Why not use stamps and stencils (or even Festive hole punches) to make a lovely Christmas picture and\/or card.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nColouring Pictures<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can buy colouring in books from a variety of places, or you can print pages from the internet<\/a>. Colouring-in is fantastic for practising fine motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination, precision \u2013 and in my house sharing (why do they always want the same colour at once?!). Then of course there\u2019s a variety of tools for colouring in with \u2013 crayons, pencil crayons, felt tips \u2013 all of which can be picked up cheaply. There is also the option of colour-by-numbers \u2013 therefore helping with their numeracy skills too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some pictures even can be made into decorations by cutting them out and folding over tabs (source<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n Paper Folding<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can fold paper to make different shapes (origami) what about something like this\u00a0 Christmas tree<\/a> from Five Go Blogging made from a yellow pages, and MummyBarrow from a magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n Stickers<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n How about using stickers as an alternative \u2013 for example using coloured stars (to make it festive) to fill in a picture \u2013 again very good for fine motor development. Or again you can do (a big) colour by numbers and use different coloured stickers to fill it in. Or what about using sticky-backed gems?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you did fancy getting a little messy you can make your own pictures to stick such as in this example by Cheesy sausages<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Tape<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n You could use tape as an alternative to glue for many of the crafts you see, alternatively why not make a picture using Christmas tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can either copy a picture or print one out and have the children tape over the top. Here is my reindeer (original idea from stylizimoblog)<\/p>\n\n\n Find more Washi Tape Craft ideas<\/a> at RedTedArt<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sweets<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n You may have a lot of sweets leftover from Halloween, or you may buy them for Christmas \u2013 there\u2019s quite a few fun mess-less ways to turn them into Christmas creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or why not use the craft as a way to wrap them in a more unusual way – like these chocolates that I turned into a Snowman.<\/p>\n\n\n Paper Plates<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Paper plates can be really versatile \u2013 you can use them to make masks, or Wreaths and other Christmas Crafts by drawing on and cutting them.<\/p>\n\n\n Snowflakes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Okay so you will have a bit of mess with the cut up bits of paper, but in the grand scheme of things it isn’t that great and will not stick to everything at least.<\/p>\n\n\n Threading<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is great to help develop fine motor skills. The mess will mainly be rogue beads rolling away. You could make Wreaths for example (see RedTedArt) or make threading cards \u2013 where you make holes for your Christmas design and then thread it through.Or how about Christmas Bead ornaments like these from HereComeTheGirls.<\/p>\n\n\n Playdough<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t see this is as a very messy product and you can even make your own, giving it some gorgeous Christmassy smells and colours. The possibilities for Playdough are endless \u2013 creating scenes, building snowmen, trees \u2013 and why not add some cardboard to help your scene, or collect some things from nature outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why not try this recipe for Christmas playdough over on Learning4kids<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pipe Cleaners<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pipe cleaners are as mess free as craft comes. Why not try something simple like our star<\/p>\n\n\n Glue Sticks<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I like glue sticks \u2013 as they are not that messy at all. Then you can simply get your child to glue on objects (feathers, bits of foil, more stickers, pasta, scraps of paper) to a cardboard (old cereal box) cut out shape (something Christmasssy \u2013 a star, a tree, an angel).<\/p>\n\n\n Afterwards, simply make a hole at the top, thread through the hole and you have a Christmas ornament.<\/p>\n\n\n Toilet Roll holders<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are willing to give glue sticks a go then why not some stick coloured paper to toilet roll holders – why not give our TRH Angel a try? (check out our other Christmas TRH craft here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n