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I love that there are so many Christmas crafts and Christmas activities that you can do, and you have loads of fun doing them! Each year new activities are added to the site and they show up here. And they are so much fun to do.<\/p>\n
You can find our Christmas Printables collection here<\/a><\/p>\n I always get asked what we used with the crafts and books. And these are just some of the items we use the most with these activities.<\/p>\n We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n A jump to the Christmas activities you are looking for. These are all the sections you will find below.<\/p>\n Here are our collection of arts and crafts that we have done. Each year we do different things, but we have a few favorites. We just love making wreaths. Plus they are fun to make. I let me girls pick a lot of the crafts that we do.<\/p>\n Easy to Make Paper Roll Nativity<\/a> is something you can do year after year! It is a simple and easy. This is great for kids to work on retelling the story of the Nativity and learning about it.<\/p>\n Yarn Poinsettia \u2013 Legend of the Poinsettia<\/a> is loads of fun to make! This is a great fine motor craft.<\/p>\n Tissue Paper Birds \u2013 The Birds of Bethlehem<\/a> was a favorite and we have repeated this a few times! Plus Christmas Birds goes with a great the book.<\/p>\n Stringing Pom Poms<\/a> is a great craft and fine motor activity. You can string pompoms together with thread and needle to make this activity.<\/p>\n Easy Christmas Decorating: Wrapping Pictures<\/a> is our fun way to decorate the house! You can see how fun it is.<\/p>\n Washi Tape Christmas Tree<\/a> is a great fine motor Christmas tree craft for kids to make. You can use a mix of colors of Washi tape.<\/p>\n Tissue Paper Christmas Wreath<\/a> are so much fun to make and look great in the windows. These are super simple to make and only use a few items to make it.<\/p>\n Yarn Paper Plate Christmas Wreath<\/a> is loads of fun for Christmas wreath craft for kids to make!<\/p>\n Washi Tape Wreaths<\/a> are simple fine motor wreaths for Christmas that kids can make and are tons of fun to make and display during the holidays.<\/p>\n Torn Scrapbook Paper Holly Wreath<\/a> is a fun way to use up left over scrapbooking paper for a Christmas wreath.<\/p>\n Christmas Washi Tape Ornament Wreath<\/a> are great fun to make and great for fine motor work. Plus make super cute wreaths.<\/p>\n Oil Pastel Ornament Wreath<\/a> is super easy Christmas wreath craft for different ages to make with fun and creative ways to make the ornaments.<\/p>\n Christmas Wreath With Scrapbook Ornaments<\/a> For Kids is a super fun way to use up scrapbook paper and make a super cute and easy Christmas wreath for kids. And the ornaments always turn out super cute.<\/p>\n Reindeer Christmas Wreath Craft<\/a> is a great craft you can make with kids for a fun winter scene with reindeer on a wreath.<\/p>\n I’m always looking for fun and different fine motor activities. There are so many different ones to pick from. Here is the collection we have done during Christmas time. We love the glass gems and have had tons off fun using them for fine motor activities.<\/p>\n Fine Motor: Sorting Christmas Lights<\/a> is really fun for kids to do. They work on their pincer grasp and have fun.<\/p>\n Hands On Gem Patterns<\/a> is fun math with fine motor. You can work on different types of AB patterns.<\/p>\n Stringing Pom Poms<\/a> is a great craft and fine motor activity. Plus an easy decoration to make.<\/p>\n Fine Motor Gem Wreath<\/a> works the fine motor skills while making a wreath.<\/p>\n Fingerprint Wreath<\/a> is fun with stamping finger prints for a dot marker wreath.<\/p>\n Model Magic Christmas Tree<\/a> is a fun way to work on fine motor and make a really fun Christmas tree to display.<\/p>\n There are so many different ways to paint and we love mixing up how we do it. We have used watercolors, q-tips, and cookie cutters a lot! <\/p>\n Watercolor Christmas Trees<\/a> are a fun way to use cookie cutters for painting Christmas trees on paper.<\/p>\n Q-Tip Painted Christmas Trees<\/a> is fun painting with q-tips and cookie cutters. You can dot trees and have loads of fun.<\/p>\n 5 Gold Ring Water Color Painting<\/a> is a great 12 Days of Christmas activity.<\/p>\n Christmas Cookie Cutter Painting<\/a> is a super fun way to paint with cookie cutters! Kids have loads of fun with this.<\/p>\n Glitter Watercolor Christmas Lights Painting<\/a> is a simple and easy to for Christmas painting. You have fun with cookie cutter paint and glittery watercolors.<\/p>\n Watercolor & Oil Pastels Christmas Trees<\/a> is a fun mix medium art craft that you can do with kids. You have a watercolor tree and oil pastel ornaments.<\/p>\n Rudolph The Red Nose Watercolor & Oil Pastel Painting<\/a> is a super easy painting activity that many different ages can do!<\/p>\n Cookie Cutter: Christmas Lights Painting<\/a> is a simple and easy painting of Christmas lights on a Christmas tree.<\/p>\n Christmas Tree Paper Roll Painting<\/a> is a fun painting activity for a Christmas tree and has fun colored lights that is super simple to make with kids.<\/p>\n Christmas Watercolor Cookie Cutter Painting<\/a> is a fun watercolor inside several Christmas cookie cutters. A fun way to make a simple Christmas painting.<\/p>\n Nativity Painting with Cookie Cutters<\/a> is a great way to focus on the Nativity and make a great painting for kids.<\/p>\n Nativity Watercolor Painting<\/a> for Kids is a fun way to make the whole nativity with kids in a fun painting activity using cookie cutters.<\/p>\n My girls just LOVE sensory bins. I’ve always got one up for the season. Every year we have had at least one for Christmas, and it was so much fun for them to have.<\/p>\n Nativity Sensory Bin<\/a> is a fun way to explore the nativity story with figures form the story with sensory play that a lot of kids love.<\/p>\n Christmas Tree & Kinetic Sand Sensory Bin<\/a> has red, green and clean evergreen trees in a kinetic sand sensory bin. A great Christmas themed sensory bin for kids.<\/p>\n Christmas Tree Rice Sensory Bin<\/a> has red and green trees in the fun sensory bin with a rice filler.<\/p>\n Christmas Lights Water Bead Sensory Bin<\/a> is one that kids just love to dig around in! You can search for different colors of lights or just play in the sensory bin.<\/p>\n Christmas Lights Water Bead Sensory Bin<\/a> is one that kids just love to dig around in! You can search for different colors of lights or just play in the sensory bin.<\/p>\n Christmas Light Sensory Bin<\/a> was so much fun to dig around in. You have a mix of lights and yarn for the sensory bin.<\/p>\n Christmas Sound & Fine Motor Sensory Bin<\/a> is one that kids can have tons of fun comparing different sounds with a little fine motor thrown in.<\/p>\n Christmas Button Sensory Bin<\/a> is a fun rice and button sensory bin. You can search for different colors of green, red and white in the sensory bin.<\/p>\n Christmas Sensory Bin<\/a> has loads of Christmas themes for kids to explore through. You have a mix of Christmas items in the bin for kids to explore.<\/p>\n Christmas Lights & Rice Sensory Bin<\/a> has a mix of rice and Christmas lights for kids to play in. You can see how much fun it is a sort and find the colors.<\/p>\n Christmas Lights and Kinetic Sand Sensory Bin<\/a> is a fun sensory bin with ceramic Christmas lights and green kinetic sand for kids to play in.<\/p>\n Christmas Jingle Bells and Rice Sensory Bin<\/a> is a fun sound sensory bin to explore with different colored bells and rice.<\/p>\n Christmas Red & Green Sensory Bin<\/a> is a simple to set up sensory bin with red and green colors. A fun and easy Christmas sensory bin you can use with kids.<\/p>\n I’m always thinking up new gross motor activities we can do. Check out some we have done below!<\/p>\n 10 Lords a Leaping: Jumping Activities<\/a> gets you up and jumping! This is a great activity to go with the 12 days of Christmas Books.<\/p>\n Polar Express Gross Motor<\/a> is a geat gross motor activity you can do with the book or movie.<\/p>\n Christmas Themed Gross Motor<\/a> with a fun gross motor dice you can use as well.<\/p>\n Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Themed Gross Motor<\/a> has fun movements while you read the book!<\/p>\n Christmas Gross Motor With Bear Stays Up<\/a> is a great way to get kids moving while you read.<\/p>\n The Nutcracker Gross Motor Activity<\/a> has great movements with fun gross motor during Christmas that matches up with a great book!<\/p>\n The Gingerbread Man Gross Motor Dice<\/a> has 6 fun movements for kids to act out.<\/p>\n Every year we find new Christmas books and have so much fun with them! You never know what fun books you are going to find.<\/p>\n Our New Christmas Books For 2015<\/a> a collection of fun new books we found in 2015.<\/p>\n Christmas Books & Reading Charts<\/a> are a really fun way to read during Christmas time.<\/p>\n Countdown to Christmas with books<\/a> a fun way to count down to Christmas with 25 books suggests!<\/p>\n If you are looking for Christmas Printables <\/a> I have a few. You can find all of them by clicking on the picture below.<\/p>\n![\"1-5+](\"\/images\/site\/sidenav-christmasprintables.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\nThings to use with these Christmas Crafts & Activities<\/h2>\n
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Christmas Books we Love to Read<\/h2>\n
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Christmas Crafts and Activities Menu<\/h2>\n
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Christmas Arts and Crafts<\/a>
\n Christmas Fine Motor Activities<\/a>
\n Christmas Painting For Kids<\/a>
\n Christmas Sensory Bins<\/a>
\n Christmas Gross Motor<\/a>
\n Christmas Books for Kids<\/a><\/p>\nChristmas Arts and Crafts<\/h2>\n
1. Paper Roll Nativity Craft<\/h3>\n
![\"Easy](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2014\/paperrollnativity.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\n2. Yarn Poinsettia Craft<\/h3>\n
3. Tissue Paper Birds Craft<\/h3>\n
![\"Tissue](\"\/images\/blog\/11-2012\/tissuepaperbirds7.jpg\")
<\/div>\n4. Stringing Pom Poms Craft<\/h3>\n
![\"Stringing](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2013\/stringingpompoms4.jpg\")
<\/div>\n5. Easy Christmas Decorating: Wrapping Pictures<\/h3>\n
6. Fine Motor Craft: Washi Tape Christmas Tree Craft<\/h3>\n
![\"Easy](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2016\/washitapechristmastree7.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\n7. Tissue Paper Christmas Wreath Craft<\/h3>\n
![\"Tissue](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2015\/tissuepaperchristmaswreath.jpg\")
<\/div>\n8. Yarn Paper Plate Christmas Wreath Craft<\/h3>\n
9. Washi Tape Wreath Craft<\/h3>\n
![\"Super](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2016\/washitapewreath5.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\n10. Torn Scrapbook Paper Holly Wreath Craft<\/h3>\n
![\"Torn](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/tornpaperchristmaswreath5.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/p>\n11. Christmas Washi Tape Ornament Wreath Craft<\/h3>\n
![\"Fun](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2017\/christmaswashitapewreath6.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\n12. Oil Pastel Ornament Wreath Craft<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2020\/christmas-ornmanet-wreath7.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\n13. Christmas Wreath With Scrapbook Ornaments Craft <\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2022\/christmas-wreath-scrapbook-ornaments8.jpg\")
<\/div>\n14. Reindeer Christmas Wreath Craft Craft <\/h3>\n
![\"Reindeer](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2022\/reindeer-wreath-craft5.jpg\")
<\/div>\n Click here to go back to the Christmas Crafts and Activities Menu<\/a><\/p>\nChristmas Fine Motor Activities<\/h2>\n
15. Fine Motor: Sorting Christmas Lights<\/h3>\n
![\"Fine](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2014\/chrismtaslightsfinemotor2.jpg\")
<\/div>\n16. Hands On Christmas Themed Gem Patterns<\/h3>\n
![\"Hands](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2013\/handsongempatterns1.jpg\")
<\/div>\n17. Stringing Pom Poms<\/h3>\n
<\/div>\n18. Fine Motor Gem Wreath<\/h3>\n
19. Fingerprint Wreath<\/h3>\n
20. Model Magic Christmas Tree<\/h3>\n
![\"Model](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2019\/model-magic-christmas-tree9.jpg\")
<\/div>\n Click here to go back to the Christmas Crafts and Activities Menu<\/a><\/p>\nChristmas Painting For Kids<\/h2>\n
21. Watercolor Christmas Trees<\/h3>\n
![\"Watercolor](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2023\/watercolor-christmas-tree6.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\n22. Q-Tip Painted Christmas Trees<\/h3>\n
23. 5 Gold Ring Water Color Painting<\/h3>\n
![\"5](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2014\/fivegoldrings4.jpg\")
<\/div>\n24. Christmas Cookie Cutter Painting<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2023\/christmas-cookie-cutter-painting7.jpg\")
<\/div>\n25. Glitter Watercolor Christmas Lights Painting<\/h3>\n
![\"Easy](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/watercolorchristmaslights4.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/p>\n26. Watercolor & Oil Pastels Christmas Trees<\/h3>\n
![\"Watercolor](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/wateroilpastelcolorchristmastrees7.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n27. Rudolph The Red Nose Watercolor & Oil Pastel Painting<\/h3>\n
28. Cookie Cutter: Christmas Lights Painting<\/h3>\n
![\"Cookie](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2020\/christmas-lights-painting10.jpg\")
\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n29. Christmas Tree Paper Roll Painting<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2022\/paper-roll-christmas-tree-painting8.jpg\")
<\/div>\n30. Christmas Watercolor Cookie Cutter Painting<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2023\/christmas-cookie-cutter-watercolor-painting6.jpg\")
<\/div>\n31. Nativity Painting with Cookie Cutters<\/h3>\n
![\"Nativity](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2022\/nativity-painting-cookie-cutters10.jpg\")
<\/div>\n32. Nativity Watercolor Painting for Kids<\/h3>\n
![\"Nativity](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2022\/nativity-watercolor-painting5.jpg\")
<\/div>\n Click here to go back to the Christmas Crafts and Activities Menu<\/a><\/p>\nChristmas Sensory Bins<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\n33. Nativity Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Nativity](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2024\/nativity-sensory-bin1.jpg\")
<\/div>\n34. Christmas Tree & Kinetic Sand Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2024\/christmas-tree-kinetic-sand-sensory-bin1.jpg\")
<\/div>\n35. Christmas Tree Rice Sensory Bin<\/h4>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2024\/christmas-tree-rice-sensory-bin1.jpg\")
<\/div>\n36. Christmas Lights Water Bead Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2015\/christmaslightswaterbeadsensory2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n37. Christmas Water Bead Search<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2014\/christmaswaterbead1.jpg\")
<\/div>\n38. Christmas Light Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2014\/christmaslightssensorybin1.jpg\")
<\/div>\n39. Christmas Sound & Fine Motor Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
40. Christmas Button Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2013\/christmasbuttonsensory1.jpg\")
<\/div>\n41. Christmas Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
42. Christmas Lights & Rice Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2018\/christmaslighssensorybin1.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n43. Christmas Lights and Kinetic Sand Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2023\/christmas-lights-kinectic-sand-sensory-bin1.jpg\")
\n<\/div>\n44. Christmas Jingle Bells and Rice Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Jingle](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2019\/jingle-bell-sensory-bin1.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n45. Christmas Red & Green Sensory Bin<\/h3>\n
![\"Christmas](\"\/images\/blog\/12-2024\/christmas-red-green-sensory-bin1.jpg\")
<\/div>\n Click here to go back to the Christmas Crafts and Activities Menu<\/a><\/p>\nChristmas Gross Motor<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\n46. 10 Lords a Leaping: Jumping Activities<\/h3>\n
47. Polar Express Gross Motor<\/h3>\n
48. Christmas Themed Gross Motor<\/h3>\n
49. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Themed Gross Motor<\/h3>\n
50. Christmas Gross Motor With Bear Stays Up<\/h3>\n
51. The Nutcracker Gross Motor Activity<\/h3>\n
52. Gingerbread Man Gross Motor Dice<\/h3>\n
Click here to go back to the Christmas Crafts and Activities Menu<\/a><\/p>\nChristmas Books For Kids<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\n53. Christmas Books For 2015<\/h3>\n
54. Christmas Books & Reading Charts<\/h3>\n
55. Countdown to Christmas with books<\/h3>\n
Click here to go back to the Christmas Crafts and Activities Menu<\/a><\/p>\n
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