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Kids Christmas Craft Projects

By Lee Hansen

Recycling craft projects teach kids about recycling and frugal living - the basics of living green and saving money. These craft projects are fun and they make wonderful inexpensive gifts for family, teacher and friends.

Kids Love Crafts and Christmas! Kid Stuff - Crafts & More Just for Kids Fun Craft Projects For Kids - Recycle and Save Money There are many ways to recycle old greeting cards - these projects stretch your budget and help the environment while you spend family craft time together and create homespun gifts.   ClipArtandCrafts.com - Free Clip Art - Free Printable Crafts Rolled Paper Beads Cut thin strips of paper in narrow triangles 1/2-inch wide by 2 1/2-inches long. Apply craft glue to wrong (back) side of paper strip and wind around a drinking straw or wooden skewer. Allow glue to set, then remove bead from straw or skewer. Dry thoroughly, then string together to make ornaments, jewelry, beaded curtains or any other bead-craft project you like. Click here for detailed instructions.

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Holiday Crafts From Old Greeting Cards

Gift Tags: Cut used cards into unique shapes, punch a hole and thread a short length of embroidery floss through the hole to make gift tags. If you are more adventurous and comfortable with a craft knife, you can make your own mini gift boxes.

Gift Jewelry: Cut individual motifs from cards into small rectangles, circles or squares (about 2-3 inches maximum in size). Glue the shapes onto bristol board, trim the edges, add a pin back and you have a lovely seasonal brooch.

Magnets and Fridgies: Cut out small motifs or scenes and glue these shapes onto magnetic material to create unique art quality magnets for gift giving or craft sales!

Artwork: Cut out shapes and assemble them on foam core artboard to create wonderful collages and personalized posters.

Garland Banners: Trace around holiday cookie cutters onto the most colorful part of last year's holiday cards. Cut out the shapes and string on a brightly colored ribbon. Use your recycled cards holiday garland to adorn the mantel, a doorway or a hallway wall or bulletin board.

Padded Hangers Craft Project

Make softly padded hangers for hanging your clothes in the closet from old wire hangers or plastic hangers. Wrap each hanger with strips cut from plastic shopping bags, tape the ends securely, then wrap again using decorative ribbon or fabric scraps to cover the plastic bags.

New Life for Old Plastic Lids

Make finger puppets, sun catchers, mobiles and more with discarded plastic lids from household products. click for directions

Crayon Scrap Candles

Melt down nibs and bits of old crayons with new wax to make lovely new candles for gifts or home use. click here for easy instructions

Crafts from Natural Objects

Poetry Stones

Decorate smooth stones with painted, lettered or glued on words and art to use as garden decor, paper weights, artwork or game parts. You can also use shells from the shore for this project. Protect with a coat of clear weatherproof sealant to make the stones water proof.

Pine Cone Crafts

Make gifts and decorations from these bristly natural seed pods - click for ideas.

About the Author Lee Hansen publishes Pastiche Family Portal, an award-winning family crafts and lifestyle web magazine for families of all stages, and Clip Art n Crafts Newsletter, a free subscriber-based clip art and printables monthly email ezine filled with links to exclusive, brand new free graphics, projects and tips for members. Membership and all family-friendly content content are free to subscribers.

 
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