Kid-Friendly Crafts for the Holidays
December 21, 2011
Kid-Friendly Crafts for the Holidays
When moving from one city to the other, tasks tend to pile up, and entertaining children is often last on the list. Once your Kansas City mover has moved you into your new place, take some time to help your kids make some crafts for the holidays.
Chocolate Pretzels with Sprinkles
A food craft is always a big hit, and this one is easy. Buy white melting chocolate in the baking aisle at the grocery store. Have the kids pick out the style of pretzels that they would like to dip. Sometimes you can find holiday shapes. Buy some sprinkles in red and green. Teach your children about melting chocolate slowly in the microwave so as not to scorch it. Stir often. Lay wax paper down on cookie sheets. Let children dip pretzels in the chocolate and then apply sprinkles. Bag these in cellophane bags with ribbon closures for a great teacher present.
Bell Wreath
For this project, you need 16-gauge craft wire, 12-mm jingle bells, red ribbon, scissors, and wire cutters. Cut the wire into the length you need for the size of wreath you want. Bend one end into a loop. String on the bells one at a time until the wire is full of bells, and you have about two inches of wire left. Bend the wire through the loop and twist to close. Tie a ribbon around the wreath at the point where the two wires come together to hide the closure.
Glittering Winter Garland
This is a garland of glittering snowballs. For each snowball, cut ten 4- by 8-inch rectangles from white plastic bags. Stack them up. Cut 1-inch slits on both long sides, leaving the middle uncut. Gather up the center and secure with a twist tie. Fluff up the snowball. Roll the snowball in glue, then sprinkle glitter all over it. Let them dry. Attach the snowballs to the garland yarn with the twist tie about every 8 inches.
It may take some time after your Kansas City mover has unpacked your things to find all of the items required for these crafts, but it will be worth the search. Your children will appreciate helping to decorate and make gifts for the holidays.
(Photo attributed to Flickr member @gregveen via the creative common license)
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