Christmas is quickly approaching, and so comes the last-minute gift buying. Don’t forget the stocking stuffers! The kids love discovering all the little gifts and candies hidden away in their own stockings.

Our stockings are hung and ready for Santa, so while we wait for him to arrive, let’s craft with the kids! This stocking card craft is great for kids of all ages to do. 

This card is so much fun to create and makes a thoughtful gift to give to family and friends. Kids can write their own holiday greetings inside the card themselves or with a little help from Mom and Dad.

This is a simple craft to create and only takes a few basic supplies you’ll have around the house. Our template makes putting this cute stocking together a cinch, and the kids will love decorating their stockings to show off their creativity.

Our stocking is overflowing with lots of fun Christmas crafts to do with the kids. Check them out to find fun, easy, and festive crafts the kids will love to create over the holiday.

Simple Stocking Card Craft

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Supplies

• Colored cardstock
• Scissors
• Glue
• Markers
• Puffy paint and glitter or glitter glue (optional)
• Stickers (optional)
• Stocking template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)

Directions

Download the stocking template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.

Fold the stocking card base in half along the dashed line and cut it out, leaving the top part uncut.

Take the top fluff piece and glue it to the top of the card.

Next, take the toe patch and glue it to the toe region of the stocking.

Glue the heel patch to the heel portion of the stocking.

Use a marker to draw stitched lines along the heel and toe patches.

Use puffy paint and glitter or glitter glue to draw a decoration on the main portion of the card.

Open up the card and write a message inside!

Your kids can use their newly created card to write a Christmas note to a family member or friend. Make sure to check out our other Christmas craft ideas too before it’s too late!

Christmas Ideas For Kids

If you’re looking for some Christmas ideas to do with your kids, you’ve come to the right place! A great way to make memories with them is by doing some fun crafts and activities.

We have lots of Christmas-themed ideas that will get them in the spirit and excited to learn. Read on below for different projects your kids will love to do this holiday season.

Christmas Books For Kids

Reading to your kids during Christmastime is a great way to add some extra cheer and excitement to the holiday season! Not only does it give your children an opportunity to curl up with something cozy and get lost in a good story, but it also helps strengthen bonds between family members.

Settle down with your kids for an enchanting Christmas-themed book, where they can escape into different wintery settings featuring plenty of Christmas fun and magic.

Make sure you’re vocal, and enthusiastic, and use funny voices when reading aloud.

You’ll soon find that reading holiday books with your children can become a beloved tradition of the season that they’ll look forward to every single year.

Below are some of the top Christmas books to read to your kids!

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!

Christmas Crafts For Kids

Crafting is a great holiday activity that provides children with an opportunity to work on important skills and their creativity.

It’s great for their development and is a fun stress relief. While they’re having fun, they’re refining their problem-solving skills, hand-eye coordination, and more.

Get your kids inspired to craft with these festive Christmas crafts below.

Popsicle Stick Grinch Craft – This popsicle craft features one of our favorite Christmas characters! The kids can break out the paint and make the Grinch dressed in his Santa suit. Add some string to the back of it to make it an ornament! Everyone in Whoville will love how fun this one is!

Buddy the Elf Ornament Craft – “Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?” This animated ornament is so fun to make, and the kids can remember all the funny and silly things Buddy says during the movie when they make this craft.

Reindeer Clothespin Craft – When you think of Santa’s sleigh, you think of reindeer! Let’s make some reindeer ready for the big night. To make your own reindeer craft, you only need a few basic supplies, plus a clothespin to make his antlers! Your little ones will have a blast creating their own Rudolph.

Santa Headband Craft – Ho, ho, ho! Let’s get jolly with this festive headband craft. Kids can either assemble the craft version or use the black-and-white version if they want to color in Santa first! This is a fun and easy activity the kids will love!

Christmas Activities For Kids

Your little elves will be excited to work on one of our favorite educational Christmas activities with these elf worksheets. When they complete these worksheets, they’ll practice their handwriting, letter recognition, and scissor skills. Santa’s helpers are ready to help your kids make it through the maze, write the letter E, and label an elf!

If you’re looking for a fun and simple activity for the kids to do this holiday season, then you’ll want to check out these Christmas coloring pages. Kids will have a blast coloring in the different Christmas characters. There’s also a place below each picture where kids can trace the dashed lines to practice their handwriting.

Grab the dot markers and these Christmas do a dot printables for the kids to be engaged and learning. These fun holiday-themed pages are filled with art pages, letter recognition, counting, and matching. Download these printables for a fun and educational activity!

These gingerbread man color by number pages are such a ‘sweet’ holiday activity! The kids will love coloring in the pictures while also working on number recognition and colors. Grab the crayons and turn up the Christmas music for a festive coloring session!

Christmas Fun

• This personalized Christmas book for kids is so cute and sweet!
• Get the kids excited about bathtime with these adorable snowman bath bombs!
• Kids will love this personalized Santa’s Christmas plate to set out all the goodies.

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