20 Easy Christmas Crafts for Toddlers & Preschoolers – That Are Perfect for Little Hands
Get into the holiday spirit with these easy and adorable Christmas crafts perfect for toddlers and preschoolers!
From paper plate Santas to pom-pom trees and handmade ornaments, these simple crafts are designed with little hands in mind.
Best of all, they use basic supplies you likely already have at home—making holiday crafting stress-free and joyful for everyone!
20 Easy Christmas Crafts for Toddlers & Preschoolers to Make
These delightful projects are specifically designed for toddlers and preschoolers to explore creativity while developing important skills through festive holiday fun.
1. Paper Plate Santa with Cotton Wool Beard
Create a classic jolly Santa using a paper plate base with painted red hat and facial features, topped off with a gloriously fluffy cotton wool beard that kids love to touch. Find the tutorial on our blog here.
2. Paper Cup Christmas Tree Craft
Toddlers can turn simple paper cups into festive Christmas trees with just paint and decorations—perfect for little hands and big imaginations.
3. Colorful Pom Pom Christmas Tree Craft
This vibrant craft uses pom poms and a basic tree shape, making it a great sensory and fine motor activity for toddlers.
4. Star Photo Ornaments Keepsake
Toddlers can help decorate these sweet star-shaped photo ornaments, creating a keepsake that parents will treasure for years.
5. Paper Cone Christmas Tree Craft
A simple cone shape becomes a festive tree toddlers can paint and decorate in any way they like.
6. Paper Mâché Christmas Trees
While this project involves a bit more prep, toddlers will love helping paint and decorate these sturdy paper mâché trees.
7. Lolly Stick Christmas Crafts
With just glue and popsicle sticks, toddlers can create fun Christmas characters and shapes, like reindeer and trees.
8. Paper Kids Advent Calendar
Toddlers can help decorate this cheerful paper advent calendar, turning it into a fun daily countdown to Christmas.
9. Christmas Tree Craft with Paper Strips
Using pre-cut paper strips, toddlers can easily build their own colorful Christmas trees—great for practicing size and pattern recognition.
10. Christmas Angel Using Paper Roll
This angel uses simple materials to create a lovely and meaningful holiday keepsake.
11. Handprint Snowman Craft
This handprint snowman craft is an adorable handprint craft perfect for the chilly winter months.
12. Handprint Christmas Tree Craft
This craft transforms stacked handprints into a charming Christmas tree, perfect for kids to personalize with paint and glitter.
13. Felt Christmas Tree Pin Craft
Toddlers can decorate mini felt trees using stickers, gems, or buttons in this fun and mess-free activity.
14. Christmas Tree Sun Catcher Craft
Using tissue paper and contact paper, this craft lets toddlers create a colorful Christmas tree that shines in the window.
15. Handprints and Footprints for Christmas Keepsakes
Christmas Keepsakes, kids will love doing their footprint and handprint as Christmas tree, snowman, Santa and Rudolph.
16. Paper Plate Christmas Crafts
A collection of easy paper plate crafts like reindeer and trees that are ideal for toddlers to paint, glue, and explore.
17. Easy Handprint Ornament
A simple ornament craft using kids’ handprints, perfect for hanging on the tree or gifting to family.
18. Easy Christmas Craft for Kids
A toddler-friendly Christmas tree made from paper strips and stickers that’s perfect for practicing creativity and colors.
19. Simple Christmas Craft for Kids
With paper, glue, and cotton balls, toddlers can assemble a quick and festive holiday scene with minimal help.
20. Christmas Tree Handprint Art
This colorful art project layers green handprints into a tree shape and adds decorative details for a festive display.
Final Thoughts on Easy Christmas Crafts for Toddlers
These 20 Christmas crafts prove that holiday creativity knows no age limit, with each project carefully designed to engage toddlers while building important skills.
The joy and pride toddlers feel creating their own festive decorations makes these crafts as rewarding for parents as they are fun for little ones.
Ready for more festive holiday fun? Check out these popular posts:
- 20 Christmas Handprint Crafts for Kids – Create treasured holiday keepsakes with little hands
- 20 DIY Advent Calendars for Adults – Stylish countdown calendars for grown-up holiday magic
- Fun and Easy Christmas Card Tutorial For Kids – Spread holiday cheer with personalized cards
Discover even more wonderful crafts for kids that will make every season truly special on our blog!
