In the days that precede the beautiful and mysterious holiday - the New Year, all houses already have a special atmosphere, the smell of fresh pine and mandarin. And in order to spend this time with children is fun and useful, they need to be occupied with something so that it is interesting and fascinating. The best option is to start making Christmas crafts for children from improvised materials. Most often, these become threads, colored paper, cardboard, buttons and so on. It is only important to control and guide the child in this process, and then home-made Christmas toys will become unique.
The simplest children's Christmas crafts are snowflakes cut out of paper. They can have various sizes and shapes, and can also be used both as Christmas-tree decorations and as an additional decoration of a room and apartment. Most often, snowflakes are glued to the windows, however, if such an craft is fixed on thick cardboard, it can safely decorate a Christmas tree or pine. In order for such a snowflake to look more beautiful and attractive, give your child the opportunity to put sparkles on it.
Very common Christmas crafts for children are mini-Christmas trees made of green paper or cardboard. They are made in the form of cones and fixed with tape or glue. A child can decorate such a Christmas tree to his taste by painting it with various colors or sticking it with paper of other colors. Threads should definitely be attached to such Christmas-tree decorations, therefore it is advisable to purchase a skein of shiny or multi-colored threads in advance so that the manufacture of Christmas-tree decorations becomes a more interesting and fascinating activity for any child.
A great way to teach your baby to give gifts to relatives and friends is to make presentations on your own. With his friends and siblings, the baby can make Christmas paper crafts for children in the form of lanterns with wishes, cardboard Christmas trees. Or the original origami. New Year's gift crafts for children should differ from all the others by the presence of a signature with wishes and congratulations. Let the child himself learn not only to make souvenirs, but also to formulate his thoughts.
For their parents, the baby can make home-made cards. A great idea for such a gift is decorating the card with buttons. They can be sewn if the cardboard is tight and reliable (you only need to do this under the supervision of elders), or you can just stick it on. Adults can also make similar Christmas crafts for children as a good example.
Any kid with great interest will collect a New Year's garland chain from slices of colored paper. And it doesn’t matter if, as a result, it turns out to be not so smooth and ideal. The main thing is that the child made this jewelry himself, and it can become a worthy addition to the Christmas tree ensemble. A long garland can be placed in the nursery under the ceiling or on the walls, and also such New Year's crafts for children are perfectly formed in a variety of patterns and drawings.