The top 10 ideas of Christmas arts and crafts for kids who love elves

1. Elf paper plates

First up on our list of Christmas arts and crafts for kids is making elf paper plates. You’ll need some paper plates and some craft supplies for decorating. You can easily transform a plain paper plate into an elf. Create a face, some pointy ears and a hat and you have yourself an elf.

You can use whatever materials you like to decorate your paper plate like an elf. 

2. Elf yourself

This is a fun craft idea to personalise your elves. You can either find an elf body template online or create your own elf body and colour it in. This is where it gets fun. Cut out pictures of yourself and your family’s faces and stick them on the elves body. Just like that, you have your own family of elves. Who looks the best as an elf?

3. Elf lolly sticks

This next idea is a great Christmas arts and crafts for kids. Re-use old ice lolly sticks and turn them into little elves. You can either use paints or pens to design your elf on the lolly stick.

You don’t have to decorate the elves all the same, design them however you like. Once you’ve created your elves, attach some string to the top. These will make great decorations to place on the tree.

You could have a go at making some other festive characters too.

4. Christmas cards

One of the most popular Christmas arts and crafts for kids is making Christmas cards. Kids love getting creative and making something they can display for others to see. If your kids love elves why not make your Christmas cards elf themed. They could draw pictures of elves on the card or cut the card into the shape of an elf.

Let them get creative and make plenty of cards they can give to family and friends. They’ll love receiving a card the little one has made.

5. Elf hats

If your little one is dressing up as an elf for a Christmas party, they’ll need a hat. Instead of buying one, why not spend some time together making one. It’s simple and won’t take long.

You can use green card to make a cone for the base of the hat. Create some elf ears to stick on the side and cotton wool for the top of the hat. Once you have added string to the hat, it is ready to wear.

Your child will make the cutest elf.

6. Elf pictures

If you’re looking for simple Christmas arts and crafts for kids to pass the time, we’ve got just the thing. Grab all the pens, pencils and paper and let your child draw some elf pictures. This is a great way to keep them occupied and lets them use their imagination.

Let them draw as many pictures of elves as they want. They could even create their own elf family complete with names. Ask them to draw the type of house an elf would live in.

Once they’ve finished their pictures, hang them up for everyone to see.

7. Decorate baubles

There’s nothing quite like decorating the Christmas tree, right? Instead of spending hours searching for the perfect baubles, why not create your own? That way you can make them exactly how you want. You could get the kids involved to make their own baubles too.

If your children love elves decorate your baubles with some elf designs. They could paint a picture of an elf of the bauble. Or they could create an elf using glitter. The possibilities are endless.

How will your child decorate their bauble?

8. Elf toilet roll tubes

If you have some empty toilet roll tubes you were planning to put in the bin, hold onto them. Those toilet roll tubes can be re-used and turned into a festive creation.

Use paint, pens and accessories to transform them into elves. This is a simple craft activity your children will love. Make as many as you want and display them around your home. They’ll make great festive decorations.

You could make adult and children elves with different sized tubes. You could use an empty kitchen roll tube or an empty wrapping paper tube to make a giant elf.

9. Mosaic

Let your little one get messy with this next idea for Christmas arts and crafts for kids. Make creating pictures a little bit more fun by getting your little one to create a mosaic of an elf. Rip up bits of coloured paper they can stick together to create their own elf.

10. Elf eggs

If you’ve got some spare eggs in the fridge, let your little one experiment with them. Clear some space where your little one can paint the eggs to look like elves. Once they’ve painted all the eggs place them back in the carton. Now you have your own family of elf eggs. Perhaps your little one could give each elf egg a name.

Time to get creative

We hope you enjoyed reading this blog of fun Christmas arts and crafts for kids. By now you should have plenty of new ideas to try and we hope your children have fun getting crafty.

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