Christmas Craft- Reindeer Headband

Reindeer Headband:
      What you need- Brown construction paper
                             - Scissors
                             - Google eyes
                             - Red pom poms
                             - Popsicle sticks
                             - Glue
                             - markers
      What you do-  Cut out the "headband" from brown construction paper.  Make sure its about 4ish inches wide, and long enough to fit around your child's head, but tight enough to stay in place, taking consideration for the inch or two to glue together.  Glue on the eyes, a red pom pom for a nose, and draw on a little smiley face.  Glue the ends of the headband together and fasten with a paperclip to dry.  While it's drying, trace your child's hand on the brown construction paper and cut them out.  These are the antlers.  Glue them to popsicle sticks, leaving a few inches of the stick to glue to the headband.  Let everything dry before gluing the popsicle sticks/antlers to the headband.  Hold the sticks in place until they are dry.

Christmas Decorated Goodies!!!

                 Bake cupcakes.  Add a bunch of icing, a marshmallow on top and decorate with icing.

Dip pretzel sticks in candy melts or chocolate, and use your imagination to decorate however you want.  Nuts, sprinkles, M&Ms, coconut, and Andes peppermint pieces all work and taste great!

Rice Crispy Treat Ornament.  Just Decorate with icing, stick red and green M&Ms on with icing, a marshmallow and string of licorice on top, and that's all there is to it.

Santa Strawberries.  Cut the tops and bottoms off, fill and decorate with icing and put the bottoms back on.  A slightly more healthy Christmas snack.

Snowman Donuts.  decorate with black frosting, and i like to use candy corn for the nose 

Nutter Butter Reindeer.  Put the pretzel antlers into the peanut butter in between the two cookies, dip in chocolate and decorate with a red M&M and icing.

Craft- Christmas Cards

Santa Card
-What you will need
    White Construction Paper
    Scissors
     Glue
     Crayons/Markers
     Cotton Balls
Take the paper and fold it in half, "hamburger style".  Draw on a Santa, to where the left side of his head is on the crease of the paper, to form the card.  Color his hat red, cheeks pink, and skin orange, peach, or which ever color you have that is close to skin tone.  Now, cut Santa out, on both sides of the crease, so you have a Santa shaped card.  Next, cover his beard, mustache, and trim and ball of his hat lightly with glue, and cover it with cotton.  Now, write your personalized message inside.

Present
-What you need
     Green and red construction paper
     Scissors
     Glue
Choose whether you want the present to be red or green.  Now, take that color of paper and fold it in half, "hamburger style", to where the card opens upward.  Now, fold the other color of paper in half the same way, and cut a strip longways, making 2 strips.  Glue one strip midway down the card, horizontally, to make ribbon.  Cut the other strip to match the height of the card, and glue it midway, vertically, to finish the ribbon.
Cut out a small piece of white paper for the gift tag, and write "To: person's name, From: Your name".  Now, on the "ribbon colored" paper, and cut very thin strips, about half an inch wide.  Make a swoop, similar to the "Cause" ribbons.  Do this three times, and glue all three together to make the bow.  Now, glue the bow on the top of the card.  Now, write you personal message on the inside

Kid's Christmas Craft- Paper Plate Banner

This one is a fun craft that your kids will love!  And, what's great about this idea is that you can use it for any holiday, with just a few simple changes.

What You Need:
Paper Plates
Large Google Eyes
Paints, Markers, or Crayons
Pom Poms
Construction Paper

Reindeer
First, paint or color a paper plate brown.  Glue on the google eyes, and a red or black pom pom for the nose.  Color or paint the mouth in a nice little smile.  Then, trace your child's hands on the construction paper, cut them out and glue them onto the plate for the antlers.  Then, on the construction paper, cut triangles for the ears.

Snowman
Take two paper plates and glue them together, one on top of the other.  Cut out a black top hat from the construction paper and glue it on the "head".  Glue on the google eyes, and use black pom poms for the mouth and buttons.  For the nose, you can use orange construction paper cut into a triangle(carrot) or another black pom pom.
For a little added touch, instead of just having the white of the paper plates as the "snow", you can cover the plates with cotton balls.  You can also sprinkle some fine glitter onto the cotton to add a little glisten.

Wreath
First, cut a circle in the middle of the paper plate out.  Color or paint the rest green.  Add red pom poms around the wreath.  Use construction paper and cut out a bow, and glue it to the bottom of the wreath.

Santa
This one is slightly more difficult.  Paint or color the plate a peach or pink color.  Glue on the google eyes.  Draw or paint a nose and mouth.  Now, with construction paper, cut out a triangle, or "hat" shape.  Glue on top of Santa's head, and line the bottom with cotton balls.  Glue a few cotton balls at the top corner of the hat as well.  Now, cut out a rounded triangle shape, for the beard.  Glue it on the bottom of the face, and cover with cotton balls, bringing it up around his mouth for his mustache.

Now, to make a nice holiday banner, use yarn, twine, or construction paper to stick them all together.  You can glue, tape, or string them all together.