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Christmas Craft Ideas
Welcome to the Christmas Crafts page. On this page, and the pages linked to it, we've tried to compile a collection of Christmas crafts that
are easy, simple and quick. Oh, and of course cute!
Below you'll find quick links to each Chrsitmas craft, with the more complicated crafts appearing on their own dedicated pages. At the bottom of this page you will find
really a few simple and quick Christmas craft ideas that require very little preparation.
NOTE:All the crafts have been tested in the standard ESL/EFL classroom and with a little planning you should be able to finish them within one 45 minute lesson.
Get all your students involved in making this 'handy' Christmas tree.
| Simply trace your students hands on to green construction paper and cut out. | 
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Paste on a large a sheet of paper as necessary to create the tree.
Students can then add decorations to the tree using crayons, markers, cut-outs etc. |
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Very similar to the Christmas tree craft above. Parents love to see their kids hands immortalised in a craft and they can make
wonderful keepsakes that are always fun to see how much bigger their hands have gotten over time.
Use the kids hands as templates, cut and arrange in a circle. The hand templates should overlap but if you need some
extra support use a piece of circular card underneath.
Add a ribbon or any other decoration you see fit to complete this yuletide wreath.
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I had always thought that an Advent Calendar would be an ideal way of introducing a little bit of home culture with loads of number
and vocab practice. The big problem was how to cut all those doors? Easy make them all double doors!
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Take a sheet of A4 or B5 sized construction paper and fold in half lengthways. Fold again to give you three folds running the length of the paper.
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| On each fold line cut slits that will form the doors of your advent calendar. You should aim to end up with 24 doors waiting to be formed.
In following advent calendar tradition make the final, 24th, door larger than the others.
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Once you have cut all your slits, and checked that they will form 24 doors, cut along the ridge to create the doors.
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| Flatten your paper out and open all the doors. Hinge a regular piece of white copy paper to the underneath using a length of tape.
Using a pencil follow the edge of each door to give you a frame. Lift off the top sheets and invite the students to draw pictures in each frame.
Thinking of 25 Christmas themed pictures may be a little tough so feel free to suggest alternatives, ideally of vocabulary they know already.
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Once they have drawn all their pictures finish the craft be securing the top and bottom sheets together, closing all the doors,
drawing the outline of a Christmas tree and finally numbering each door from 1 to 24.
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Now your students have no excuse for not speaking English everyday in the run up to Christmas!
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Classic Christmas decorations! Great for practicing colors with the younger learners as well as building small motor skills.
Simply cut any colored paper (origami paper would be perfect) into 2~3 cm by 10~15 cm strips. Glue
or tape the ends together.
Repeat, repeat, repeat!
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