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All the Fun of the Fair -  School Christmas Crafts

2/12/2015

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christmas craft ideas for our kids school fair
I always look forward to the hustle and bustle of our lively school fair - especially all the festive and glittery activities in the craft room.
I thought it would be fun to share the activities that we ran with the kids this year, all chosen to be suitable for little ones with the help of their grown ups and for the older ones to tackle on their own.
Parents enjoyed doing their own too when they got a spare minute!

Please read on if you are planning some group activities, school fairs or just want to get creative at home, I hope you find the ideas fun and useful.

Card Making

use music paper for collaged christmas cards
use music paper for collaged christmas cards
My 8 year old created these examples. We used old yellowed music paper bought from a charity shop to cut bauble shapes on the left, which were then outlined with felt tips.
​We tore strips and added glitter to make the tree card on the right.
map christmas tree
torn map xmas tree card
These cards were made using maps from an old road atlas, cutting and tearing shapes.
paint chip xmas tree cards
These simple cards were made by cutting up paint chip cards into simple tree shapes and adding glitter

Beaded snowflakes

This was a really popular activity. Use 3 pipecleaners to make a 6 pointed snowflake and thread with beads. Bend the pipecleaners over at the ends as they can be sharp.
​Add string to hang
pipecleaner and bead snowflake
 pipecleaner and bead snowflake Alt T

Bottle top and clay tree decorations

Make a hole in the bottle top - we prepared a batch in advance by  holding  a small metal screw driver over the gas flame and pushing it through the plastic lids - strictly grown ups only! Open up a paper clip and push it through the hole to hang some string or ribbon from.
Push in some air drying clay. Add beads and sequins. We are making some name ones for family friends using plastic letter beads.
I found the idea here
http://artful-kids.com/blog/2010/12/14/artful-discoveries/
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bottle tops and clay name baubles

Reindeer lollipop nose decorations

lollipop reindeer :-)
 Cut out the template using card, add googly eyes and glitter. Fix the lollipop at the back with tape - ta dah!
Download your template here from Brisbane Kids


For more festive free downloads and creative ideas, visit my Christmas page

Visit my online store and use the code IMBOX1 for a 15% discount on funky kids wall art and festive supplies

For Christmas ideas from creatives around the world, have a browse of my Christmas Pinterest Board (beware, it's highly addictive!)

Happy Christmas all!
Di
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