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Christmas time has arrived, and the kids are excited and looking forward to the holiday. We have many fun traditions and activities planned to keep them occupied and engaged this holiday.

A fun Christmas activity is to paint nutcrackers, but if you don’t want the kids to deal with messy paint, then we have just the craft for them.

They’ll love creating this nutcracker card craft out of basic craft supplies! Grab the scissors, glue, and the free template to get the kids going on this fun paper craft!

Our sleigh is filled with lots of festive Christmas crafts for the kids to make. Save some or all of our favorites to create with your kids this holiday season.

Easy Nutcracker Craft For Kids

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In no time, they’ll have a festive card to send to family or friends. The card could also be used as a gift tag or even as a Christmas decoration to enjoy.

They don’t have to stop at one! They can make a whole army of nutcrackers to spread Christmas cheer this season.

Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Nutcracker template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

Click here to see our favorite kids’ craft supplies.

Directions

Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this Nutcracker to life!

Begin by gluing the hat crown to the bottom of the hat.

hands gluing hat crown to hands gluing eyebrow to nutcracker card craft hat

Next, guide your child to take the hat band and glue it to the middle of the hat.

hands gluing hat band to hands gluing eyebrow to nutcracker card craft hat

Glue the top hat decoration to the top and back of the hat.

hands gluing top decoration to hands gluing eyebrow to nutcracker card craft hat

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Fold the nutcracker card base in half along the dashed line and cut it out, leaving the flat, top part uncut. Place the completed hat on the top of the card base and glue it to the front.

hands gluing hat to nutcracker card craft

Next, take the eyebrows and glue them, one on each side of the face, just below the hat.

hands gluing eyebrow to nutcracker card craft

Now, help your child to glue the nose in the middle of the face.

hands gluing hair to nutcracker card craft

Take the eyes and glue them on, one under each eyebrow.

hands gluing eye to nutcracker card craft

Next, glue the teeth to the bottom of the nutcracker’s face.

hands gluing teeth to nutcracker card craft

Finally, encourage your child to glue the mustache to the top of the teeth.

hands gluing mustache to nutcracker card craft

Place the hair behind the back of the card and glue it in place.

Open up the card and write a special message inside!

hands writing message inside nutcracker card craft

Your kids will love giving this festive card to someone special this Christmas. Check out our other card crafts to make this season as well!

hand holding nutcracker card craft with a second one in the background

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Christmas Ideas For Kids

This is a great time of year to engage kids with fun crafts and activities. We have many ideas to keep them learning, all while creating something festive and fun.

Christmas is the perfect time to create, so we gathered some of our favorite ideas that your kids will have a blast doing. Keep reading below to choose projects and activities that will get the kids in the holiday spirit!

Christmas Books For Kids

This Christmas season, give your kids the gift of reading. Reading aloud together is a great way to bond as a family and a proven way to help kids learn and succeed in school.

Kids who are read to at home tend to have better literacy skills than those who aren’t. And reading aloud improves not just early reading skills—kids of all ages benefit from it.

So this Christmas, curl up with your kids and enjoy quality time with great books. It’s the perfect way to make some wonderful memories—and it gives your kids a head start on their education!

Dasher: This wonderfully illustrated Christmas book for kids gives you the back story on one of Santa’s favorite reindeer, Dasher! Girls will especially love to read this since Dasher is a girl.

Construction Site On Christmas Night: Fans of the fun characters of the construction site books have to add this Christmas-themed story to their collection. See how the trucks get ready for Christmas!

How To Catch An Elf: Kids everywhere love the silliness of this Christmas story. The rhymes and the illustrations will draw the kids in as well. This is a Christmas book kids will want to read every year!

hand holding nutcracker card craft open with a second one in the background

Christmas Crafts For Kids

Crafting is not only fun but a great educational tool. It’s a way for kids to gain decision-making skills, hand-eye coordination, and practice following directions.

Related: Christmas Pattern Block Mats

It’s also a way for kids to build confidence by taking pride in their completed work. Try adding in some or all of the crafts below to see how your kids will express their creativity!

Elf on the Shelf Gingerbread Man Disguise – Have the kids keep the gingerbread man safe from getting eaten this holiday by making him a disguise. With this Elf on the Shelf disguise, no one will know he’s undercover – they’ll just think he’s visiting from the North Pole!

Gingerbread Man Paper Bag Puppet—Skip the baking and make gingerbread men with the kids with this fun paper bag craft! They’ll love creating and personalizing their own puppet and then having a fun time pretending with it.

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Santa Handprint Craft – Give Santa a hand with this craft. Kids will personalize their Santa craft with their own little handprints. It’s a great keepsake for you, and the kids will have a jolly time making their own Santa decorations. This craft comes together easily with just a few basic supplies!

Clothespin Reindeer Craft – Clothespins are way more useful than just hanging up laundry. For example, they make the perfect antlers for our reindeer. Your kids will love creating their own reindeer, so grab the free template and get to crafting with them!

Christmas Activities For Kids

These festive Christmas do a dot printables will keep the kids learning and engaged this holiday season. They are filled with different skills for kids to work on such as the alphabet, counting, identifying objects, and more. All you have to do to get started is grab the dot markers and print!

If you’re looking for a fun and festive activity, we’ve got you covered with these adorable reindeer coloring pages. There are three holiday reindeer pictures that the kids will have fun coloring while also working on their fine motor skills.

Try this Reindeer Tissue Paper Craft

Make some memories by turning up the Christmas music, and get to coloring together!

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Gather your little elves and have them practice handwriting, letter recognition, and scissors skills with these free elf worksheets! Santa’s helpers make toys and teach kids that E is for elf, scissor skills, handwriting, and letter recognition. These free worksheets are great to use at home or in the classroom!

Santa filled our stocking with fun Santa do a dot printables for the kids to do this holiday! They’ll love the engaging activities on these sheets featuring the big guy in red! With these free printables, kids will work on their fine motor skills, letter recognition, counting, and more.

Gingerbread House Paper Bag Craft

Did you make this activity with your kids or students? We’d love to feature them on our social media!

For a chance to have your child’s project featured, simply snap a picture of the completed project and post it to our Facebook page, email it to us directly by clicking here, or use #simpleeverydaymom on your social media!

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