35 Creative Baby Christmas Crafts For A Memorable Holiday
As your baby experiences their first Christmas, it’s the perfect time to create memorable baby Christmas crafts and keepsakes. Trust me, you and your family (especially their grandparents) will cherish the dear memories for years to come.
Think your little one is too tiny to join in on the craft fun? You couldn’t be more wrong. Babies may be small, but they are pretty enthusiastic participants!
Whether you want to make heartfelt Christmas gifts for grandparents or decorate your house with everything that reminds you of your baby, we have rounded up some beautiful baby’s first Christmas crafts.
In this article, you will find:
- Baby First Christmas Ornament Ideas
- Daycare Christmas Crafts For Babies
- Baby Christmas Crafts For Grandparents
- Baby Christmas Crafts For Special Keepsakes
- Infant Christmas Crafts
- Newborn Christmas Craft Ideas
- Christmas Crafts For 1-Year-Olds
- Christmas Crafts For 2-Years Olds
Don’t worry! We have included many unique baby feet Christmas crafts, Christmas baby footprint crafts, and handprint baby’s first Christmas crafts!
Not to forget, all these ideas are great baby Christmas craft gifts!
Baby’s First Christmas Ornament Ideas
Use your baby’s help to create ornaments that will make this year’s Christmas tree truly special.
From tiny handprints to simple DIY touches, these Christmas ornamental ideas are perfect for turning your tree into a celebration of your baby’s first Christmas.
Below are seven Christmas crafts for babies that will also be great keepsakes and gifts for the whole family!
1. Handprint Clay Ornament
Material required:
- Clay
- Jute thread/ribbon
Steps:
1. Roll the clay. You want at least one-inch thick clay for this activity.
2. Press your baby’s hand firmly but gently on the clay. A handprint is your goal.
3. Use a sharp round cookie cutter to cut through the clay around the handprint. Use a big cookie cutter so you have enough space around the handprint.
4. Make a hole at the top of the clay disc.
5. Let it dry.
6. Once it dries, put a thread/ribbon through the hole and hang it on the tree.
7. Bonus: You can also put your baby’s name on the ornament if there’s enough space at the bottom.
You can use the same technique to get their left hand, right hand, and footprints. Color them with Christmas hues (Red, green, gold, and white.) You can also add bells and Christmas balls at the top.
2. Thumb Snowman On A Christmas Ball
Material required:
- Blue Christmas ball ornaments
- White paint color.
- Paint colors
Steps:
1. Getting glittery blue Christmas balls is a great background for the thumb Santa you will be making.
2. Take the paint out on a tray.
3. First, let your kids paint the base of the ball. That will be the snow.
4. Stamp your baby’s thumb in the paint color.
5. The Santa will be made of three thumbprints on top of each other. (in a line)
6. You can make as many Santas as possible all around the ball.
7. Now take black paint color to make the eyes, smile, and buttons.
8. Use pretty colors to make hats for Santas.
3. Glitter Handprint On Transparent Christmas Balls
Material Required:
- Golden glitter paint or liquid glitter (non-toxic)
- Transparent Christmas balls.
Steps:
1. Pour liquid glitter into a tray.
2. Stamp your baby’s hand in the glitter.
3. And press it on the transparent Christmas balls.
Their small glitter handprints will look too cute on those Christmas balls. You can hang it on your Christmas and secure it as a beautiful keepsake.
4. Handprint Santa On Clay.
Material required:
- White clay
- White and red ribbon
- Knife
- Small woolen balls.
- Paint colors
Steps:
1. Roll the clay with a rolling pin. It should be ½ or 1 inch thick.
2. Press your baby’s hand firmly onto the clay.
3. Leave ½ inch of space around the handprint before you start cutting.
4. Put a hole at the top.
5. Now, use a knife to cut the shape of the hand from the clay. You can stamp and cut as many handprints as you’d like.
6. Paint the palm of that handprint as Santa’s hat. You can make the hat red or green. Add stars on the hat.
7. The thumb is the end of the tilted hat. To complete the hat, stick the woolen ball at the thumb.
8. Now, draw Santa’s eyes, blush, and a small mouth.
9. The fingers will be Santa’s beard.
10. Let them dry.
11. Once dry, put the ribbon through the hole, and your Baby’s Christmas ornament is ready!
5. Footprint Christmas Mistletoe: Baby Feet Christmas Craft
Material required:
- Air dry clay
- Knife
- Paint colors, especially green and gold.
- Ribbon/thread
- Small and cutesy bow.
Steps:
1. Roll the clay using a rolling pin.
2. Press both your baby’s feet on the clay.
3. Use a round object to enhance the toe prints.
4. It’s time to cut: Use a small knife to cut the shape of the footprints.
5. Add holes on top of both the heels.
6. Let them dry.
7. Once dry, start painting: green would be your base color.
8. Use golden glitter to draw the edge of the footprint. Highlight the toes as well using golden glitter.
9. Now, it’s time to stick both footprints together to look like a mistletoe.
10. Align both holes together. Use a glue gun to stick their heels diagonally.
11. Stick the small bow at the top.
12. Put the ribbon through the holes. Your mistletoe is ready!
6. Footprint on tag-Shaped Chipboard
You can make reindeer, snowmen, and Christmas trees using these ideas.
Material required:
- Big tag-shaped chipboards.
- Paint colors.
- Small buttons
- Googly eyes
- Red pom-pom
- Ribbon bow.
Steps:
1. Let’s make a Snowman: Paint your baby’s feet.
2. Press footprint on the tag: Now press the tag on their feet to get the print.
3. The heel would work as the face of the Snowman.
4. Tie a ribbon like a scarf at the end of the heel. That would be the snowman’s neck.
5. Stick the buttons along the midfoot. That’s the snowman’s torso.
6. Using a black sheet, cut a top hat for the snowman, and stick it to the top of the heel.
7. Make Snowman’s eye using a black pen and Snowman’s carrot nose using an orange pen.
8. Stick a bow at the top.
9. Tie a ribbon loop at the hole of the tag. Your Baby Christmas craft is ready!
7. DIY Santa Claus Ornament
Material required:
- White socks
- Colorful Christmas-themed socks
- Scissors
- Uncooked Rice
- Felt for Sant’s scarf
- Rubber bands.
Steps:
1. Cut the white sock to the height you want. 10 CM is a great choice for a cute Baby Christmas Craft Ornament. (Cut from the open side, you don’t want to cut out the enclosed side of the sock)
2. Now, let your kids fill the white sock with uncooked rice until it’s nice and thick.
3. Tie the sock’s opening using a rubber/thread. By now, your snowman will have a small pony at the top. Don’t worry, we’ll give our snowman a cute hat to hide the pony.
4. Take a rubber band, and tie it in the middle of the rice sack. The upper half should be smaller than the bottom.
5. Take a Christmas-themed sock (red and green patterns), and cut a 2-3 inch band from the toe side. This is your snowman’s hat.
6. Put it on the snowman. Use glue to stick it properly. You can also add a pom-pom on top of the hat.
7. Cut one more 2-3 inch band from the sock to make a snowman’s shirt.
8. Glue 2 beads to make snowman’s eyes.
9. Make a small nose using an orange bead.
10. Cut a long strip of velvet/felt and wrap it around Santa’s neck.
Your snowman is ready! You can make a variety of snowmen using different Christmas-themed socks.
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Daycare Christmas Crafts For Baby
With Christmas onboard, let’s bring the holiday spirit into the daycare with some fun and easy infant Christmas Crafts. Get the babies involved in projects like decorating paper, making reindeer, or creating soft touchable Christmas trees.
Best of all, these crafts double as adorable keepsakes that parents will treasure long after the holidays are over.
Six cute Christmas crafts for infants and newborn Christmas crafts:
1. Footprint Reindeer: Newborn Christmas Craft
Material required:
- Brown paint
- white cardstock
- Googly eyes
- Red pom-pom
- Glue
Steps:
1. Put a Christmas apron or an old shirt on the baby to protect their clothes.
2. Apply paint on the baby’s foot.
3. Make a footprint on the white cardstock.
4. Add antlers
5. Attach googly eyes
6. Add nose
7. Personalize.
2. Pinecone Christmas Tree
Material required:
- Pinecones
- Green paint color
- Brushes
- Glitter
- Tiny cotton balls.
- Small stars.
Steps:
1. Let the babies use brushes to paint the pinecones green. If they are still quite young, you can assist by having them dip pinecones in direct paint instead. Make sure the paint isn’t too thick when dipping.
2. Let it dry.
3. Apply glue at the edges of the pinecone and ask babies to sprinkle silver glitter all over the pinecone.
4. The same goes for cotton balls and stars. Assist the child in sticking cotton balls and stars on the pinecone Christmas tree.
And it’s ready!
3. Simple Christmas Card: Infant Christmas Art Activities!
So what if toddlers cannot write much, they can still create pretty Christmas cards to surprise their parents. You, as their daycare pal, can add some finishing touches to the baby’s Christmas crafts.
Handprint Tree
Material required:
- Sheet/construction paper
- Paint Colors
- Sketch pen
- Black marker
Steps:
1. Fold the sheet to make a small card.
2. Paint baby’s hand green.
3. Stamp on the sheet.
4. Using a black market, make fairy lights-like entanglement all over the hand in a beautiful pattern.
5. Add colorful bulbs to the pattern using different sketch pens.
6. Add a star at the top.
7. Write a ‘Merry Christmas’ on the card!
Handprint Five Snowmen
Material required:
- Black card/blue card to portray night.
- White paint color
- Colorful sketch pen
- White Pom pomp
Steps:
1. You need a black card because the handprint will be white. We’ll be making snowmen, remember?
2. Color the baby’s hand white.
3. Stamp it on the front.
4. The fingers are our snowmen.
5. Use a black pen to draw their eyes and hands.
6. Use an orange sketch pen to draw a carrot nose.
7. Use different sketch pens to add hats, mufflers, buttons, and other details to our snowmen.
8. Last, stick white pom pom at different angles to show snow.
9. You can put the glue, the baby can stick a pom pom ball over it.
Footprint Snowman
Materials required:
- Blue color
- White paint color
- White sheet.
- Black marker
- Sketch pen
- Snowflake stamps of two different sizes.
Steps:
1. Let the kids paint the sheet blue. You can assist or add final touches.
2. Let the color dry.
3. Once dry, paint the baby’s foot white and stamp it on the blue sheet upside down. (The heel should be on top, the toes on the bottom)
4. Let it dry.
5. Now, add hats, hands, and eyes using a black marker.
6. Don’t forget to make the carrot nose.
7. Stamp snowflakes: paint the snowflakes with black and white paint.
8. Let the baby stamp it on the blue sheet.
9. Inside, you can add a message from baby “I love you SNOW MUCH!”
4. Handprint bouquet: Newborn Christmas Craft
Material required:
- Red paint color
- Scissors
- Long green sticks.
- White sheet.
- Thread/red ribbon.
Steps:
1. Paint the baby’s hands red and stamp all over the sheet. You want as many flowers as you can get. (At least, 5)
2. Once done, cut the handprint out of the sheet. Your roses are ready.
3. Stick the stick using tape to the back of the roses.
4. Once all the roses have their sticks, tie them together to make a bouquet.
5. Babies would love to give the bouquet over to their parents.
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Baby Christmas Crafts For Grandparents!
We all know how much grandparents love their grandchildren!
What better way to bring your parents to happy tears than gifting a sweet baby Christmas craft specially crafted by their grandchildren?
They would absolutely LOVE IT!
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1. “Love You To The Moon And Back” Frame
It’s a simple gift, but here’s the catch— you will use your baby’s feet to create the letters ‘V’ and ‘O’ in the words ‘love’ and ‘moon.’
So, get “Love You to the Moon and Back” in a beautiful font. Ensure it’s big enough to print your baby’s feet.
Once the quote is ready to be framed, paint your baby’s feet red whichever is your grandparent’s favorite color, and stamp it on the designated space.
Frame it and give it to your grandparents.
2. DIY Family Handprint Frame
On a construction paper, stamp your spouse’s handprint, then yours, and then your baby’s!
You can stick the construction paper on a glass and get it framed in nice wood. Add a sweet note to the frame, such as “Love, from me, momma, dada!”
3. Heart-Shaped Clay Souvenir
You can DIY this baby Christmas craft at home easily.
Material required:
- Clay
- Big heart-shaped cookie cutter
Steps:
1. Roll the clay using a rolling pin.
2. Stamp your baby’s feet making a ‘V’ with overlapping heels.
3. Now, place the heart-shaped cookie cutter around the feet, and press to cut it.
4. You need a hole at the top to add ribbons and bows at the top.
5. Enhance the feet’s shape and toes using any round object.
6. You can add colorful polka dots around if you’d like.
7. Now, stick a cute bow.
8. Place the clay heart in a beautiful gift pouch.
4. Mold baby feet And Hands
You can get a casting kit for the baby’s little feet and hands easily anywhere. It’s a beautiful trend to hold dear memories.
Imagine your parents’ expressions when they get a box of your baby’s little feet! It would be priceless. Follow the instructions on the casting kit to get the hands and feet molded.
Now, put the feet in a small wooden box with glass faces, so you can look at it anytime.
It’s best to glue them at the base of the box, so they don’t move or break apart.
You can also use a simple ceramic plate to nail the feet instead of choosing a box. This way, your grandparents would be able to touch the feet.
5. Handprint frame ornament
If your grandparents live away, they deserve a baby-inspired ornament on their tree as well. It can be a simple handprint on a sheet, framed with wood. A bow to make it cute.
You need a hole in the wooden frame to add a jute thread to hang the ornament.
6. Wooden Home Decor
Get a wooden board and big 3D ‘L,’ ‘O’, and ‘E’ letters. Stick them on the wooden board, leaving space for ‘V.’ Make V using your baby’s feet, and the home decor is ready!
7. Handprint Keychain
Materials required:
- Shrinky dink plastic sheets
- keychain rings
- Hole punch
- Paint Colors
Steps:
1. Color your baby’s hand with their favorite color.
2. First, stamp your baby’s handprint on the shrinky dink sheet.
3. Punch holes at the top for the keyring.
4. Cut around the handprint.
5. Bake the shrinky dink according to the instructions. Watch it shrink into a mini version of the handprint.
6. Attach the keychain ring, and you have a precious, personalized gift for Grandpa!
Baby Christmas Crafts For Keepsakes!
Your baby’s first Christmas is filled with moments you will want to hold onto forever.
Creating Christmas keepsakes is a beautiful way to capture those fleeting moments.
These crafts are more than just holiday decorations; they are a way to freeze time, and remember the magic of this first Christmas together.
1. Wooden “Baby First Christmas” Sign
Create a special keepsake for your baby’s first Christmas with this Baby Footprint Wooden Sign.
It’s good because it savors your child’s first Christmas memory and doubles as a charming decor piece you can display on your shelf for years to come.
It’s an arch-shaped wooden sign with an elegant print saying, “Baby’s first Christmas” and the year! The center space is blank. This is where you stamp your baby’s footprint.
Using glittery ink would be a beautiful choice for the keepsake.
2. Fabric handprint Christmas Stocking
Decorate a fabric Christmas Stocking with your baby’s handprint or footprints using fabric-safe and non-toxic paint.
Christmas Craft For 1 Year Olds
There are fun and simple ways to get your 1-year-old involved in holiday crafting. You just need to focus on easy, bright, sensory-friendly crafts that spark creativity and intrigue.
Below are 6 easy 12-18 Months Old Christmas Craft:
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1. Salt Dough Handprint Ornament
Materials required:
- Flour
- Salt
- Rolling pin
- Cookie cutter
- Non-toxic paint.
Steps:
1. Mix salt dough (1 cup flour, ½ cup salt, ½ cup water), and roll it out.
2. Press your baby’s hand into the dough and cut around the shape with a cookie cutter.
3. Bake at low heat until dry, then let your little one paint it.
4. Add ribbon for hanging.
2. Paper Plate Christmas Wreath
Material Required:
- Paper plate
- Green paint
- Large pom-poms
- Glue
- Ribbon
Steps:
1. Cut the center of a paper plate to form a wreath shape.
2. Let your child paint it green.
3. Once dry, help them glue pom-pom onto the wreath.
4. Attach a ribbon to hang it up.
3. Paper Plate Snowman
Materials:
- Paper plates
- Cotton balls
- Glue
- Markers
Steps:
1. Your child can help glue cotton balls onto a paper plate to create a fluffy snowman.
2. Add buttons for eyes, orange nose, and felt for a scarf.
4. Christmas Sensory Bottle
Materials:
- Clear plastic bottle
- Glitter
- Beads
- Water
- Food coloring
Steps:
Let your baby shake a sensory bottle filled with holiday-colored glitter and beads— an easy craft that doubles as a fun toy.
5. Jingle Bell Shaker
Materials:
- Plastic bottle
- Jingle bells
- Ribbons
- Glue
Step: Fill a clear plastic bottle with small jingle bells and seal it tightly. Your little one can shake the bottle to make festive holiday sounds while they enjoy their handmade musical toy.
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6. Snowflake Stamping With Sponge
Materials:
- Sponges cut into snowflake shapes.
- White paint
- Colored paper.
Step: Dip the snowflake sponge in white paint, and let your child stamp them onto colored paper to create a simple winter wonderland scene.
You can also make a garland out of them, too.
Christmas Art And Crafts For 2 Years Olds
With a bit more coordination and eagerness to learn, these little artists can take on holiday projects that will make Christmas all the more fun!
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1. Santa Hat
Materials
- Red construction paper or felt.
- White cotton/wool ball (A big one)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Headband (plain or Christmas-themed)
Steps:
1. Cut the hat shape: Start by cutting a large triangle from the red construction paper or felt. The triangle should be big enough to cover the child’s head and have a point at the top.
2. Create the hat trim: Cut a long strip of white cotton ball or felt that will serve as the trim for the bottom of the hat. It should be long enough to wrap around the base of the triangle.
3. Make a pom-pom: You need a big pom-pom for the hat, at least 2-3 inches big.
4. Glue the trim at the base of the triangle.
5. Fold the triangle in half to form the hat shape. You can use a stapler to secure the sides, if necessary.
6. Glue the base of the hat to the headband, ensuring it’s secure and centered.
7. Let it dry!
Once everything is dry, your child can wear the festive Santa hat proudly!
2. DIY Santa Mustache And Beard
Materials required:
- White cotton
- Scissors
- Glue
- Elastic string
- Paper plate
- Hole punch.
Steps:
1. Let the kids make a beard shape and mustache on the paper plate. Assist them if it’s difficult. Ensure the mustache and beard are attached with a nice gap in between for the mouth.
2. Cut the drawn mustache and beard: Assist your kids if scissors are difficult for them.
3. Glue cotton to make the mustache and beard as fluffy as the kids like.
4. Add the elastic string: If you want the beard to be wearable, punch holes on both sides of the beard and tie an elastic to each hole.
5. Make sure it fits comfortably around your toddler’s head.
6. Let it dry!
Now your toddler has their very own Santa Mustache and beard to wear during Christmas.
3. Paper Plate Santa Mask
Materials required:
- Paper plates
- Red and white construction paper
- Cotton
- Glue
- Scissors
- Markers.
Steps:
1. Cut a large circle out of a paper plate for the face.
2. Leaving 2 inches of space, cut an inner semi-circle from the circle sheet. That would be the area for your kid’s eyes.
3. Glue cotton balls at the lower semi-circle and the remaining border of the circle. That would be Santa’s beard.
4. Add a red pom-pom nose and blush.
5. Cut a red triangle out of construction paper for Santa’s hat and attach it to the top.
6. Add a white pom-pom or cotton ball on the tip of the hat and also at the edge of the hat that connects to the face.
7. Punch holes at both sides to tie elastic string and the mask is ready!
4. Snowman DIY
Materials required:
- Newspaper
- Cotton
- Glue
- Christmas-themed red-green sock
- Little of velvet
- Small button.
- Orange sheet.
Steps:
1. Let your kids scrunch newspaper into balls. Use glue to compress them into a round shape.
2. You need two newspaper balls: One bigger than the other.
3. Now, cover the newspaper balls with cotton completely. Use glue.
4. Stick the ball together. The bigger one should be the base. The smaller one would be Santa’s face.
5. Cut the 3-inch of sock.
6. Tie one end of the sock using a rubber band. This would be Santa’s hat. Put it on Santa’s face.
7. Stick two beads for eyes, and make a carrot nose using an orange sheet. Glue it to the face as well.
8. Cut a thin velvet strip for the scarf and wrap it around Santa’s neck.
9. Your Santa’s ready!
Once everything is dry, display the snowman on a tray covered in cotton (Fake snow).
FAQs
How To Make Christmas Special For Baby?
Making Christmas special for your baby is all about creating a joyful and memorable experience.
- Footprint clay ornament
- Santa’s hat for your little one.
- DIY snowmen
- Handprint baby’s first stocking
- Christmas wreath DIY
- Handprint keychain
- Customizable Christmas wooden keepsakes
- Christmas home decor
- Jingle bell shaker
- DIY family handprint frame.
- Singing Christmas songs together
- Making Christmas food together.
- Recite Christmas stories.
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What Are Some Christmas Crafts For Kids?
Engaging kids in Christmas crafts even when their contribution is small, is more than enough to spark their love for Christmas and creativity.
1. Popsicle Stick Reindeer
Materials: 3 Popsicle sticks, googly eyes, red pom-pom, glue, and brown paint.
Steps:
- Kids can paint the sticks brown,
- Glue two sticks to create a V shape.
- You need to glue one more stick to complete the triangle but don’t try to glue it corner to corner. Leave 1 inch of the open V, and then glue it to finish the reindeer’s face structure.
- Add nose where two sticks meet to create a V.
- Add googly eyes.
- You can also make antlers using pipe cleaners, and tie them to our popsicle stick reindeer.
2. Handprint Christmas Tree
Materials: green construction paper, brown construction paper, glue, markers, and decorations like stickers or glitter.
Steps: Trace the child’s handprint multiple times on green paper, cut them out, and glue them in a tree shape. Decorate with markers, stickers, pom-poms, and glitter.
3. Pom-Pom Snowman
Materials: White pom-pom, black paper, glue, markers, and small buttons.
Steps: Glue three pom-pon in a line to make a snowman, then add a black paper hat, and buttons, and draw on a face with markers.
4. Candy Can Reindeer
Materials: Candy canes, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and glue.
Steps:
- Wrap brown pipe cleaners around the top of the candy cane to create antlers, glue on googly eyes, and add a red nose with a small pom-pom.
5. Toiler paper Roll Christmas Characters
Materials: Empty toilet paper rolls, paint, construction paper, and markers.
Steps: let kids paint the toiler paper rolls and turn them into Santa, elves, or snowmen.
6. Finger Print Christmas Lights Cards
Materials: Black marker, non-toxic paint.
Steps: Draw a string of lights on a piece of paper, then let kids dip their fingers in different paint and press them along the string to create light bulbs.
What Can A Toddler Make For Christmas?
Toddlers can create plenty of adorable and simple crafts for Christmas that will always be great keepsakes! Most of these 40 Baby Christmas crafts involve toddlers of all ages.
Even the simple footprint and handprint activities are fun when done with creativity and fun! Here are some more Christmas art for toddlers to try at home:
- Handprint ornaments
- Footprint Christmas crafts
- Pom-pom Christmas trees
- Reindeer headbands
- Paper plate Santa
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