12 easy Christmas craft and game ideas for children

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How to make a pine cone Rudolph?

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How to make an egg cup penguin

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How to make the snowglobe

Fill the bottle or jar half full of water
Tip in a handful of sparkly eco glitter
Screw the lid on tightly and have them shake the bottle/jar up
Unscrew and top up with corn syrup – leave room for air at the top. Screw the lid back on tightly
Now decorate the bottle/jar with stickers

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How to make Christmas tree biscuits

Give your child a green icing pen and have them scribble a design onto the biscuit
Now get them to sprinkle hundreds and thousands onto the biscuits
Finally, add edible silver balls for little baubles

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How to make a lolly stick snowflake?

Help your child glue the lolly sticks into a snowflake shape and leave to dry
Paint the sticks white, then sprinkle glitter over the snowflake whilst the paint is wet. Add sequins too
Once the snowflake is dry, stick a loop of ribbon to the back and hang up on your tree

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How to make a fingerprint snowman card

Fold a piece of coloured card
Ask your little one to dip their fingers into the paint and make lots of prints to create the snowmen
Draw on a carrot nose, arms, mouth and buttons with pens
Pop it in the post for your family and friends

How to play

Ask your child to make different Christmas actions such as ‘Prance like a reindeer’, ‘Freeze like a snowman’ and ‘Pop like a cracker!’

Then ask them to do the action every time you spot those things when you're out and about - a great game for when you're out Christmas shopping!

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How to make a loo roll snowman

Help your child paint the loo rolls white
While the paint is drying, cut out an orange carrot nose and a colourful scarf from the card
Once dry, stick the nose and scarf onto the loo roll
Finally, draw on eyes, a friendly smile and buttons with a black pen

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How to play the snowman race?

Allocate the numbers 1 to 6 to different parts of the snowman, eg: 1 = snowman head, 2 = snowman body, 3 = 3 buttons, 4 = carrot nose, 5 = coal eyes, 6 = pebble mouth
Take turns to roll the dice
Draw the part of the snowman your dice number relates to
Race against each other to see who can draw a full snowman in the quickest time

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How to make a Christmas Eve box

Give your child the box to decorate however they like
Write a note on the top e.g. "Special delivery for Alfie"
Fill the empty box with cosy things such as socks or little soft toy – new or old, they’ll love the surprise
Give to your child before bedtime on Christmas Eve