Holiday Craft Ideas for Kids

The holiday season is the perfect time for kids to get crafty and creative and yarn is a great supply for all kinds of craft projects! With the wide range of colors and textures, kids can have lots of fun creating handmade gifts, cute decorations, or even fun things to wear! With just a few simple supplies, kids can whip up a yarn Santa or snowman necklace or ornament to wear throughout the holiday season or gift to a friend. It would even make a great holiday party craft idea!

Before You Begin, You Will Need:

- One DGY Rainbow Lux Adventure Yarn Sample Card

- One DGY Perfect Cotton T-Shirt Yarn Sample Card

- One DGY Over the Rainbow Sari Silk Ribbon Yarn Sampler Card

santa and snowman crafts made of ribbons sitting on a white surface

To make these yarn necklaces, you'll need metal rings from the craft store, tiny white pom poms, yarn in a variety of colors and textures {the yarn sampler cards work really well for these projects}, ribbon, a wooden skewer or tooth pick, and hot glue.  If parents won't be around to help with the hot glue, kids can use craft glue instead.

3 yarn sample cards and several metal rings sitting on a white surface

Let's start with the Santa necklace!

Close up view of woman wearing a handmade santa necklace

For the Santa necklace, you'll need red and white yarn, one metal ring, and small white pom poms.

Cut pieces of red yarn about 10-12 inches in length to create Santa's hat.

Close up of a yarn sample card, a metal ring, and red yarn strewn on a white surface

Fold the piece in half and loop it around the metal ring ...

Woman's hands threading red yarn around a metal ring next to yarn sample cards on a white surface

... then pull the ends through the loop to attach it to the ring.

Metal ring with red yarn tied onto it and yarn sample cards on a white surface

Repeat until half of the ring is covered in red yarn.

Metal ring with several strands of red yarn hanging from the bottom all sitting on a white surface

Pull the yarn pieces up like a hat and tie a piece of yarn around the pieces to hold them together.

Large knotted strands of red yarn on a white surface

Using the same technique, cover the lower half of the ring with white yarn for Santa's beard.

Close up of handmade santa necklace with supplies on a white surface

Use glue to attach small pom poms along the edge of the hat then tie a piece of yarn to the back of the hat to tie around the child's neck.

Just a few simple steps to create a really cute necklace or ornament for the holiday season!

Close up of handmade santa necklace with supplies on a white surface

Ready for another version?

The snowman necklace is equally cute and just as simple to make.

Close up view of woman wearing a snowman necklace and white t shirt

You'll need three small rings, yarn in any color for the hat, white yarn for the body of the snowman, and a small skewer cut to a length of about one inch.

3 metal rings and a yarn sample card on a white surface

Using the same technique used to make the Santa necklace, attach yarn to the top of one ring to create the hat.  Glue the skewer piece across the back of the yarn ...

4 metal rings and red yarn sitting on a white surface

... the fold it over the skewer, glue the ends onto the skewer, and trim the excess.  Glue another piece of yarn across the hat to create a brim.

a pair of scissors, a small wooden dowel, and red yarn tied to a metal ring on a white surface

Glue the end of a piece of white yarn onto the metal ring right next to the red yarn and wrap the remainder of the ring then hot glue the end to attach.

handmade snowman head sitting on a white surface

Repeat with the other two rings and the white yarn, glue the three rings together, then use a small piece of ribbon and glue to add a little belt around the snowman's middle.

Handmade santa craft next to supplies on a white surface