Waiting for the arrival of Santa Claus, the opening of the presents, the moment of the log … it can be a long time for the children! Normally impatient, with the approach of Christmas, they no longer hold in place! So to make things easier, whether for you or for them, there is nothing better than making them do manual activities.
Decorations for the Christmas tree, little gifts to offer or just activities around Christmas, here are some good ideas that will keep them waiting until the big day! Decorations for the Christmas tree, little gifts to give or just crafts around Christmas, it’s the perfect season to stimulate their creativity.
Creations for the holidays
Are your kids starting to be imaginative and even start eating broccoli? No doubt they want to be spoiled for Christmas. Christmas trees, decorative balls, the star, socks, chocolate calendars, children are fond of this very special period.
To make them participate as much as possible, we suggest that you do manual activities with them. During the school holidays, children have plenty of time to indulge in crafts while waiting for the holidays. To change classic Christmas tree decorations, we suggest you revisit them with the materials you have at home. Paper, bottle caps, ampoule, glitter paper, cardboard boxes, you can create endlessly with your children who will be able to glue, cut out, color, paint, fold …
Recyclable DIY
To avoid waste, we suggest that you have an anti-waste Christmas with your children. Milk cartons, cans and lids, egg cartons, toilet paper rolls, kitchen rolls, shoe boxes or even plastic bottles.
What could be better than decorating yourself while raising awareness among the youngest? Cardboard trees, paper Santa Claus, wreaths made of plastic bottles, reindeer and a paper towel sleigh, there are many combinations. In addition, to change the classic Christmas cards, we suggest you send your greetings using electronic postcards or even use the furoshiki method to wrap your gifts. In addition, to set the table, favor porcelain or wooden plates rather than plastic ones.
Indeed, each year, 20,000 tonnes of gift wrap would be purchased in France for Christmas, according to Greenflex, a sustainable development services company. To avoid waste, switch to furoshiki, which makes it possible to environmentally replace gift wrap and plastic bags. Little more, we can make it from recycled fabrics and reuse it at will.
DIYs to print
If you are not a pro in artistic activities, you can find Christmas-themed DIYs to print to make with your children: Christmas tree patterns, snowman patterns, snowballs, wreaths. Christmas or even Santa Claus.
Here are our DIY ideas to find:
Decorations made with salt dough
Snowman gift packages
Personalize gift packages
A cookie kit
Wall Christmas tree
Mickey and Minnie Christmas balls
A decoration for the windows
Greeting cards
A garland for the windows
A decoration for the tree
A snow globe
My first Christmas puzzle
Funny snowmen
A Christmas photobooth
The letter to Santa Claus
Mittens to keep you warm
A Christmas tree greeting card
Marshmallow snowmen
Christmas trees made with straws
Christmas suspensions
Christmas trees / pine cones
Christmas slime
Origami trees
An original Santa
Advent wreath
Christmas trees mark place
A snowman advent calendar
A homemade advent calendar
A gourmet advent calendar
A berlingot advent calendar
It’s up to you to choose from our DIY ideas. Manual activities that the older ones can do on their own, others for which they will need a little help. Enough to have a good time with the family while preparing for Christmas!
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