Christmas Crafts

Here are two great Christmas themed crafts for Toddlers, and one for Preschoolers.

Toddler

Cotton Santa Beard

You will need:

• cotton balls
• glue
• paint brushes or popsicle sticks (to spread glue)
• santa face print out

Print a santa face with a large beard area.
Have the toddlers "paint" glue onto the beard.
Stick cotton balls on for the beard.

Rudolph

You will need:

• brown tissue paper
• red pom poms
• glue
• reindeer drawing or print out

Have children paint glue onto the print out.
Stick on tissue paper (small suares work well to practice fine motor skills)
Slue a red pompom on for rudolph's nose.

Preschool

Hand/foot reindeer

You will need:

• brown paint
• red paint
• black marker
• background paper

Have children dip their bare foot into brown paint.

Stamp foot in the middle of the page

Dip both hands in brown paint.

Stamp both hands side by side at the top of the foot to be the antlers

Use your thumb in the red paint to be rudolph's nose

When dry, use the black marker to create the rest of rudolph's face.