As Christmas approaches, it’s a super shared activity to create the festive atmosphere. Here is how it looked in our classroom:
We also use crafting when learning coding in our 12-week program. Unbeknownst to them, children are following algorithms at times like this. I brought you a few very simple ideas that you can do even with very small children. Most things only need paper, scissors, and glue.
Making a Snowflake
- Grab a simple white A4 size paper.
- Fold it so that by cutting off the edge, you get a square shape! Cut off the remaining part!
- You get a triangle shape. Fold it in half!
- You get a smaller triangle shape. Fold both of its sides in to the middle!
- Cut off the protruding part from the bottom!
- Cut any shape, pattern, triangle, circle, square, anything into it! Even very small children can do it with a hole puncher. At the end, unfold it, and the snowflake is ready.
Making Santa from a Paper Plate
Supplies:
- Paper plate
- Red paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Cotton wool
- Felt-tip pen
Let’s get started! The paper plate will be Santa’s head 🙂
- Draw the shape of Santa’s hat on the red paper and cut it out!
- Glue a cotton ball to the tip of the hat!
- Draw Santa’s eyes and mouth!
- Cut a circle out of red paper and glue it in the place of his nose!
- Apply glue to the bottom of the paper plate where Santa’s beard will be: glue as much cotton wool there as possible, preferably letting it hang down a little! You can also glue cotton wool onto Santa’s hat.
Extra tip: before you start cutting and gluing, color the white paper plate with a skin-colored pencil so Santa doesn’t look so pale! 😉
Making a Snow Globe
It is very simple to make an alternative snow globe with the kids. We will need a few strange ingredients for it.
- Scissors
- Glue
- Styrofoam balls (tiny ones) [Can be replaced with tiny crumpled paper balls]
- Thicker sheet (e.g. cardboard)
- Paper, or a printed drawing related to Santa/Christmas
- Transparent lid of a sour cream or yogurt cup.
- Cut a circle shape out of the cardboard that is the same size as the sour cream lid you will use! This can be any color you choose.
- Draw something on it related to Christmas or winter (e.g. Christmas tree, Santa, Santa boot, etc…)!
- OR
- Print out some Christmas image or drawing that you can color! Cut it out and glue it onto the cardboard!
- Apply glue to the edge of the cardboard (preferably with liquid glue or a glue gun)!
- Place the little white balls (styrofoam balls or paper balls) into the transparent lid of the sour cream cup, then place the glue-edged cardboard onto it. Press it for a while so the glue sets!
And the alternative snow globe is ready 🙂
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