As I decorated this Christmas, I broke out the same Scrap Fabric Tree that is now 2 years old! It’s hard to believe it survived a few holidays and being in storage. These were some easy crafts to make with little kids. Enjoy!
At 15 months old, my son is just at that age where we really need to watch him to make sure he doesn’t get into something he shouldn’t. He really is quite good, but we had a few incidents with him pulling down our Christmas stockings (and holders) that were placed on a bookshelf, where he routinely will pull books off of the shelf to “read.” This led me to re-do some of our Christmas decorating to make it more childproof. First and foremost, I moved the stockings up to higher ground.
Second, I created a kid-friendly tree out of felt. I probably spent less than $4 on several sheets of felt from Wal-mart. I just made it up as I went along, gluing pieces of felt to a paper grocery bag (probably could have cut it closer to the tree’s branches), and cut up ornaments while practicing shapes with my 3 year old.
I have been taking down some of our everyday pictures hanging on our walls, and replacing it with holiday decor. This was another project I did with my daughter, gluing scraps of fabric to scrapbook paper. An avid quilting relative gave us these scraps, and Christmas time was the perfect inspiration for this project!
Last, but not least, we ended up with a smaller Christmas tree than last year, so we had many more leftover ornaments that did not have a place on our tree this year. I saw this pin and was inspired to display some of my own ornaments on our chandelier.
I also have made some of my own cardboard Christmas trees that are not nearly as beautiful as the ones on the link I provided. They ARE, however, a lot of fun for my 3 year old, who uses them as pretend trumpets! Here is another link to a Christmas tree project that I thought looked cool. The framed ornaments also looked like something worth trying, but I haven’t found the right materials yet. If you have any childproof or child-friendly crafts, please share! Happy decorating & happy crafting!
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As I hung up the quilt-scrap Christmas tree craft this year, I thought I’d share some of last year’s Christmas crafts. Enjoy!
My daughter is almost 3 years and definitely can’t keep herself from touching all the Christmas decorations. Needless to say we don’t have any breakables out anymore, except for the ones that are on the mantel which is too high for her to reach. We have non breakable ornaments, which is good, because she feels like rearranging the ornaments every morning. We also have a lot of window decals that she was able to stick on herself. Its a lot of decorations on the window, which adds a lot of Christmas spirit, without any fear of a mess. I wish I had more crafts to offer you but I’m just not that crafty!
It’s so nice to get kids involved in decorating. The window clings are a great idea!