Christmas Craft Week
Christmas Crafts
The first week of school holidays always means Christmas craft time in the Wheatbelt Kids house. My daughter MJ and I love to make and create different things to give to our loved ones and decorate the Christmas tree with.
This year we saw a few different projects in shops that we had to try and we hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
Christmas Craft Gingerbread Man
I found this Gingerbread Man cut out pack at Riot Art and Craft and really liked the convenience.
I then made a tray of collage items for MJ to choose from for her own Gingerbread Man.
She really enjoyed this activity and choosing items to use. You can create the same by drawing a man figure onto card and making a collage with items you may have at home.
Santa Craft
I found this Santa craft pack at Red Dot in Northam. The pack contains 6 Santa cut outs to make for $2.99 which I thought was a bargain.
While MJ needed some help with cutting parts for the Santa’s it was very easy for her to peel, stick and glue together.
The finished product was a very cute looking Santa.
Popstick Puppets
I found this Stick Puppet Kit when at Riot Art and Craft in November. The kit was a great price and had everything included which makes crafting life with a three year old much easier.
MJ needed some help with this as it was a little fiddly, but the final product was great fun. Once dry we had hours of puppet shows.
Painting Ceramics
MJ loves to paint anything and everything so of course I had to pick up a few Christmas Ceramics to paint.
I found some cheap ones at Woolworths and Riot Art and Craft but most small specialty stores have little kits.
We made lots of mess but made lots of memories.
Pom Pom Reindeer
I found this Pom Pom Reindeer craft pack at Red Dot and thought it would be a great fine motor activity for MJ for when Mummy needed some quiet time.
MJ loved the pom poms and colour matching. Mummy liked the 30 minutes to relax but ended up folding the mountain of washing.
Moveable Santa
The Moveable Santa craft pack was from Riot Art and Craft.
This one I let MJ paint and she had lots of fun and cheekily painted the table.
I liked this pack as it included the split pins for the Santa.
Magic Christmas Tree
I found this Magic Christmas Tree while shopping at the Australian Geographic Store in Midland Gate.
It was great fun to watch over the day to see how much it had grown. Our tree didn’t turn out exactly like the packet due to MJ accidentally pouring half the special water over the table, but we loved watching our special tree anyway.
Making Clay Decorations
We made our own decorations and painted them this year. MJ had lots of fun rolling out the clay, choosing cutters to use and then painting them once dry.
Please note that the clay took a day to dry in the Northam heat, you could speed up the drying time in the oven like salt dough.
Thank you for taking the time to read our Christmas craft adventures this year.
We hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Stay safe on our Wheatbelt roads while driving these school holidays.
Jodie and MJ xx
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Author - Jodie Lowen
Jodie Lowen is the owner of Wheatbelt Kids and a mother of two. She lives in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia and has worked in education for many years. Jodie is passionate about social media marketing and using online platforms to build community connections.