Christmas Crafts and Activities

I hope this collection of Christmas crafts, gift ideas, fun recipes, and more helps you find exactly what you are looking for so you can have more time for all you want to accomplish!

Start out by reading these fun articles:

• 12 Days of Christmas... Crafts - Sign up for this special email course and receive a variety of Christmas related craft projects every day for 12 days.

• 12 Days of Christmas Gag Gift - This is a fun gift idea shared by GaeylS. I have even created free printable tags you can use.

• 101 Great Gifts to Make - Find many easy, home-made gift ideas for everyone.

• Books About Making Gifts - This collection of books contains something for everyone, crafter and gift recipient alike.

• Christmas Beaded Safety Pin Patterns - Check out all of these free Christmas related beaded safety pin patterns!

• Christmas Card Gallery - Take a few minutes to browse through photos of home-made Christmas cards made by yours truly and submitted by visitors, and you can also submit photos of your own home-made cards.

• Christmas Coloring Pages - Print out these free color pages and create your own holiday coloring book!

• Christmas Letter Surprise
  This is a nice surprise gift you can make and give, and the best thing is that the entire neighborhood can get involved!

• Christmas Party Printables
  If you are planning a party or special holiday dinner, you can use some of these free, printable supplies to help with your preparations.

• Christmas Poop - Now, don't get disgusted by the title here; believe it or not, these 'poop' ideas make great gag gifts!

• Christmas Spider - Make a fun ornament and read about the legend behind it!

• Cookies in a Jar - Fun article with recipes and gift tags for making cookies in a jar.

• Countdown to Christmas - Article to help you make your own advent calendars.

• Creative Christmas Ornaments - Fun article with ideas for some special ornaments to make.

• Free Gift Tags - Print out these free holiday gift tags.

• Grinch Crafts - Try these fun crafts related to the Grinch!

• Here Comes Santa Claus Article - Learn more about Santa and make related crafts.

• Holiday Travel Activities - Here are my top picks for great ways to keep everyone occupied on long trips.

• Recycled Christmas Tree Ornaments - Have fun recycling by making these ornaments!

• Recycling Christmas Cards - Find out how you can recycle those used greeting cards.

• Talk About Christmas - Talk with others about your favorite crafts, holiday recipes, and stories.

• True Meaning of Christmas Ornaments - Use these free, printable patterns to make a variety of ornaments that represent symbols related to the true meaning of Christmas.

After you read the wonderful articles above, browse through these collections of holiday resources:

• Christmas Carols - Not only can you find many traditional Christmas carols but also other Christmas related songs, poems, and even fingerplays.

• Christmas History and Customs - Check out these great resources to find interesting Christmas related history and customs!

• Christmas Patterns to Print - Looking for shapes and simple designs to use as patterns to create Christmas crafts? If so, check out these free templates; many are simple coloring pages!

• Christmas Recipes - Check out many great resources for creative and delicious recipes.

• Christmas Wreaths - Make these festive decorations to help you celebrate.

• Displaying Christmas Cards - How do you display the Christmas or other holiday cards you receive from others?

• Gingerbread Crafts - Make gingerbread men, women, houses, and more.

• Home-Made Gift Wrap - Creative ideas for custom-made wrapping paper.

• Make a Christmas Tree - Many shapes, styles, and sizes of Christmas Trees crafts to create.

• Making Angels - Use many techniques and supplies to make a variety of angel crafts.

• Nativity Crafts - Celebrate the season by making one of these nativity related craft projects.

• Printable Christmas Games - A selection of fun Christmas games you can print and play.

• Reindeer Crafts - Have fun making a variety of reindeer related crafts!

• Snow People Crafts - While not exclusive to Christmas, snowmen and snow women make a ice adddition to Christmas decor.

Here are some other Web resources worthy of your time.

• Christmas at FreeKidsCrafts.com
  Christmas Snowflakes, snowmen, Christmas trees, Santas and all kinds of Christmas decorations and treats.

• Christmas at FabulousLiving.com
  Find several crafts, decorating, and holiday entertaining ideas.

• Christmas at FabulousFoods.com
  Explore holiday recipes, party and entertaining fare, gifts from your kitchen and more.

• Christmas at FamilyCorner.com
  Amanda shares crafts, recipes, activities, decorating ideas, coloring pages, kid's recipes, advice, more.

Find all these ideas and more in the Christmas Family Projects Index.

Learn more about Hanukkah and find fun crafts on the Hanukkah Family Fun Page.

You can also learn more about Kwanzaa.

Discover hundreds of home-made gift ideas for Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa.

Get ready to celebrate New Years with these ideas.