Melting snowman ornaments make great Christmas crafts for children!

Are you looking for unique Christmas crafts for children? These melting snowman decorations are fun, easy, and inexpensive Christmas crafts for children of all ages! In fact, you'll probably have as much fun with them as the kids do. Christmas crafts for children or not, these snowmen bring out the kid in all of us.

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Recycle shipping paper to make cute, environmentally friendly Christmas paper crafts!

This year, find Christmas paper crafts that help with the piles of wrapping paper heaped in landfills! The Christmas season shouldn't be a burden on the planet, and these Christmas paper crafts let you recycle old shipping papers while making endearingly old-fashioned gift wrap for all your Christmas needs.

With these Christmas paper crafts, Mother Earth wins twice: you recycle the shipping paper and save on costly, useless gift wrap. What could be better than a craft that lets you exercise your creativity, personalize your gifts, and save the planet, all in one shot?

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Christmas wood crafts are easy, fun activities to do with children!

If you're looking for a simple, fun craft for your kids, think about trying some Christmas wood crafts! Depending on the age of your children, Christmas wood crafts can range from very simple to very difficult, and you're sure to find something that fits your child's abilities. Christmas wood crafts are surprisingly inexpensive, look great no matter what you do to them (well, almost no matter what you do to them!), and are fun for kids and adults alike!

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Baking soda and cornstarch create the perfect clay for Christmas tree decorations!

It might sound a little strange, but you can make great Christmas tree decorations out of baking soda and cornstarch! Use this recipe to whip up a dough for all your Christmas tree decorations and crafts. It's easy, quick, inexpensive, and great for crafters of all ages. The result is Christmas tree decorations with a shiny look to them: perfect for decorating or giving as gifts!

This dough is great for kids as it's easy to handle, but make sure it's cooled enough before you let them dig their little hands in there. Also, make sure you knead it to get a really good doughy consistency!

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If you're on the hunt for Christmas ornament ideas, these window clings are the perfect crafty solution!

We've all seen those window clings in our search for Christmas ornament ideas, but they're overpriced and often kind of -- how should I put this? -- ugly. Crafters on the search for Christmas ornament ideas can bypass that whole problem, though, and make their own beautiful window clings out of saran wrap!

This project uses colored PVC glue (which is basically white glue). You should be able to find this in the arts and crafts section, but if you can't, you can make your own. Mix a small amount of brightly colored acrylic or poster paint with a fairly large amount of white glue. Use it quickly, before it has a chance to dry!

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Make quick and easy Christmas ornament crafts for all your friends and family!

Wreaths are classic Christmas ornaments, and these pretzel wreaths are unique, cute Christmas ornament crafts: a new spin on an old classic! They're quick and easy to make, but they do require a bit of precision, so they're not the best Christmas ornament crafts for young children. Have fun and get creative with these! You can use your imagination and branch out beyond the original Christmas ornament crafts to try all kinds of new things.

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Marshmallows turn into snowmen in these great kids Christmas crafts, perfect for all ages!

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These free Christmas crafts are great for young children on a budget!

Are you looking for free Christmas crafts to do with groups of young children? Not only are the instructions for this craft free, but the materials are dirt cheap -- the perfect free Christmas crafts when you're working on a budget!

Because they involve cutting and tracing, very small children may not have the fine motor skills to finish these off without help. It's a great craft for teamwork, though: get older children to help out with the cutting and tracing!

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With these felt crafts, kids can make stockings all their own!

Children love to make things, and felt crafts are always great ways to get creative without spending a fortune! Felt is dirt cheap, so if felt crafts are ruined you can always run out and buy another piece -- a great thing if you're going to have kids chopping and sewing (yes, sewing). These felt crafts will keep kids busy for hours, and they'll have beautiful stockings they can treasure for years!

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These are quick, easy crafts that children of any age will enjoy putting together!

Often easy crafts wind up looking like precisely that! But these Christmas ornaments are quick, easy crafts that actually make attractive and interesting ornaments. Younger children will enjoy making them, and older children will be able to turn out a whole bunch of these easy crafts in an afternoon -- probably enough to decorate a tree of their own! If you don't happen to have an extra tree kicking around, consider stringing a piece of yarn across the ceiling and hanging the ornaments from that. You'll be surprised how nice they look!

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This delicious gingerbread hot chocolate makes perfect crafty Christmas presents!

It's a lot of fun to make crafty Christmas presents, and it's even more fun to get them. Unfortunately, the Christmas season takes its toll, and a lot of us don't have time to make all the crafty Christmas presents we'd like to. This gingerbread hot chocolate is a great antidote to that problem! It's fast, easy, and inexpensive. Best of all, you can make a whole bunch of crafty Christmas presents in a single sitting -- and presents everyone's guaranteed to love!

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Combine toothpicks and old Christmas cards with a little patience to create homemade Christmas tree decorations!

These Christmas tree decorations require a steady hand and a bit of patience, but the end result is well worth the effort. And in spite of that, they really are quite simple. It’s just that little hands might need a bit of assistance to finish up!

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Have an old-fashioned Christmas with these nostalgic Christmas projects.

Nothing conjures up the image of Christmas gone by than strings of popcorn adorning a tree. These Christmas projects are easy and fun for the entire family. They do take a while to make, but that's okay: Christmas projects are called projects for a reason! You can leave them out for everyone to work at when they have a moment, or stick them together while you watch TV. And when you're finished, you can hang your Christmas projects from the tree so everyone can admire their hard work!

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These glass candle holders make beautiful, inexpensive, and easy Christmas craft gifts!

If you're searching for Christmas craft gifts to do yourself or with the kids, these pretty candle holders are perfect. You can make them as simple or complicated as you like, making them great Christmas craft gifts for any age or skill level. Do an intricate design for your best friend while the kids whip one up for Grandma. Whatever you decide, you'll love these Christmas craft gifts!

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With a little help from an adult, any child can make these preschool Christmas crafts.

Children love brightly colored paper, puppets, and all things Christmas, and these preschool Christmas crafts combine all three! A simple paper bag becomes a puppet of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for your little ones' enjoyment. You'll be amazed at how their imaginations make these simple preschool Christmas crafts come to life!

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Why I launched this website about Christmas crafts...

I just love to spend every free minute I get working on craft projects -- and Christmas crafts are my favorites. If you're a crafty person, I'm sure you can relate.

Around Christmas time, I'm always making Christmas crafts to use for decorations and Christmas gifts. I love to invite people to my house for Christmas craft parties and craft clubs so we can swap ideas and materials and of course, eat loads of yummy junk food while we socialize.

If what all my friends, family, in-laws (and just about everyone else!) says about me is right, you'll find really interesting and easy to make Christmas crafts and great money saving ideas right here on this website.

Here's what you'll find at About Christmas Crafts...

You'll discover lots of Christmas craft projects -- including photos, instructions and patterns. You'll also find some great Christmas craft ideas that you can use to come up with your own unique Christmas crafts, as well as shopping tips that will save you loads of money on your Christmas gifts and Christmas craft supplies.

Throughout About Christmas Crafts you'll find Fun Facts, Did You Know?, Factoids, and other interesting and enlightening trivia and tips that will make your Christmas crafting even more fun.

Plus, I've also invited my friend, Noel Jameson, to stop by occasionally to share her love of Christmas with you. Noel's pretty busy with her own blog called Christmas Rants -- I recommend you check it out.