10 Easy & Fun Christian Christmas Crafts For Kids
Christmas is a great time of year. Christian Christmas crafts for kids is an enjoyable activity that can be used as part of celebrating the season. As you sing Jingle Bells or some other Christmas song; kids can enjoy making special decorations or creative crafts for themselves, friends or family using simple supplies like pom poms, coffee filters or toilet paper tubes.
If you and your family celebrate Christmas and focus on Christ’s birth instead of Santa Claus, we will share some fabulous Christian Christmas crafts for kids to do this holiday season while you share the nativity story. If you feel you aren’t too crafty we have some easy crafts and if those don’t appeal to you we have some simple Nativity story worksheets that your kids can enjoy too. So, let’s dive right into these awesome Christian Christmas crafts for kids.
Crafting Adorable Ornaments For Christmas
Kids can make their own Christmas ornament. One of the favorite Christian Christmas Crafts for kids to make is a star ornament. Since Christmas is about the birth of Jesus for many Christians one star ornament kids can make is the star of Bethlehem ornament. Matthew 2:1-12 details the story of how the wise men sought to find Jesus and followed the star to where he was. In Matthew 2:9-11 we read:
“When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.”
As you retell the story of Jesus’ birth during the Christmas season, the star is a key feature. It also makes for a great craft idea which can be an added activity after telling the story of Jesus’ birth and emphasizing the significance of the star in the story in a fun way. The Artful Parent has detailed instructions on how to make a 3D paper star of Bethlehem ornament. You will need
- Card stock
- 3D star template
- Scissors
- Tempera paint
- Glitter
- Markers
- Glue stick
- Embroidery thread
- Embroidery needle
- Beads
After making this star it could be one of the adorable ornaments that you hang on your Christmas tree as part of your Christmas decorations.
Another one of the nativity ornaments you and your kids can make, is a paper plate baby Jesus craft. Felt Magnet has the details of how to make adorable baby Jesus ornaments such as this and other different designs using other materials such as felt.
If you are looking for a stunning Nativity wreath craft that will make all our family and friends go ” you made that? Its awesome, ” then you will have to visit the Mommy made that blog. It is one of the really fabulous Christian Christmas crafts for kids that you are sure to enjoy.
Fun & Easy Crafts
Doing easy religious Christmas crafts is one of the best ideas to have a great time showing kids that God’s gifts are all year round. Doing simple bible crafts such as a praise and thanks jar will help kids appreciate these daily blessings from God.
In the story of the birth of Jesus, the wise men brought gifts to Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says
“Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.”
We typically give our praise and thanks during the thanksgiving holiday but at Christmas time we can give thanks for all the blessings of the year. Just as the wisemen brought their gold, and frankincense and myrrh we can bring our praise and thankfulness to God. One craft we can make is an easy Christmas craft called a praise and thanks jar.
You can make it at Christmas time and then throughout the year you place things you praise God for or are thankful for then the next Christmas in your family gatherings you can all share what you have in your jar as praise and thanksgiving to God for that happened throughout the year. For bible stories you can share with your kids about why thanksgiving is important see our full post on giving thanks.
For the praise and thanks jar you will need
- A plastic jar (so there wont be accidental breaking of a glass jar)
- Construction paper of various colors or index cards
- Scissors
- Pen or pencil
- Praise and thanks jar label (printable template-if you do not like the colors you could just print a black and white version and decorate the printed side the way you like with stickers etc.)
Directions for making the Praise and Thanks Jar
- Print out the Praise and thanks Jar label using the link above and tape it on the outside of the plastic jar . Place the jar in an where you will see it often to remind yourself to put your praise and thanks notes in the jar.
- Use index cards or cut strips of construction paper and place them beside the jar with a pen or pencil.
- Throughout the year, write what you are thankful for or what you praise God for and put it in the jar.
- At Christmas time, take the papers from the jar and read it aloud at your family gathering.
You can also do this activity as a family activity where everyone places their praise and thanks in one jar instead of individual jars if your prefer. This would be a great way of having the family doing a shared activity. Enjoy giving your praise and thanks as gifts for Jesus during the Christmas season using this simple craft idea. It is one of the great Christian Christmas crafts for kids and an easy way to keep thanksgiving alive in their hearts.
Another easy Christian Christmas Crafts For Kids which parents and kids can do is making a festive banner featuring the words “Joy to the World.” This is one of the easy Christmas crafts that kids of all ages will enjoy. This banner could be apart of your nativity crafts.
In the Christmas story Jesus brought Joy to the world even though he was born in a lowly manger. Jesus is the greatest gift and the real meaning of Christmas which many families choose to teach their kids about. The Create website has a super cute Away in a manger nativity craft.
Another fun and easy manger craft is made from graham crackers. You saw that right-graham crackers will be needed for this Christian Christmas Crafts for kids. For this craft you will need:
- Graham crackers
- Royal icing or peanut butter
- Candies (gum drops, candy cane, fruit rollups)
- Animal crackers
- Toasted coconut shreds
Brandy has the full instructions on making this edible graham cracker nativity scene craft that will be tasty and so much fun for kids of all ages.
These manger craft will help to remind kids that Jesus Christ is the real reason behind the Christmas story. You can also have the older children grab some nativity finger puppets and tell the Christmas story to the younger children using their own nativity scene that they crafted.
Christ Centered Christmas Crafts For Kindergarten Kids
Luke 2:8-12 tells the portion of the Christmas story when the angels let the shepherds know that baby Jesus was born.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
As you share the story of the birth of Jesus and how the angels made his birth known, one of the easy Christian Christmas crafts for kids in Kindergarten is to make popsicle angels. For this craft you will need
- 6 inch Popsicle Sticks
- White Paint
- Paintbrush
- Brown and White Cupcake Liners
- Gold Pipe Cleaners
- Scissors
- Peach/Flesh-colored Card Stock
- Glue
- Colored Markers
Artsy Craftsy Mom has the full directions for making these craft sticks angels as well as a great how to video for those who enjoy visual instructions. Parents and kids are sure to have a great time doing these great Christian Christmas Crafts for kids.
Christian Christmas Crafts For Kids In Preschool
Young children such as preschool kids need crafts that help to develop fine motor skills as well as coordination skills. Crafts can help to develop their creativity as well as helping with shape, color, number and letter recognition. Using Christian Christmas crafts for kids is also a fun way to share with them the nativity story at Christmas time.
In the story of Christ’s birth, the shepherds were tending their sheep when they heard the good news about the birth of Jesus from the angels. As you tell the story of Jesus Christ at Christmas time, this great shredded paper sheep craft will be a fun craft to enhance your teaching with younger children.
You will need
- A Paper Plate
- Googly eyes
- White Shredded paper or you can have your preschool kids rip the paper into pieces as a fun alternative to neatly shredded paper or you could use tissue paper (those little hands will have lots of fun ripping the paper)
- White School Glue
- Black paper
For the detailed instructions on how to make the shredded paper sheep craft as one of the Christian Christmas crafts for your kids visit Housing a Forest. Sunday school class teachers have found this to be one of the most fun Sunday School Christmas crafts and a great addition to their Sunday School lesson.
All the Days of Christ spent on the earth his desire was to bring us eternal life and so the sheep represents Him coming as a sacrifice for our sins and it also brings to mind the illustration that we are the sheep and we should follow Him who is our shepherd. Making this sheep is one of the nice Christian Christmas crafts for kids that remind us all of the better way of living which is when we follow Jesus.
Christian Christmas Crafts Ideas
These Christian Christmas crafts for kids help to teach kids the story of the birth of Jesus and the reason some Christians choose to celebrate the season. These craft ideas will also help to create lasting memories as you share these crafts with them. We hope you found one of these Christ centered Christmas crafts something that you can make apart of your Christmas activities if you and your family celebrate the Christmas holidays.
Whether it is in the kids craft room or the kitchen counter top we hope you will have a good time doing these lovely crafts while sharing your own beliefs concerning the true meaning of Christmas and using these Nativity sheets to assist. To those Christians celebrating Christmas this year enjoy these Christian Christmas crafts for kids and have a Merry Christmas!
