Kids making crafts for Christmas.
Entertain the adults and keep the kids happy at the same time during the holidays. Here are 15 kids crafts recommendations for the holidays. Shutterstock/Poznyakov

Christmas is all about family, laughs, good food and presents. The kids also get to enjoy the gingerbread houses, cookies, candy canes and more but adding some crafts to their things to do keep them entertained and creative. Christmas morning after they open up the gifts from Santa plan out a day of crafts because after a while they do get tired of playing with their new toys. There are many Christmas themed crafts that you can do with your children or they can do independently while you take care of your guests. Latin Times has put together 15 crafts for kids that they can do for the holidays. They are easy to do and most require very little materials.

For girls we recommend doing some paper craft activities and creating your own version of your favorite characters. To create your own paper crafts you don’t need many materials a simple scissor, paper or cardstock and glue will do. There is a fun Elsa from the movie "Frozen" paper craft will take about 20 minutes. Creating crafts of your favorite princess characters whether for the Christmas tree or just to hang as decoration around the house are always a fun activity for girls. To create Disney princess chandeliers to hang we recommend all cutting to be done by an adult since this is a little bit more complicated. Why buy a Christmas wreath when your little one can make one? It will take about 60 minutes and a few materials needed but she will love it. Minnie mouse pilgrim candy boxes and enchanted spoons and spatulas are a super creative craft and fun.

Crafts for Girls

Crafts for Girls

Crafts for Girls

Boys love cars a great craft recommendation is are creating 3D paper crafting of their favorite character for example Tow Mater of the movie “Cars”. Candy boxes are very creative,easy to make and you only need 3 materials and roughly takes about 25 minutes to create a Mickey Mouse one. Little army of Endor’s can be made out of clay and your little boys will love it. To create this you only need 3 colors of clay, toothpick and craft knife is optional but with a parents supervision. Santa hats are always festive and having your little one create their own are lots of fun. This activity you can do together or independently. A great craft to create is to tree ornaments and woodland creatures especially for boys.

Crafts for Boys

Crafts for Boys

Crafts for Boys

In addition here are some recommendations for crafts boys and girls can do over the holiday season. Try out some of these crafts that include creating cotton swab snowflakes, electric tea light snowman, paper snowflakes, paper reindeers and homemade snow globes. These easy kid friendly and Christmas crafts are easy to make and some require minimum supervision! If you need some easy crafting recommendations, take a look at the links below!

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