| The holiday season is finally here again, and this is | | | | your chain look even more extravagant but |
| a great time to do some fun crafts with your | | | | pretty much let your children make the ultimate |
| kids. Christmas crafts will not only get your kids in | | | | decision so they will feel as if they created the |
| the holiday spirit but will get you in the holiday | | | | chain. |
| spirit as well. First though you will need to collect | | | | Another great Christmas craft to do with your |
| up some supplies for your Christmas crafts. | | | | children is making ornaments. One type of |
| Some of the basic items that you will need for | | | | ornament you could make includes your child's |
| many of the crafts you do include construction | | | | picture which can be pasted to an old compact |
| paper, pipe cleaners, glue, glitter, confetti, bows, | | | | disc. You can also take an old jigsaw puzzle and |
| ribbons, and anything else that you think you may | | | | paint the pieces green and clue them around the |
| use to make your Christmas crafts. Most of | | | | picture in order to make it look like a holiday |
| these items can be bought at your local craft | | | | wreath. Tie a string onto the disc and you have a |
| store for fairly little expense and the joy that you | | | | beautiful and creative Christmas ornament as well |
| children will get out of making their own holiday | | | | as a keepsake with your child's picture. |
| crafts will be worth every penny you spend. | | | | Another type of ornament that is simple to make |
| Listed are some great ideas for crafts to get you | | | | are salt-dough ornaments. Mix together a batch of |
| started but you may find that once you get going | | | | dough, cut shapes out of the dough with cookie |
| you will start to come up with your own ideas | | | | cutters, and then bake the dough in a 200 degree |
| too and so will your kids. | | | | oven. When the ornaments are hardened you can |
| A classic in its own right and one of the easiest | | | | decorated them with various color paints to make |
| Christmas crafts to do is making a paper chain to | | | | beautiful and artistic Christmas ornaments. Tie a |
| count down the days until Christmas Eve. The | | | | string onto them and hang them on the tree so |
| kids not only will love making this simple craft but | | | | that every one can see how simple it is to make |
| they will love being able to see how many days | | | | your very own holiday ornaments. |
| they have left until the holiday as well. Simply cuts | | | | Everybody knows how expensive Christmas can |
| strips of green, red, and any other color | | | | get, especially if you have children, so why need |
| construction paper you will want to use and then | | | | spend a little less on Christmas this year. And the |
| glue them together in a circle through another | | | | added bonus with making your ornaments is the |
| one. You may want to alternate colors to make | | | | extra time you get to spend with your kids too. |