When we have children and Christmas is approaching, We are already preparing in advance all the activities that we are going to do with them. An advent calendar, decorating the house, singing Christmas carols and writing the letter to the Magi are some of the tasks we enjoy with the children. But there are many more things we can do as a family and that will not cost us money. Why not try decorating, on this occasion, your Christmas tree with objects made by you and your kids? We share five DIYs that we have selected in the network, as beautiful as easy to prepare.
Eva rubber balls
Via Manualidadesconfoamy.com
The simplest DIY of all we are going to show you. Simply buy cardboard or colored rubber, draw the shape of the ball and let your older child cut the contour and glue over other smaller shapes that he will have made and cut with other cardboard, paper or rubber of different colors. Give a hole puncher to make a hole and pass a cord through it and you will have your first DIY ornament for the tree ready.
If in addition to older children (be they brothers or cousins) we have a baby under 6 months, this is a great opportunity to make him participate in family life. Put it in your hammock near everyone, play Christmas music to start recognizing it, sing it and smile at it while you are working the crafts and show him your progress, which surely makes him very curious.
The baby still can not cut, paste or paint, but will enjoy the same as others and also discover new colors, shapes, objects, sounds ... In short, will participate in this way this special moment for the whole family.
The Chicco Hoopla Denim Edition Hammock It has an adjustable backrest in 4 positions, padded legrests and non-slip feet that can be fixed or in scale mode and a game bar, so the baby will be safe and can even be incorporated slightly so as not to miss a detail, of this DIY and of the following.
Custom balls
Via Little Bit Funky
Another most successful idea goes through rejuvenate your old balls with a custom drawing. Children love this reindeer so easy to make. You just have to paint your little one the thumb of brown paint, mark his finger on the ball, wait for it to dry and then encourage him to paint the two circles of the eyes and the antennae with a black marker and the nose with A red marker Voilà! There he has his Rudolph.
These balls will be a great memory for the next Christmas, do not forget to prepare any with the baby's footprint. You will always keep them!
Snowflakes with ice cream sticks
Via The Simple Parent
If your children are not satisfied with filling the tree with balls, you can propose to combine it with snowflakes. The ones in the picture are very easy to get. It is enough that you get a kit of ice cream sticks, help them cross them and let them decorate them with their imagination with paint, glitter and, for example, colored buttons.
Cotton swabs
Via Skip To My Lou
Another low difficulty craft that your little one will be able to do is to mount the typical sticks and even mini-crowns with a cardboard as a base, glue that you have previously put and pompoms of various colors. Making the cane, in addition to fun, is the most educational because you have to make your child understand that you should insert the colors in an order. If you can't find pom poms, replace them with cotton.
Figures with rolls of toilet paper
Via Vitamin-Ha
This last craft is a bit more elaborate but we can play with the degree of difficulty according to the age of our children. The simplest way is to mark the lines so that they are colored but you can also reach the end of working each piece separately to finally paste them in the corresponding place of the "body". Now is the time to also give the baby a roll of paper So while we finish our works of art you can make your own with your own hands, even if it is not precisely decorative.
Do you dare to give a more personal touch to the ornaments of your tree? Your children will thank you, above all, for the good times you are going to spend when creating them all together.
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