trees and stars. No cutters needed, with drying tips. Sticky window Christmas tree for toddlersA sticky-back plastic Christmas tree on the window that your toddler decorates with paper scraps. No glue, no scissors, and you can redo it again. Toilet roll Christmas tree craft for kidsTurn empty toilet roll tubes into a cheerful Christmas tree with paint, glue and a paper star. A free, easy recycled Christmas craft for children aged 3+. Toilet roll stamping: Christmas stars and snowflakesPinch an empty toilet roll into a stamp and print poinsettia stars and snowflakes with paint. A fun Christmas craft for toddlers and preschoolers from 2. Torn paper Christmas tree: no scissors neededA Christmas tree made from torn scraps of paper, no scissors needed. Great for little hands, using ordinary paper from magazines or leaflets.