Looking to decorate your home for Christmas on a budget? Or maybe you just want a fun activity to relax and get in the holiday spirit?
Get creative with these 26 Christmas crafts projects! From DIY ornaments to upcycled home decor, these projects will suit every style and skill level. Use them to decorate your home for Christmas, to gift, or to keep kids busy!
DIY Christmas Decorations
Rustic Scrap Wood Snowman
Make a cute Christmas decoration with this DIY Rustic Scrap Wood Snowman from Drugstore Divas.
This project uses scrap wood pieces to create a rustic snowman, complete with a painted face and scarf. It’s an easy, eco-friendly craft that adds a cozy, handmade touch to your seasonal decor, perfect for both indoor and outdoor displays.
Giant Christmas Ornaments
This DIY project by Simplify Create Inspire shows you how to make oversized Christmas ornaments using large plastic balls and fabric. These affordable decorations are ideal for covered outdoor spaces or indoor.
Simply wrap plastic balls with fabric, secure with zip ties, and add ribbons and holiday greenery. These ornaments are easy to assemble and customizable to suit your holiday theme.
Jingle Bell Reindeer Ornament
This Jingle Bell Reindeer Ornament Craft uses jingle bells, brown pipe cleaners for antlers, googly eyes, and a small red pom-pom for the nose.
This budget-friendly, kid-friendly project requires minimal supplies and makes a charming holiday keepsake. Perfect for classrooms, as a gift, or to decorate your Christmas tree.
Christmas Sweater Ornament
Repurpose old sweaters with this DIY Christmas Sweater Ornament project. Simply cut sweater fabric into circles, gather and stuff them, and finish with a simple ribbon loop and bow.
This quick and crafty project transforms any sweater into a handmade ornament, perfect for adding a personalized touch to your Christmas tree.
Yarn Christmas Trees
Create an elegant holiday decor with this DIY Yarn Trees tutorial from Celebrated Nest.
Using yarn in blush tones, foam cones, and minimal tools, you can craft beautiful trees that add warmth and charm to your interior.
Fabric Christmas Ornament
This DIY Fabric Christmas Ornament from Ginger Casa is a fun and easy holiday craft that uses styrofoam balls and fabric squares to create unique, colorful decorations.
Just push the fabric into the styrofoam ball with a skewer, add a ribbon, and it’s ready to hang!
Knit Hat Ornaments
These adorable knit hat ornaments are a no-knit, no-sew craft using just yarn and cardboard tubes.
With simple looping and trimming, you can create mini winter hats that look charming on the tree or as gift toppers.
The ornaments can even double as diffusers if you add a wool ball for essential oils.
Recycled Laundry Scoop Christmas Decorations
Upcycle laundry scoops to create these cute Christmas decorations that you can easily adapt to match your home decor.
Mini Rustic Christmas Wreaths
Using scraps of fabric, craft rings, and a few basic crafting supplies, you can make these beautiful mini wreaths. You can hang them in your tree, make a garland out of them, or use them to decorate gifts.
Ribbon Christmas Trees
This DIY Ribbon Christmas Tree offers a creative way to make 3D peppermint-striped Christmas tree decorations for your mantel.
Using simple materials like red and white striped ribbon, cardstock, and a hot glue gun, you can create beautiful, layered trees.
Santa Napkin Ring
This DIY Santa Napkin Ring craft is a great way to dress up your Christmas table.
Using simple materials like a toilet paper tube, red felt, black ribbon, and fuzzy white yarn, you can create an adorable napkin ring that mimics Santa’s belt and fur trim.
Crochet Christmas Tree Banner
Use this Free Crochet Christmas Tree Pattern to make a cute crocheted Christmas tree garland.
The pattern uses basic crochet stitches and allows for customization with your choice of yarn and decorations. It’s perfect for creating small tree ornaments or adding a festive touch to your home.
The pattern is beginner-friendly, with clear instructions to help you craft your own adorable tree.
Christmas Coasters
Create personalized Christmas coasters with your Cricut Maker and transfer designs like “Naughty or Nice” and “Feliz Navidad” onto coaster blanks.
This simple project makes a fun and thoughtful holiday gift or decoration.
Orange Clove Pomanders
Create these fragrant and festive holiday decorations by studding oranges with cloves.
This easy craft by Simply Beyond Herbs not only makes your home smell wonderful, but it also adds a rustic touch to your seasonal decor. You can customize the look by adding ribbons or creating different patterns with the cloves.
Chicken Wire Christmas Tree
Use this Chicken Wire Christmas Tree tutorial from Love My Simple Home to create a rustic Christmas tree using chicken wire.
This non-traditional tree is perfect for smaller spaces and can be decorated with lights, ornaments, or even greenery for a cozy, farmhouse-style holiday look. It’s an easy and creative way to bring a fresh twist to your Christmas decor.
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Crinkle Paper Character Ornaments
Create Christmas-themed character ornaments with a few simple craft supplies.
You can make reindeer, snowman, and Santa ornaments by filling clear plastic ornaments with colored paper shreds, adding unique features such as vinyl accents for facial details, and embellishing with extra touches like pipe cleaners for antlers or mini hats for the snowman.
Grinch Christmas Ornaments
Learn how to make Grinch-themed ornaments using clear ornaments, glitter, and green paint to craft the Grinch’s signature look. These fun, festive ornaments are perfect for adding a mischievous touch to your holiday decorations.
Pine Cone Gnomes
Using pine cones, felt for the hats, and wooden beads for noses, you can easily make these gnome ornaments.
Whether for tree ornaments or shelf decorations, these gnomes add a cozy and festive touch to your space.
Macrame Christmas Ornament
With easy-to-follow, step-by-step, instructions, this craft kit includes everything needed to make up to 8 different types of macrame ornament.
Christmas Wooden Gnomes
This DIY kit includes everything needed to make 2 wooden gnomes that you can add to your Christmas decor. You can choose between 3 color schemes and 2 beard colors.
6-Layer Christmas Tree Crochet Pattern
If you like to crochet, then you need to get this pattern and make these adorable Christmas trees!
Christmas Crafts for Kids
Torn Paper Stocking
This Torn Paper Stocking Craft is a fun and creative way for kids to work on using strips of torn paper.
Start by cutting or tearing colorful paper into small pieces and glue them onto a stocking-shaped template. Layer the paper for texture, adding embellishments like glitter or buttons for extra flair.
You can even customize it with a name or holiday messages for a personal touch.
Snowman Magnets
This Craft Stick Snowman Magnet is a fun and easy Christmas craft, perfect for kids! Using just a few craft sticks, buttons, googly eyes, and foam, kids can create their very own snowman ornament with a magnet attached to the back.
Once completed, these adorable snowmen can be proudly displayed on refrigerators or other metal surfaces.
3D Paper Christmas Tree
This 3D Paper Christmas Tree Craft is a fun and easy project for kids that comes with a printable template.
Using simple materials like colorful cardstock, glue, and glitter paper, children can assemble the tree, fold the paper pieces, and decorate it with jewels or baubles.
It’s a great craft for developing fine motor skills while creating a festive decoration that can be displayed around the house. Plus, the tree can be customized with different colors or designs to make it unique!
Santa Papercraft Puppet
This Santa Papercraft Puppet tutorial includes a free printable template and step-by-step instructions on how to create a cute Santa puppet using colored craft paper, popsicle sticks, and glue.
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