Kids Crafts & Activities

How to Make a Popsicle Stick Ornament

Today I have a fun Christmas craft for the youngest of crafters. I’m going to show you how to make a Popsicle Stick Ornament. This craft is super easy, but it is also super duper fun. This Popsicle Stick Ornament comes out looking pretty and will look great on any Christmas tree this Holiday Season. So, grab a popsicle stick and the rest of the craft materials needed and let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Popsicle stick

Ribbon

Gold twine/ cord

Glitter glue

Green acrylic paint

Paintbrush

Tape

Step 1

Paint the popsicle stick green as shown.

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Step 2

Make a design on the stick with glitter glue. You can make any design you like.

Step 3

Make a small bow with red ribbon.

Step 4

Use craft glue to glue the ribbon to the top of the popsicle stick.

Step 5

Take a piece of gold twine and tape the ends together.

Step 6

Tape the gold loop to the back of the popsicle stick. Hang your Christmas ornament on your tree.

Isn’t this Christmas ornament beautiful? I told you it would be. Imagine how proud your little one will be to see that something they made is hanging on the tree. Let me know how your ornament turned out in the comments below. And, don’t forget to take a picture of it…. you can share that too in the comments.

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How to Make a Christmas Gift Bowl

Today I’m going to show you how to make a bowl perfect for a Christmas gift. This bowl would make a special gift for your Mom, Grandma or Aunt this Christmas. It will mean so much to them and they will surely treasure it for years to come. You will simply take a plain glass or plastic bowl and use acrylic paint to paint a Christmas design on the front of the bowl. This craft will be a lot of fun…. almost as fun as it will be to give it as a gift this Christmas. So, let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

White plastic (or glass) bowl

acrylic glitter glue – gold and green

acrylic paint – red

paintbrush

pencil

Step 1

Draw a line near the edge of the bowl, around it as shown.

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Step 2

Paint the space between the edge and the line as shown.

Step 3

Draw holly leaves with a pencil in a few places around the bowl.

Step 4

Go over the lines with acrylic glitter glue. Allow to dry.

Step 5

You are done… The bowls can be washed as the acrylic design will stay.

Now, you are ready to wrap your bowl to give as a gift. You know what you can do….. make a set of 2, 4 or 6 and give them an entire set as a Christmas gift. They can use them to decorate the table next year for Christmas. Now, the real question is…. who is the lucky person who is going to receive this Christmas bowl as a gift? Hmmmmm……

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How to Make a Paper Strip Dreidel – With Dreidel Game Instructions

I have a cool craft for you today. I’m going to show you how to make a Paper Strip Dreidel. This Dreidel craft actually produces a Dreidel that actually spins. Not just spins…. but spins amazingly well. So well in fact that I also am giving you the Dreidel game instructions so that you can use your Paper Strip Dreidel to play with your friends. So grab the materials needed and let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Paper of All Different Colors

Scissors

Glue

Toothpick

Marker

Step 1

Cut some long strips of paper. Mine were 1/4 inch wide.

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Step 2

Add glue to the tip of one of the strips of paper.

Step 3

Get a toothpick. Wrap paper strip tightly around the bottom of the toothpick… but leaving some of the tip sticking out.

Step 4

When you near the end of one of your paper strips, then glue the end of another strip to the 1st strip.

Step 5

Keep rolling tightly.

Step 6

Add more strips.

Step 7

Add still more strips.

Step 8

It is looking like this.

Step 9

Glue the tip of the last strip down. Hold tightly for a few minutes to let completely dry.

Step 10

After dries… Pull strips of paper slowly up to look like this.

Look how pretty.

Step 11

Each side of the Dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: נ (nun), ג (gimel), ה (hei) and ש (shin).

Draw these Hebrew letters on the sides of your paper strip Dreidel.

Step 12

Your paper Dreidel should spin really well.

Dreidel Game Instructions

Each player begins with an equal number of game pieces (usually 10–15). The game pieces can be any object, such as chocolate gelt, pennies, or raisins.

At the beginning of each round, every participant puts one game piece into the center “pot”. In addition, every time the pot is empty and sometimes if it has one game piece left, every player puts one in the pot. Each player spins the dreidel once during their turn. Depending on which player side is facing up when it stops spinning, they give or take game pieces from the pot:

If נ (nun) is facing up, the player does nothing.
If ג (gimel) is facing up, the player gets everything in the pot.
If ה (hei) is facing up, the player gets half of the pieces in the pot. (If there is an odd number of pieces in the pot, the player takes half the pot rounded up to the nearest whole number)
If ש (shin) or פ (pei) is facing up, the player adds a game piece to the pot.

If the player is out of pieces, they are either “out” or may ask another player for a “loan”.

There you have it. You just made your very own Paper Strip Dreidel and have the instructions for playing the Dreidel game….. now go grab your friends and play the game of Dreidel. Let me know how you did in the comments below…. I’d love to hear about it.

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How to Make a Button Santa Claus Ornament

Today I’m going to show you how to make a Button Santa Claus Ornament. This Santa ornament is like no other….this Santa ornament is made up of buttons of different sizes and colors. Use your creativity to make your ornament look like Santa. This craft is a lot of fun…. so grab your buttons and a pipe cleaner and let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Pipe Cleaner

Buttons – White, Black, Red & Skin Color Assorted Buttons

Scissors

Black Marker (optional)

Step 1

Take a pipe cleaner and string buttons on the pipe cleaner. You won’t have the same ones as me, so you will have to be creative.

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Step 2

Now make a loop at the top and then push the pipe cleaner into the 2nd hold on each button until you hit bottom.

Step 3

When you have pushed the pipe cleaner thru to the bottom… Twist it to lock in place.

Step 4

Like this.

Step 5

Cut off extra.

Step 6

You can draw a face on Santa if you want to.

Isn’t that Santa ornament original? I can guarantee that no one else will have a Santa ornament like this one. How did your Santa ornament turn out? Make sure to let me know by taking a picture of your ornament and adding it to the comments below…. I’d love to see it.

How to Make a Handprint Hanukkah Menorah

I have a great Hanukkah craft for the youngest of craft fans. Today I’m going to show you how to make a Handprint Hanukkah Menorah. This is a great craft to do with your young children. It’s an easy craft made from a little bit of paint and some paper. And, keep in the mind…. just because it is an easy craft shouldn’t take away from the fact that this craft is a ton of fun. So, grab your young kids and some paint and make this craft with me.

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Materials Needed

Paints – Blue and Orange

Paper

Step 1

Paint both your child’s hands. I don’t know about your child…. but my child didn’t like this.

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Step 2

Put your child’s hands, palms down, on paper with thumbs touching.

Step 3

You can do sooooo…. much better than this.

Step 4

My other daughter helped me. Put orange paint on your finger and put a fingerprint over each candle. Both the thumbs in the center are to be only one candle.

Step 5

Completed Handprint Hanukkah Menorah.

There you go…. you have your completed Hanukkah Menorah. What is really cool is that every Hanukkah Menorah will be different as every child’s handprint is different. So, make sure to let me know how your handprint Hanukkah Menorah turned out…. share a picture in the comments below. Now, go hang up your Handprint Hanukkah Menorah for all to see.

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How to Make an Origami Santa Claus

I have another Origami craft for you today. This time it is an Origami Santa Claus perfect for the Christmas Holiday. Origami and other paper folding crafts are challenging, but they are also a ton of fun. You don’t need much in the way of materials…. Simply grab a piece of red origami paper and you are good to go. You will also need some crayons or colored pencils if you want to give your Santa a face…. but that is it. So, let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Origami Paper – Red

Crayons or Colored Pencils (optional)

Step 1

Start off with a red piece of origami paper.

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Step 2

Fold paper in half… connecting the bottom point to the top point.

Step 3

Open back up to reveal a crease.

Step 4

Now fold paper in half from left corner to right.

Step 5

Now open up to reveal both creases.

Step 6

Now turn over to the red side.

Step 7

Fold both the left and right corners to center of creases.

Like this.

Step 8

Now you have two white triangles. Take each triangle and bend bottom of it over to form a red triangle.

It should look like this. Notice that the red triangles are perfectly straight across as well as on the sides.

Step 9

Sounds crazy…. but unfold yet again!

Step 10

Fold over left corners so that it looks like this. Do it on the right too.

Step 11

Now bend over the paper again so that it looks like this. Do it on right too.

Step 12

Now fold paper in half… top corner touching bottom corner.

Step 13

Fold bottom corner up to top of paper.

Step 14

Fold only the front sheet of paper down at the top… not quite to the bottom.

Step 15

Now fold back sheet of paper forward too… but not quite as far down… leaving a bit of white outline like so.

Step 16

Now fold a bit of the tip (of front sheet) up.

Step 17

Fold tip of it behind big triangles.

Step 18

Fold left side up in a diagonal so it meets the top edge and the left side of the middle triangle.

Do the same thing with the right side. Unfold left side to reveal the crease.

Unfold right side too… so creases are on both sides.

Step 19

Now fold down on diagonal so each side touches top corners of middle triangle.

Step 20

Fold them over towards the center like this.

Step 21

Use your fingers to push the right side to the back of Santa.

See now it is behind Santa and coming out the bottom like a leg.

Push the left side behind Santa like you did on the right.

Step 22

This is the tricky part. You might have to play around till you figure out what I’m talking about.

For the right leg push your finger up under the leg and push part of it up and to the right to form a sleeve. Some of the leg will remain sticking out.

Step 23

Do the same with the left leg. You are now done. Unless you want to…

Step 24

… draw a face on Santa.

Awesome job…. you just finished your Origami Santa Claus. Did you decide to draw a face on Santa? Take a picture of your Santa and post it in the comments below. I would love to check out your Origami Santa Claus.

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How to Make an Origami Snowman

Next week it will be officially winter. So, today I felt it was appropriate to break out the Winter Crafts. So, with that being said (drum roll please)…. I’m going to show you how to make an Origami Snowman….. perfect for the Winter season. The craft isn’t a hard one, but it is sure to be a lot of fun. So, grab a sheet of origami paper and some crayons or colored pencils and let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Origami Paper (any color)

Crayons or Colored Pencils

Step 1

Start off with any color origami paper. It doesn’t matter because we are using the white side.

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Step 2

Fold paper in half… connecting bottom point to top point.

Step 3

Open back up to reveal a crease.

Step 4

Fold paper in half from left corner to right.

Step 5

Now open up to reveal both creases.

Step 6

Turn over to colored side.

Step 7

Fold top corner down to center of creases that you made.

Crease it.

Step 8

Unfold to reveal crease.

Step 9

Fold top corner down to rest on the crease you made in the last step.

Step 10

Fold the bottom corner up to crease the center crease line.

Step 11

Open back up to reveal creases.

Step 12

Fold triangles down half way between edge and crease.

Step 13

First fold right side over and then fold left side over the right side.

Step 14

Now fold bottom triangle back up.

Step 15

Turn over to the other side.

Step 16

A third from the bottom, pull at the paper then push forward to make a pleat.

Step 17

Do step 16 again a third from the top. Pleat looks like this.

Step 18

It should look like this. Now start pushing edges in to make corners rounded like snowballs.

Step 19

See how it is rounded now… I just bent the non-rounded edges back to make rounder.

Step 20

Now draw on your origami snowman to make it come to life.

Isn’t your Origami Snowman cute? How did your snowman turn out? Make sure to let us know in the comments below. Take a picture of it too…. you can share pictures in the comments as well.

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How to Make a Magazine Christmas Tree

I have a really unique Christmas Tree craft for you today. I say it is unique because the Christmas Tree is a unique one when you see the finished craft. This Magazine Christmas Tree will make for an awesome Christmas decoration this Holiday Season. You can decide to paint your tree if you wish to…. whether painted or left natural the Christmas Tree is sure to be a big hit. So, let’s do it.

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Materials Needed

Magazine

Paint (optional)

Step 1

Get a magazine like this one.

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Step 2

Fold top right corner of page down.

Press down crease.

Step 3

Fold over to middle once more.

Press down to sharpen crease.

Step 4

Fold up bottom corner.

Step 5

Do this to every page of the magazine.

Step 6

Take off the front and back cover.

Step 7

Let go of sheets of pages and pages will fan out like so. You can paint the pages, but I like it like this.

How did your Magazine Christmas Tree turn out? Did you paint your pages or leave them natural? Let me know in the comments below. And, take a picture and post it too…. I would love to see your Magazine Christmas Tree.

How to Make a Santa Claus Perler Bead Christmas Ornament

Today I have a fun Christmas craft for you. I’m going to show you how to make a Santa Claus Perler Bead Christmas Ornament. You don’t need much in the way of materials…. just some plastic lace and some perler beads and you are good to go. Follow the pattern in the tutorial and you will have a Santa Claus Christmas Ornament to hang on your tree in no time. So, let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

3 Feet of Plastic Lace

Perler Beads (White, Red, Pink and Black)

Step 1

Cut about 3 feet of plastic lace. Fold in half.

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Step 2

Tie a knot down a bit to leave a loop to hang as a decoration.

Step 3

The top of Santa’s hat is white so place 2 white beads on right strand.

Step 4

Since the beads are on the right strand… put the left strand thru the left side of the beads.

Step 5

Now pull both strands outwards so that the beads move upwards in place.

It should look like this now.

Step 6

The last time you strung the bead on the right side so this time you will string it on the left side. String 2 beads on the left side.

Step 7

Since you strung the bead on the right side this time… you will put the right strand thru the right side of the beads.

Step 8

Pull strands outwards to make the beads go up to the top.

Step 9

You stranded the bead on the left last time, so this time you strand the bead on the right side. Put one red bead on the right strand.

Step 10

Pull strands outwards to move red bead to top and center.

Step 11

The above letters show you which side to thread the bead on. Just continue as I showed you and you will have a beautiful ornament.

Step 12

Knot both laces.

There you have it…. you just finished making your Santa Claus Perler Bead Christmas Ornament. Now, go hang it up on your Christmas Tree for all to see.

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How to Make an Origami Christmas Tree

Oh boy…. do I have a fun craft for you today. I’m going to show you how to make an Origami Christmas Tree. If you like paper folding then this is the craft for you…. it is perfect for the Holiday Season. You even have the option to paint Christmas ornaments on the tree. Use your creativity to make this Christmas Tree different than any other. So, let’s get started.

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Materials Needed

Green Origami Paper

Paint (Optional)

Step 1

Start with a green piece of origami paper.

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Step 2

Turn paper over to the white side.

Step 3

Fold in half…

… to look like this.

Step 4

Open back up to see middle crease.

Step 5

Bring bottom sides into middle crease.

Step 6

To look like this.

Step 7

Now you have to unfold it to reveal the creases.

Step 8

Fold the bottom corner into a small triangle by folding up.

Step 9

Now fold both bottom sides in again… over the triangle.

Step 10

Fold both top sides into middle crease…

…Like this.

Step 11

Open it up to reveal creases.

Step 12

Bring bottom up to the top corner.

Step 13

Now fold it back down so that a small bit sticks out from bottom.

Step 14

Fold both sides back inwards.

Step 15

Turn over to the other side.

Step 16

*Optional* – You can paint ornaments on the tree.

There you are…. you just finished making an Origami Christmas Tree. How did your tree turn out? Take a picture and share it with me in the comments below…. I’d love to see it.

How to Make a Christmas Candle Arrangement

Today I’m going to show you how to make a Christmas Candle Arrangement. This Christmas Candle Arrangement makes for a beautiful tabletop decoration this Holiday Season. Make more than one candle arrangement and put them around the house as decorations. Or, better yet….. make a few of these Christmas Candle Arrangements and give them as a gift this Christmas. Whatever you decide to do with this craft it is sure to be a big hit this Christmas Season.

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Materials required:

Old toilet paper roll

Crepe paper – red, green

Glitter glue – gold

Glue

Paint – Red

Paintbrush

Scissors

A candle

Step 1

Cut through the toilet paper roll as shown below.

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Step 2

Cut out a small ring of toilet paper roll about 6 cm wide.

Step 3

Overlap the ends to make a smaller roll. Tape the ends in place as shown.

Step 4

Place the candle inside the ring and stuff it with bits of torn green crepe paper. Tear the paper long enough that it comes out of the ring as shown below.

Step 5

Paint the toilet paper roll with red acrylic paint.

Step 6

Make a design on it with gold glitter glue as shown.

Step 7

Make small balls out of torn red crepe paper as shown.

Step 8

Glue the balls near the base of the candle as shown

Step 9

Place the candle on your table and you’re ready for Chistmas dinner!!

There you go…. you just finished making a Christmas Candle Arrangement. Now, make a few more to decorate your house with this Holiday Season. Or, have you decided to give them away as gifts? Good for you…. either way they are sure to be enjoyed.

How to Make a Rose Pendant

The Holidays are coming up really quickly. And, with the Holidays comes the joy of gift giving. For today’s craft I’m going to show you how to make a Rose Pendant perfect for giving to a special person this Holiday season. Made from ribbon and a piece of leather….. this craft is sure to be loved by anyone receiving it as a gift. So, let’s get started.

Step by step tutorial offered by Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade

MATERIALS NEEDED:

– pink satin ribbon
– some burgundy leather
– scissors
– needle and thread

Step 1

Take the ribbon and roll it tight for two – three times.

Secure the base by sewing it. This will make the work a lot easier.

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Step 2

Now fold the ribbon against itself …

… and continue to gently roll around the center…

… like that.

Now secure again by sewing it.

Step 3

Repeat step 2: fold….

… and roll … then sew.

Step 4

Do that again and again until the ribbon is ending. It should look like that.

Step 5

Bring the last part of ribbon behind the rose and sew it there.

This is the rose.

Step 6

Take the burgundy leather and put it like that on the back of the rose.

Sew it there.

Now the pendant is ready.

And, there you go…. you made a Rose Pendant perfect for gift giving this Holiday Season. How did your Rose Pendant turn out? What color did you make your Rose? Let me know in the comments below. Now, the real question is…. who are you going to give it to this Holiday? Whoever it is…. they are sure to love it.

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How to Make an Origami Dreidel for Hanukkah

Today I’m going to show you how to make an Origami Dreidel for Hanukkah. A dreidel is a spinning top toy that is played during the Hanukkah season. Each side of the dreidel has a different Hebrew letter on it. The children will bet each other which letter will be on top of the dreidel when the dreidel lands. The winner usually wins chocolate candy called gelt. Fun stuff!! So, let’s start today’s craft.

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Materials Needed

Origami Paper

Glitter Glue, Marker or Paint

Step 1

Pick the color Origami paper that you want your dreidel to be. Then turn it over to the white side…. like above.

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Step 2

Fold in half.

Step 3

Now, it should look like this.

Step 4

Now, open it back up so you can now see a crease in the center.

Step 5

Fold each of the bottom corners up to the center crease.

Step 6

Now, your Origami paper should look like this (an upside down house).

Step 7

Fold both sides to center line over the triangles you just folded.

Step 8

Now your paper should look like this.

Step 9

Bring top of paper down to bottom point.

Step 10

Now it should look like this.

Step 11

Now, fold it part way back up, but not all the way back up. Fold it where marked above to make a pleat.

Here is another angle of this pleat fold.

Step 12

This is really difficult to show you how to do. Basically, fold the top of the paper in to the center line and the corners start bending into triangles.

Step 13

Notice the triangles formed.

Step 14

Turn over to the other side.

Step 15

Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: Nun, Gimel, Hei and Shin (the Hebrew letters are shown in image above). You can use glitter glue, marker or paint to draw a Hebrew letter on the front of the Origami.

The dreidel is beautiful isn’t it? How did your dreidel turn out? What color did you make your dreidel? Let me know in the comments below. And, take a picture and share it with us as well…. we’d love to see it.

How to Make a Nativity Scene for Christmas

All week long I have been showing you how to make the characters for a Nativity Scene. Well, today you are going to set up your Nativity Scene complete with basket. You have been working hard and today you are going to get to see the results of all your hard work. If you need to still complete the Nativity character crafts…. not a problem. I have all the crafts for the Nativity characters below. So, let’s complete the Nativity Scene for Christmas, shall we….

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How to Set up the Nativity Basket

Materials Needed

Basket – large enough to hold the nativity scene

Gold or Yellow Thread

4 Twist Ties

Glue

Step 1

Take 4 twist ties and wrap gold or yellow thread around them.

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Step 2

Fold over corners to keep thread on.

Step 3

Twist one of the twist ties over the other, like a letter V.

Step 4

Fold one side down to now look like a cross.

Step 5

Twist another one around the first two.

Step 6

Do one more to look like this.

Step 7

Glue the star on top of basket. Add gold or yellow thread to the bottom of the basket.

Now that you have the background to the Nativity Scene done it is time to make the characters that will fill this Nativity Scene.

Nativity Scene Character Crafts

How to Weave the 3 Wise Men

How to Weave a Baby Jesus and Cradle

How to Weave Mary and Joseph

How to Make Yarn Clothespin Sheep

How to Make Yarn Clothespin Donkeys

And, there you have it…. you have all the crafts needed to complete your Nativity Scene. I would love to see how your Nativity Scene turned out. Please share your Nativity Scene with all of us by leaving a picture in the comments below. I’d love to see how it turned out.

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How to Make Yarn Clothespin Donkeys for a Nativity Scene

Today we are continuing our Nativity Scene crafts… in this post I’m going to show you how to make Yarn Clothespin Donkeys for your Nativity Scene. This craft is very similar to the Yarn Clothespin Sheep we made yesterday…. and, this craft turn out just as cute too. With some cardboard and a few clothespins you can make this Yarn Clothespin Donkey…. so let me show you how.

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Materials Needed

2 Pieces of Cardboard

Pencil

Brown or Gray Yarn

Black Yarn or String

3 Clothespins

Scissors

Step 1

Draw the above shape on cardboard and then cut it out. You can draw the above shape by drawing 2 ovals as shown above.

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Step 2

Wrap brown or gray yarn around cardboard. Then place 2 clothespins on him for legs. Start wrapping over those too.

Step 3

Wrap the clothespins with yarn part way to look like thighs.

Step 4

Add clothespin to top of head for ears.

Step 5

Cover clothespin and head with yarn.

Step 6

To make a tail… Wrap black yarn or string around cardboard.

Step 7

Then push black string or yarn under all strings.

Step 8

Tie into a knot and then take off of cardboard.

Step 9

The knot is in the middle like in above pic.

Step 10

Push knot up to the top.

Step 11

Push tail into the wrapped yarn.

And, there you have it… you just finished your Yarn Clothespin Donkey for the Nativity Scene. How did it turn out? Make sure to let me know in the comments below. Also, make sure to make the rest of our Nativity Scene including, The 3 Wise Men, Baby Jesus, Mary & Joseph and Sheep. Make them all and display your Nativity Scene proudly.

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How to Make Yarn Clothespin Sheep for a Nativity Scene

All week long I have been showing you how to make a Nativity Scene that is practically completely Woven. Today I’m going to continue the Nativity Scene Tutorials with showing you How to Make Yarn Clothespin Sheep for your Nativity Scene. The craft is super easy, but will turn out perfectly for your Nativity Scene. And, don’t forget to do the rest of the Nativity Scene crafts: 3 Wise Men, Baby Jesus, Clothespin Donkey and Mary & Joseph. Everything to make your Nativity Scene a beautiful one.

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Materials Needed

Cardboard

Black Crayon or Marker

Scissors

White Yarn

2 Clothespins

Step 1

Draw a seed shape on cardboard… color the tip black.

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Step 2

Cut out your seed shape.

Step 3

Wrap white yarn around entire cardboard shape… except black tip.

Step 4

Place clothespins on the cardboard for legs.

Step 5

Start wrapping yarn around the clothespins.

Step 6

After you have covered top of both clothespins… wrap around more of the clothespins for thighs.

Step 7

Tie a knot and you are done. Now, he will stand on his own.

Isn’t that a cute sheep? Perfect for the Nativity Scene you have been working so hard on. Make a few to add around the Nativity Scene. And, if you haven’t already done so…. make the rest of the Nativity Scene including the 3 Wise Men, Mary & Joseph, Clothespin Donkey and Baby Jesus.

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