Christmas Crafts For Kids - Christmas Cards Collage
With Christmas just around the corner what better time for an idea for Christmas crafts for kids?
Every year we receive a mass of cards, many so beautiful it’s hard to throw them away. Then there are the ones from special people that you just have to keep. Are your drawers becoming clogged with cards of Christmas past?
Well, this craft idea will help you to de-clutter and recycle into the bargain. What you will need is a stack of old Christmas cards, craft scissors, glue, glitter, cotton wool, a few of those paper doilies that you use for cake plates and anything else the imagination of your kids can stretch to. Be sure you
...knitting a lot, and search out some machine knitting patterns, they are popping up everywhere now as knitting becomes more popular, just make sure the pattern says for machine knitting and you should be fine.. With the advance of the ...
Let the kids cut out interesting shapes from the old cards and assemble them into new ones: Santa, angels, bells, candles, nativity scenes, rhymes, poems etc. You won’t need new cards to stick onto as you can reassemble several cards to make one, covering the writing from past senders. This is a kind of card collage. Many years ago a charity used to do this very thing and stamp their name on the back of the card and sell them. What a great way to recycle Christmas cards and support a needy cause.
Here are some ideas to use the cotton
...all the yarn for the project at the same time. Dyed yarns have "dye lots" and it's important to get all of your yarn for one project from the same dye lot. If you don't, you have a good chance ...
The doilies can be cut to use as snow flakes or as ‘lacey’ trim on angels and choral singers outfits. Pretty up a plain looking Christmas bauble with the addition of a few bits of this ‘paper lace’. Kids love glitter and this can be added to any of the finished cards for that extra sparkle.
Christmas crafts for kids should not be complicated. With a little imagination — and kids have lots of that — you can turn your pile of past cards into something
...uses; but at the same time, the wool is only as useful as the hands that are working with it, so be prepared for a bit of a learning curve at the beginning if you are inexperienced. The rewards of ...
Lyn Bell has been in the finance industry for more than 30 years and is a Certified Financial Planner. Arts and crafts is one of her hobbies which she enjoys sharing with others. For more craft ideas for kids visit http://craftideasforkids.weebly.com/ and http://artsandcraftsforkids.weebly.com/