Photo by Mike Garten; Craft Styling: Lis Engelhart
90 Easy Christmas Craft Ideas to DIY for the Holidays
Designed for all ages and skill levels, these creative crafts will inspire you to break out the hot glue gun.
By Alyssa Gautieri and Monique Valeris Updated: Oct 20, 2023
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Mike Garten
When the Christmas season rolls around, there’s nothing like getting into the holiday spirit by decorating the entire house, whipping up festive recipes and experimenting with a slew of Christmas crafts. Whether you consider yourself a skilled crafter or more of a beginner, we’ve rounded up Christmas crafting ideas that will inspire you to break out the hot glue gun. Picture this: a beautiful living room with hand-stitched stockings, a Christmas tree adorned with DIY ornaments and a front door decorated with homemade wreaths.
No matter your aesthetic or skill level, we’ve included a mix of traditional, modern and whimsical craft ideas — so you can find something that sparks that Christmas joy. Find instructions and links to step-by-step tutorials for fun projects, like an air dry Christmas village, popsicle stick wreaths, candy cane pillows and felt gnomes. To help you stay on budget and take better care of the environment, we’ve found plenty of upcycling ideas that use what you’ve got at home (like old lightbulbs, lip balm containers or glass jars).
Whether you have toddlers or school-age children, we’ve sprinkled in a ton of easy Christmas crafts that you can make with your kids. Your preschooler will love the tea light snowman ornament, while older kids will have a blast cutting paper snowflakes. Added bonus: many of these clever crafts double as handmade Christmas gift ideas for your loved ones.
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Foraged Fire Starters
Photo by Mike Garten; Craft Styling: Lis Engelhart
Nestle a DIY fire starter beneath dry logs in your fireplace or fire pit, then light the wick to enjoy a warming winter aroma. These are easy to recreate once you gather your kindling — think: small pinecones, evergreen twigs, dried citrus peel, cinnamon sticks and coffee beans.
- Place cupcake liners in a baking tray. Melt wax pellets in a heatproof bowl in the microwave. Stir every 30 seconds until the wax is melted and completely clear.
- Dip the wick bottoms into the wax and place one in each muffin cup. Fill cups halfway with kindling.
- Pour wax over the kindling until 2/3 of the way full. Allow the wax to set for a few minutes, then add more kindling to the top.
- Allow the wax to fully set for an hour before handling.
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Toy Drum Ornaments
Mike Garten
Would you believe that these adorable drum ornaments are crafted from old toilet paper rolls? With a bit of paint, tape and ribbon, the once paper rolls are completely unrecognizable.
- Cut down a toilet paper roll with scissors to about 1.5″ – 2″ tall. Paint the outside of the roll with acrylic paint and let completely dry.
- Cut out two circles the size of the opening of the roll out of craft paper and attach using a thin line of hot glue to secure.
- Add details onto the side of the drum making a criss-cross pattern with washi tape or attach ribbon with hot glue.
- Attach a strip of washi tape, ribbon or craft paper onto the top and bottom of the ‘drum’ to create a clean, straight line.
- Add a loop of ribbon with a dot of hot glue onto the side to hang.
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