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Christmas Wreath Craft
Cut the middle out of a paper plate or make a circle out of paper (or a brown grocery bag) and cut the middle out of it. Have the child fingerpaint or tear pieces of green construction paper, tissue paper, etc. and glue it onto the circle. Paint or glue red (or other colors) pieces around the wreath. Hole punch two holes on the wreath. Tie a bow using ribbon or yarn.) If you like, you can glue a picture of the child on the wreath.

Christmas Tree Craft
(Math: Ask the child/ren how many sides and points a triangle has.)

Cut out a Christmas tree using green construction paper or go to Christmas Tree at abcteach.com and use the pattern. Hole punch a hole in the top of the tree to hang it. On the back, you can put the year, child's name, Merry Christmas: ..., and Love, ... You can glue a picture of the child on the front. Have the child fingerpaint, make some small ornaments or tear pieces of construction paper. Glue the paper on the tree. Place ribbon or yarn in the hole and tie a knot.

Pasta Picture Christmas Tree
In a zip lock bag, use enough rubbing alcohol to cover the amount of pasta you need (bow ties, macaroni noodles, or shells or mix some if you desire) and add lots of green food coloring to it to make it the color you want. Shake until everything is colored. Let dry on some wax paper. Repeat the same with a small amount of dry pasta and/or rice and place it in the bag. Add enough to cover it and add some red food coloring. Shake until mixed. Let dry on wax paper.

After pasta and/or rice are dried, cut out a Christmas tree using green construction paper. Glue the tree onto cardboard (if desired). Glue a small picture of the child onto the tree. Glue the green pasta around the picture. Glue some ribbon or rick rack on the top if you would like to hang it on the wall. Let dry. Date it and put the child's name on it.

Note: You can use pasta that is comes in different colors or shapes. You can dye the pasta any color you want or plain pasta and other things to decorate the tree. Use your imagination.

Christmas Ornaments and Wall Hanging

Christmas Ornament
On a piece of felt, trace a yogurt, raisin, or other lids. Cut the felt out. Glue the felt on the front of the lid. Place rick rack through the hole of the a darner's needle and place it carefully through the top of the lid to go through the back (an adult must do this). Decorate it using fabric paint that comes in a tube, glitter, etc. With a small tip permanent tip marker, put the year and the child's name on the back.

Christmas Ornament #2
Cut a circle using construction paper. Decorate with crayons, markers, small decorations, sea shells, stickers, etc. Hole punch a hole and place a piece of yarn through the hole.

Picture Christmas Ornament
On a piece of felt, trace a yogurt, raisin, or other lids. Cut the felt out. Glue the felt on the front of the lid. Place rick rack through the hole of the a darner's needle and place it carefully through the top of the lid to go through the back (an adult must do this). Glue a picture of your child on the felt (make it smaller than the felt). If you don't have felt, you can use construction paper. Glue lace, ribbon, rick rack, etc. around the edge. With a small tip permanent tip marker, put the year and the child's name on the back.

Christmas Tree Picture Ornament or Wall Hanging
Take a free CD that come in the mail and trace that onto poster board. Cut it out. If you don't have any free CD's, make a circle that is about 5 inches in diameter on to a piece of poster board or cardboard and cut it out. Paint it or use crayons (red, green, etc. or just leave it white). Cut out a picture about 3 5/8 inches in diameter of your child or your children or yourself and the children. Glue that picture onto the poster board. Let it dry. Write on the top of the poster board the year and on the bottom To Daddy: (or whoever else you are giving it to) From: (child's name) Merry Christmas! (or any other holiday) "I love you Daddy! (or anyone else)". Glue lace, rick rack, etc. around the edge of the ornament or wall hanging but still on the felt. Glue a piece of ribbon or rick rack on the top so it can hang. You can also hole punch a hole but you will need to write the year on the bottom in the middle if you do this. Put the ribbon or rick rack through the hole and make a knot. Let dry. You can make this for grandparents, father's, mother's, or any other relative.

Felt Christmas Tree Picture Ornament or Wall Hanging
Take a free CD that come in the mail and trace that onto poster board. Cut it out. If you don't have any free CD's, make a circle that is about 5 inches in diameter on to a piece of poster board or cardboard and cut it out to make a pattern. Cut a piece of felt using the pattern. Cut out a picture that is about 3 5/8 inches in diameter or cut a picture out (any shape) of your child/children or yourself and the children. Glue that picture onto the piece of felt. Glue lace, rick rack, etc. around the edge of the photo. Let it dry. On the back, write the year and To Daddy: (or whoever else you are giving it to) From: (child's name) Merry Christmas! (or any other holiday) "I love you Daddy! (or anyone else)". Hole punch a hole at the top of the ornament and place the ribbon or rick rack through the hole and tie it off. You can make this for grandparents, father's, mother's, or any other relative.

Felt Christmas Picture Frame or Ornament
If using the entire photo, place it on a piece of felt and cut off to be 1/4 or 1/2 inch around all the sides. If using only part of the picture, cut it down to the size you want it. (You can use a lid as a pattern for the felt.) Hole punch a hole in the middle on the top as far down as you can. Put some small ribbon or rick rack through the hole and make a knot. Glue rick rack or lace around the photo. Let dry. Glue the photo on the felt. On the back, take a small tip permanent tip marker and write the year and the child's name on the back.

Toilet Roll Reindeer
Take an empty toilet paper roll and place a piece of paper colored brown or painted by the child (or use brown construction paper) around it. Using a hole puncher and punch two holes next to each other. Place a brown pipe cleaner through each hole and twist it to for the antlers. (If you don't have any pipe cleaner, use brown construction paper.) For the eyes, cut two small circles. Draw eyes using e a black crayon. For the nose, cut a circle and color or paint it red or black. Glue it below the eyes. (You can use a small red or black pom pom.) For the mouth, use a black crayon or paint or glue a small piece of black yarn below the nose. Date it and put the child's name on it.

Poinsettia Crafts

Construction Paper Poinsettia #1 Take a green piece of construction paper. Fold it in half widthwise into 3 - 2 x 9 inch strips. Fold each piece in half lengthwise and then widthwise. Make leaves. Take a red 9 x 12 inch piece of construction paper. Fold it in half and then in thirds. (You will need 6 - 9 x 12 inch pieces). Cut them into strips. Fold each piece in half. Keep the strip folded, in the middle at the end, cut toward the folded end to the middle of the paper and then cut some off at the folded end of the paper. With a paper plate, back end facing down, glue each leaf on. Continue to do this with the flower petals. Glue a yellow part to the middle of the poinsettia (see the options listed below). If you like, have the child put some glue on each flower petal and then sprinkle some silver or gold glitter onto the glue.

Middle of the Flower Options:
1. Glue a yellow circle and have the child tear some yellow construction paper and glue it on the yellow circle.
2. Glue a yellow piece of yarn to form a circle. Have the child glue some pre-cut yarn in the circle.
3. Place some 2 inch pieces of tissue paper on the end of a pencil and then place some glue on the end. Glue it onto the poinsettia to form a circle.
Hole punch a hole at the top of the paper plate and place some yarn, ribbon, or whatever to hang it and tie it into a knot. On the back, have the name of the child and the year it was made.

Construction Paper Poinsettia #2 Do the above except cut strips using white construction paper. Make the leaves. Have the child paint 6 strips red using tempera paint and the 3 leaves green using tempera, kids, or poster board paint.

Poinsettia Coloring Pages: #1, #2

For pre-school aged children:
Do this ahead of time, trace or print a poinsettia pattern onto a piece of white paper and then using a black small tipped permanent marker trace over it. (You can use a real poinsettia instead of a picture, draw a picture, and use that instead.)
Have the children paint the poinsettia red or color it with a red crayon. Let it dry if using paint. Have them put pre-cut 2x2 inch tissue yellow paper over the end of a pencil, then put some glue on it, and place it in the middle of the poinsettia. With pre-torn green pieces of construction paper, glue them onto the leaves. Put some glue in the middle of the flower pedals and place some silver or gold glitter on it. Let dry. Cut the poinsettia out leaving some white showing. Glue a black piece of construction paper on the back on the flower. Cut it to the shape of the flower. To hang it, hole punch two holes on the top of the poinsettia and tie some ribbon, rick rack, yarn or something else in a bow. On the back, date it and put the child's name on it. For older children:
Use a poinsettia coloring page or use a real poinsettia instead of a picture, draw a picture, and use that instead.
Give a picture of a poinsettia to the children. With a pencil, have the children copy their own poinsettia on a piece of white paper while looking at the printed poinsettia. Trace around their poinsettia using a black small tipped permanent marker. Paint the poinsettia red or color it with a red crayon. Let it dry if using paint. Put pre-cut 2x2 inch yellow tissue paper over the end of an unsharpened pencil, then put some glue on it, and place it in the middle of the poinsettia. With pre-torn green pieces of construction paper, glue them onto the leaves. Put some glue in the middle of the flower pedals and place some silver or gold glitter on it. Let dry. Cut the poinsettia out leaving some white showing. Glue a black piece of construction paper on the back on the flower. Cut it to the shape of the flower. To hang it, hole punch two holes on the top of the poinsettia and tie some ribbon, rick rack, yarn or something else in a bow. On the back, date it and put the child's name on it.

Poinsettia Ornament
Use a poinsettia coloring page. Follow the above directions depending on the age of the children and don't make leaves on the bottom of the picture. Tie a knot in the ribbon, rick rack, or yarn to hang on the tree.

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Flannel Board Stories

Find tips at: Flannel Board Stories, Songs, and Rhymes for Children.

The Gingerbread Man

Five Little Ornaments on the Tree
Five Little Ornaments on the Tree
Said to the Rhyme of: "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed"

Five little ornaments on the tree, one fell off and broke in three. Mama called Santa and Santa said, "No more ornaments falling off the tree!".

Four little ornaments on the tree, one fell off and broke in three. Mama called Santa and Santa said, "No more ornaments falling off the tree!".

Three little ornaments on the tree, one fell off and broke in three. Mama called Santa and Santa said, "No more ornaments falling off the tree!".

Two little ornaments on the tree, one fell off and broke in three. Mama called Santa and Santa said, "No more ornaments falling off the tree!".

One little ornaments on the tree, it fell off and broke in three. Mama called Santa and Santa said, "No more ornaments falling off the tree!".

No more ornaments fell off the tree, so Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Place the Christmas tree on some green felt. Pin it to the felt and cut it out. Place the star pattern on some white felt, pin it to the felt and cut it out or a trace a small cookie cutter star on the felt with a pen and cut it out . Make 5 round felt bulbs (red, green, yellow, white, blue or whatever color you would like). You can use the links listed below for different ornaments. Place them on the color of felt you want, pin them to the felt and cut it out.

If you are using the second Christmas tree link, place the tree trunk on some brown felt (leaving a little extra to glue under the tree and under the tree stand). Place the tree stand on some red felt and cut it out. Glue the tree trunk under the bottom of the tree and under the top of the tree stand.

Place the tree on the flannel board. Have the children place the white star on the top of the tree. As the rhyme is said, have a child place a different ornament on to the Christmas tree.

Save these links and then open them back up on the web to print it correctly (without the extra things on them).
Christmas Tree at abcteach.com You might have to print this a little smaller to fit the page.
Christy's Christmas Clipart She has a star and a round bulb that you could use.

This links, you might want to print the larger ornaments smaller so they are not to large for the tree.
12 Days.com - Ornaments Page 1
12 Days.com - Ornaments Page 2

Frosty the Snowman
Take three different sizes of cans and trace it onto some white felt. (You can also use a yogurt lid, margarine spread lid, etc. for one of the sizes of Frosty's body.) Cut them out. Glue them together starting with the large one on the bottom and the small one on the top. Sew a button for "a button nose". Glue the following on Frosty: a piece of yellow felt to make a "corncob pipe" (you can put this in his hand), 2 small square eyes for "two eyes made out of coal", a hat using the felt color of your choice, and brown felt for the broomstick. Use the words and music located at Christmas Carol Lyrics and Midi's: Frosty the Snowman to sing the song if you don't know it.

Twelve Days of Christmas
Color the pictures found at DLTK Twelve Days of Christmas. Insert them into clear plastic pages. Put masking tape in the middle on the back. Sing the song and place them on the flannel board each time it says that object. Place them in a folder to store them.