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INSPIRATIONS - Christmas

24 plastic and glitter-free Christmas crafts activities!

Art & Creating

Introduction

Welcome to Muddy Faces Inspirations: bringing together activities & ideas with a specific theme, to inspire your time outdoors playing, learning & connecting with nature. Follow the highlighted links to take you to our step-by-step activity guides.


The joy of hand-made Christmas decorations! We love having a project on the go over the festive season so we’ve collected together this selection box of simple Christmas craft projects for you.

There are 24 all together so you can create your own advent calendar of creative outdoor activities!


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Environmental Considerations

Consider the environmental impact of preparing, carrying out & completing this activity. Could this impact be reduced? Specific considerations for this activity could include:

  • source of wood

Health & Safety Considerations

Follow your usual operating procedures and carry out appropriate risk benefit assessments.
Some considerations particular to this activity include:

  • see individual activities

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Threaded decorations

Make your own wooden threading disc - an activity and a decoration all in one! Makes a great children's woodworking activity.

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Decorate a mug

Decorate and personalise your outdoor mugs.

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Simple painted robins

An easy-to-do seasonal craft activity that's great for children to create these cute robins.

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Hapa zome Christmas trees

A festive leaf bashing activity to create a natural tree decoration.

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Stick Santas

Make a simple natural Christmas decoration; perfect for young children to paint.

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Pinecone threading

A super simple activity for tiny fingers using pinecones and wool.

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Simple painted snowmen

Handmade seasonal decorations using wooden noggins. A great homemade gift and children's craft activity.

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Pinecone Santa

A simple effective Christmas decoration made from natural materials, great for inside or out.

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Ice beads

Create strings of hanging ice decorations & explore the science of freezing & melting.

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Santa decorations

Simple seasonal craft activity suitable for children. Paint a wooden disc and make a lovely tree decoration or tags for a present.

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Simple painted snowflakes

A simple festive creative children's activity. Mark making on wooden noggins to create some fun, effective seasonal decorations.

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Nail art star

A super simple children's woodworking activity using a hammer and nails.

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Leaf decorations

Combine leaves & cookie cutters for a fun and effective natural art project for children.

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Campfire star

A super simple campfire craft activity.

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Pinecone bunting

A beautifully simple (and cheap) natural take on bunting to decorate indoors or outside!

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Painted Christmas trees

An easy festive craft activity using wooden noggins to create effective Christmas decorations.

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Reindeer face weaving

A simple festive activity using sticks and string.

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Hanging ice decorations

A simple winter activity for children making ice decorations to decorate those bare trees.

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Pinecone bird feeder

Keep our feathered friends fit and fed through the winter with this simple bird feeder.

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Pinecone Christmas tree

A simple creative activity using a pinecone.

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Make a Yule log

An activity using tools to saw and split a piece of wood and then it's ready to decorate for Yule

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Festive tic tac toe

Super-cute home made Noughts & Crosses (aka Tic Tac Toe) board & counters with a festive theme - great for presents or parties!

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Standing tree decoration

A simple leaf craft activity using basic tools.

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Painted Christmas puddings

Create fun festive decorations using wooden noggins and a simple painting.

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Happy Christmas to everyone from the Muddy Faces team!

Disclaimer: Muddy Faces cannot take any responsibility for accidents or damage that occurs as a result of following this activity.You are responsible for making sure the activity is conducted safely.



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