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Making fun Christmas crafts doesn’t require a million craft supplies or expensive embellishments . Instead use what you have like recycled boxes, buttons, glitter and plain old markers! The fun of art is in the creating, so when you work with your children leave boundaries loose , let them run with the materials and if they have a “better way” listen and follow if you can. This craft was not going to have glitter but when my son asked , how could I ignore that request. We decided together that the glitter were the lights and sequins the ornaments! Here are the easy instructions!

1. Gather your materials. You will need a cereal box, some green markers ( we grabbed every shade we had), scissors, while glue, glitter and sequins ( or buttons).
2. Start by drawing a Christmas tree on the inside of the cereal box .
3. Have your child color the tree. One tip for those ” I’m done” preschoolers, by using a number of different green markers , they color more of the project since they have more colors to do.
4. Next add a number of drops of glue.
5. Add the glitter. A tip for this step is to shake the excess onto a scrap piece of paper that you can then fold and pour back into the glitter container.
6. After shaking the excess off, add more glue.
7. Add your sequins. Great fine motor skills workout putting those tiny sequins on!
8. Let dry and cut out.

I chose this book Where , Oh Where, Is Santa Claus by Lisa Wheeler because it’s a great book about team work, and arctic animals as well as the jolly old man Santa! The text is rhyming, and you can’t help but almost sing the words as you read it. The reindeer are ready but where is Santa? All sorts of animals like polar bears and seals search for Santa in the snow and it takes all of them to save him and Christmas! A cute Christmas book that works for anyone who celebrates Santa.

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Allison McDonald is the founder of No Time For Flash Cards and former preschool teacher. She creates fun kids crafts in the Seattle area with her 4 year old son,  and infant daughter  who mostly just watches.

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Tags: books, Christmas Tree Craft

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