Holiday Craft Ideas/Techniques

A couple of Christmas craft ideas (after the fact, I know...) that the kids loved and that turned out so cute!

These craft techniques/ideas can be used for any holiday- bubble wrap print or glue torn painted paper on a heart for Valentine's Day, a shamrock for St. Patrick's Day, an Easter egg for Easter, etc. It's a fun way for kids to be creative, and no two turn out the same! At the same time, they are working on fine and visual motor skills, bilateral skills, motor planning, organization, getting tactile feedback, etc.

Painted Paper Tearing/Cutting:

tempera paint

glitter

construction paper

aluminum

glue

scissors

The kids chose their tempera paint colors, and painted a sheet of white construction paper. Some chose to also sprinkle glitter on it while still wet. We let them dry, and in a 2nd session, did a project with the painted paper. 

Some did paper tearing and glued the pieces into an ornament shape. For the other activity, the kids cut strips of different lengths of the painted paper and arranged them by length to make a Christmas tree. We added an aluminum foil star for the top of the tree or a square for the ornament top.

Bubble Wrap Printing:

tempera paint

bubble wrap 

poster board/construction paper

scissors

The kids chose their tempera paint colors, painted on bubble wrap, and pressed the painted bubble wrap onto a triangle Christmas tree shape that they cut out of construction paper. 

I did have some students who had a hard time with painting on the bubble wrap, as they wanted to pop the bubbles vs. paint on them!