Shell123 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Anybody got any ideas on christmas crafts do do with babies to display and send home to parents also children up to the age of two and half. im a childminder needing some new ideas please, any ideas? shell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 could you do a footprint rudolf for the babies? Paint their foot brown, toes become the antlers, add a red nose and some googly eyes. Our 2 and a half year olds did the same craft as our older ones and managed really well, for their Christmas cards, I made some gingerbread play dough and the children cut out gingerbread man shapes and decorated them with googly eyes, buttons, gems, etc. for features. We took a photo of each and then we have stuck on the photo to the front of a card and added a border. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 (edited) In previous years I've done Angel cards, using the little ones paint hand prints for the wings Rudolph using hand prints for antlers and adding googly eyes and red pompom noses a cardboard wreath using overlapping hands (drew round their hand on green card, cut them out and let the little ones glue them onto a cardboard hoop) and added a ribbon bow and hanging hoop. Older children did a similar thing with salt dough which we baked and varnished. I also helped them to decorate plain cake boxes which they filled with the fairy cakes they decorated, gift bags with gingerbread Christmas trees - I bought the kits from Sainsburys and we made chocolate no-cook fudge in cellophane bags for gifts for them to take home. Messy but fun....and the parents loved them !! I now send the recipes and/or home, too, as so many asked for it to make extra for grand-parents. Nona Edited December 7, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne123 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 We make angels using handprints for wings. Footprints for body and a photo of child's face. Always a hit with the parents. Joanne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 my favourite is five little snowmen....you buy those clear plastic baubles and they hold it in their hand that has been paited with white paint. Wait for it to dry and paint on features and a scarf. There is a poem to go with it...i'll try and find it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 here it is (scroll down) but there are also some other rather nice ideas too...... http://hltastaffroom.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/handprints-craft-winter-and-christmas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 www.pinterest.com Do a search. You are sure to find some great ideas Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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