Handmade holiday decorations and personalized gifts feel special with your child’s artwork front and center. These three holiday crafts from TPG creators bring festive ideas home or into classrooms. With TPG Creations, children can paint without brushes or water, draw cheerful faces, and decorate wooden houses.
3 Holiday Crafts to Try with Kids
From kraft paper gift wrap to wooden craft sticks, these easy holiday crafts leave room for personal touches. Each project features a different art supply, giving your young creators fresh ways to draw and decorate.
1. Snow Globe Gift Wrap with Kwik Stix Paint Sticks
A snowman inside a snow globe makes the wrapping part of the gift. Brown kraft paper provides the backdrop. Kwik Stix paint sticks add color without brushes or water, and the paint dries in 90 seconds.
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Spread the kraft paper across your workspace.
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Draw a large snow globe outline.
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Add a snowman and evergreen trees inside.
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Fill the bottom with snowy white ground.
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Dot snowflakes around your winter scene.
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Add bold red and green details.
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Attach evergreen sprigs for extra dimension.
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Write your recipient’s name beneath the illustration.
Your child’s artwork gives each package its own winter story. Cheers to @_laura_prietto for this thoughtful gift wrap idea!
The 6-pack Kwik Stix works great as stocking stuffers!
2. Santa Face Holiday Craft with Magic Stix
Santa gets a colorful makeover with blue hat trim and rosy cheeks. A circular white base keeps the face simple. Washable Acrylic Markers offer color and a 2mm bullet tip for drawing the details.
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Start with a circular white craft base.
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Draw Santa’s red hat across the top.
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Color the hat trim blue.
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Add two rosy cheeks.
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Draw black eyes and a friendly mouth.
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Attach a white pom-pom to finish the hat.
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Display your Santa with other holiday decorations.
A tiny smile can change the whole expression. Children can give their Santa a look all their own. A festive round of applause for @lulu__make and this cheerful Christmas craft!
Looking for more ideas this holiday season? Check out our ultimate guide for holiday crafts!
3. Gingerbread Houses with Craft Sticks and Wonder Stix
Two wooden houses become a tiny gingerbread neighborhood, complete with candy details. Wonder Stix multisurface writers work on wood, so children can draw directly on the craft sticks. Each house leaves plenty of room for festive decorating.
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Arrange wooden craft sticks into two house shapes.
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Secure the pieces with an adult’s help.
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Draw gingerbread people on the wooden surfaces.
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Add Christmas trees beside the characters.
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Include peppermint candies and striped candy canes.
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Attach small embellishments wherever your child chooses.
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Place the houses on a shelf or classroom display.
Matching houses or completely different designs? Both belong in this sweet little neighborhood. Thanks to @thechildhoodglen for sharing such a welcoming holiday scene!
Make Room for More Holiday Creativity
Personalized gift wrap, a smiling Santa, and gingerbread houses offer three ways to make holiday crafts your own. Your children choose the colors, expressions, and finishing touches. Those choices make handmade decorations worth bringing out again.
Keep a little space open for seasonal creating at home or school. Explore TPG Creations art supplies for your next project, and browse our latest creative ideas for more ways to fill the holidays with artwork made by your family.