Pom Pom Ornaments Kids Can Make!

Keep those little hands busy this Christmas with these 15 sweet and simple Pom Pom ornaments! Perfect for gifting or hanginig on your own tree!

Pom Pom Ornaments Kids Can Make! via Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

Pom Pom ornaments kids can make! Tired of picking up pom poms and stuffing them back in the drawer/box/jar? Me too! Here are some adorable Christmas ornaments kids can make to get them off the floor for good!

We spent last weekend in the basement clearing out our teeny-tiny guest room/craft room/storage room/place where all the stuff to sell, donate, and pass along gets stacked and tossed. Once it was empty, Hubby Helper got to work on a seriously solid wall-to-wall workbench in our brand new art studio space! I am beyond excited!

In addition to our brand new industrial strength work top, there is also a perfect little niche for my easel! Within 10 minutes The Little Helper was Continue reading

Santa Ornaments Kids Can Make!

Looking for some great ideas for Santa Ornaments? Here are 13 simple Santa ideas for home, Christmas classroom activities, or Christmas party craft tables! || Santa Ornaments Kids Can Make! 13 sweet Santa Ornaments your kids will love! || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

Santa Ornaments Kids Can Make! || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

At our house, not only does Santa get to feast on freshly baked Christmas cookies and eggnog (or a smoothie depending on what the Little Helper decides), but he is also gifted with special Santa ornaments, handmade with love.  Ever since she was tiny, the Little Helper has made sure that Santa gets a special present – she is often more concerned with making sure he gets his gift than about what might be under the Christmas tree with her own name on it!

Ornaments are always on our list of Christmas crafts to do over the holidays, and I have shared a number of Christmas ornaments kids can make in previous posts. You might want to bookmark them now and come back to them later – Reindeer ornaments, Pom Pom ornaments, Nature Inspired ornaments, or even Elf ornaments, and Grinch ornaments!

The Little Helper often gives her hand-made treasures as Christmas gifts to teachers, coaches, grandparents. and other special people in her life. And of course, Santa!

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Reindeer Ornaments Kids Can Make: 10 Awesome Activities!

10 Awesome ideas for Reindeer Ornaments Kids can Make! || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

Reindeer Ornaments Kids Can Make: 10 Awesome Christmas Activities! || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

Reindeer Ornaments Kids Can Make! They will be over the moon!

One of our favorite Christmas traditions (click here if you want to see some others) is crafting up hand-made ornaments for the Christmas Tree. We find they make perfect gifts for teachers, grandparents, and even Santa!

Just imagine the twinkle in old Father Christmas’ eye when he finds one of these delightful little gifts sitting beside his plate of gingerbread cookies! Of course, you may Continue reading

Santa Crafts Kids Can Make: 15 Fun Ideas!

Santa Claus Crafts for Kids

Santa Crafts Kids Can Make: 15 Fun Ideas || Letters from Santa Holiday Blog

Santa Crafts kids can make! What better way to keep them busy in December!

Santa Claus is coming to town…and the little ones are soooo excited, aren’t they?! 19 sleeps to go, and already The Littlest Helper is finding sleep impossible! Good old Father Christmas is on their minds night and day, so we might as well meet them where they are at and provide loads of Santa crafts kids can make, because distracting them is most certainly out of the question!

Fortunately, there is no shortage of sweet, simple ideas for Santa crafts to be found. I’m not sure about you, but I am always so grateful to find craft inspiration that let’s me turn to my own craft drawers, instead of having to run off to the store…especially this time of year. You likely have everything you need to do all 15 of the Santa crafts in this post, with the exception of the little piece of wood for #7 (though perhaps you trimmed off a bit of your Christmas tree trunk before you set it up?). Have fun with the kiddies!

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10 Homemade Christmas Ornaments for Kids: Nature Inspired!

10 Homemade Christmas Ornaments for Kids: Inspired by Nature!

10 Handmade Christmas Ornaments for Kids: Inspired by Nature!

After Letters from Santa 🙂 , one of this little family’s favorite Christmas Traditions is creating homemade Christmas ornaments each year. The Littlest Helper crafts up  oodles of Ornaments as gifts for her teachers and grandparents, her friends, for our own tree, and most importantly, to leave for Santa Claus when he stops by Christmas Eve!

This year she has asked me once again to go into her class to lead her class in crafting up some DIY Christmas ornaments, so we have been on the hunt for new ideas. Our focus this year is on nature-inspired ornaments (which should help clear out some of the found treasures around here!) and I am really excited about the wonderful inspiration we have found from our crafty blogger friends! If you like twig and pine-cone crafts you will love these!

If you love kids ornament crafts, I have shared a number of Christmas ornaments kids can make in previous posts. You might want to bookmark them now and come back to them later – Reindeer ornaments, Pom Pom ornaments, Santa ornaments, or even Elf ornaments, and Grinch ornaments!

The Little Helper often gives her hand-made treasures as gifts

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