| Creating simple Christmas crafts are one of the | | | | sweet homemade gifts from the kids to other |
| family traditions being practiced until now. These | | | | family members. |
| creative crafts only need material that we already | | | | The Santa Ornament: |
| see around the house. | | | | This is great for everyone especially for the kids |
| We just have to recycle them and everything will | | | | to give to their friends. Look for plastic |
| look brand new. Once you buy a pack of | | | | ornaments at your nearest craft store. |
| Christmas clipart graphic images to download, you | | | | Open these ornaments and then place your token |
| will receive instant Christmas images and have | | | | gift or sweet inside it. Then close it again. |
| great results for many years to come, with just | | | | Using wooden balls for Santa’s head, glue on |
| cut and paste and a bit of imagination. | | | | a pair of jiggly eyes or paint some eyes. If you |
| Here are some of the Creative Christmas Crafts | | | | have Christmas clipart graphic images, you can |
| ideas for you to try out: | | | | cut out a picture of Santa’s face and glue it |
| The Christmas Placemat | | | | to the ball. Glue the ball on the top of the |
| Using your old Christmas cards or some of your | | | | ornament. Then add cotton to serve as his hair |
| Royalty free Christmas clipart graphic images, | | | | on the head, mustache and as his beard. |
| select the pictures you want to use. Just print out | | | | Glue a red felt hat cap on his head. Then at the |
| and cut your selected Christmas graphic images. | | | | middle of the bigger ornament, glue a strip of |
| You will need three Christmas card regular sized | | | | black paper to serve as his belt. You can glue a |
| images to make the Christmas placemat. | | | | patch of black felt at the bottom to serve as the |
| Glue the Christmas images on a sheet of colored | | | | base, and Santa’s boots. Make all of the body |
| construction paper. You can also write the | | | | parts look like Santa Claus with bits of felt or |
| child’s name in bright colours or glitter glue, or | | | | coloured paper. |
| add a photo of them to the scrap picture collage, | | | | The Countdown chain |
| so that they can easily tell which mat belongs to | | | | Cut green and red construction paper into thin |
| them at mealtimes when they set the dinner | | | | strips. Search for used Gift Wrap so you can |
| table. | | | | recycle those. You can decorate the strips with |
| Once the glue dries, cover the front of the craft | | | | glitter glue and Christmas writing. |
| and the back using rolls of sticky clear plastic | | | | Form the thin strips into a circle, connecting the |
| contact. You can also just slide the picture | | | | ends and then glue each of them. When the glue |
| placemat inside a plastic sleeve used in office clip | | | | dries, hang it within the level where children can |
| folders. Then just sticky tape closed the open end | | | | easily reach. |
| of the plastic sleeve, to enclose it securely. This | | | | You can also cut out a picture from your Royalty |
| will make them waterproof and easy to wipe | | | | free Christmas clipart graphic images package and |
| down after each meal. | | | | glue them to the paper chain, one picture a day. |
| Make sure there are no gaps or any open sides. | | | | Every day children pass by; they will tear the |
| Kids will love eating on their own plates with their | | | | strips attached on the chain until everything is |
| own handmade placemats. These also make | | | | gone, just in time for the holiday! |