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Christmas Crafts & At-Home Fun With Your Toddler

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  • Date December 18, 2019
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The Ultimate Guide to a Fun Day at Home

With the Holidays quickly approaching, life gets hectic. To save you time searching and planning festive activities, we’ve made a list of kid-tested and parent-approved treats, crafts, and movies that will put you on Santa’s Nice List!

Healthy Snacks

Simple to make and delicious to eat. These holiday treats are healthy, tasty, and a loved by all.

Santa Hats
These three ingredient strawberry and banana hats are the ultimate toddler finger food that is sure to put a smile on your kids face. Top with yogurt or for cream cheese for a festive flare!

Snowmen Stringed Cheese
Bring frosty the snowman alive with this cute, calcium snack. Use permanent markers to draw on coal eyes, buttons, and a corn nose. This snack works great in packed lunches too!

Bagel Ornaments
Let your kid have fun decorating their breakfast with cream cheese and vegetables. Feel free to explore with toppings; fruit, like berries, are an excellent choice if your kid is a picky eater. Just remember to remove any toothpicks before putting them in small hands.

Make Crafts

Enjoy some quality time together with these holiday activities. These crafts will help develop your child’s fine motor skills and explore their creativity.

Handprint Ornaments
Made with ingredients you likely already have in your pantry, this easy craft doubles as the perfect keepsake to hang on your tree year after year. It’s also a great gift for family and loved ones.

Cardboard Christmas Trees
You cut, they create. This craft is perfect for working on fine motor skills like hand-eye coordination and precision. Get some use out of your left over Amazon boxes. As an added tip, turn these into ornaments to hang on your tree by gluing some sting to the back.

Glittery Stockings
Another awesome craft for developing fine motor skills. First, cut out two matching stockings in colored paper. Then, use a hole puncher to put holes in the stocking that your toddler will “stitch” together with ribbon. For an added treat, fill their stocking with goodies or hang it near the fireplace.

Paper Plate Snowflakes
A great low-cost craft that will keep your kid busy for hours. While using safety scissors is a great way to strengthen you child’s hands, younger kids may need a helping hand with cutting their plates.

A great low-cost craft that will keep your kid busy for hours. While using safety scissors is a great way to strengthen you child’s hands, younger kids may need a helping hand with cutting their plates.

Paper Plate Snowflakes
A great low-cost craft that will keep your kid busy for hours. While using safety scissors is a great way to strengthen you child’s hands, younger kids may need a helping hand with cutting their plates.

Watch a Movie

Grab your blankets and hot cocoa, then snuggle up on the couch with some toddler-friendly holiday favorites.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
A Christmas staple that will make your heart grow three sizes.

Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer (1964)
This beloved and timeless Christmas special is perfect for the whole family and has a great message about kindness and embracing our differences.

Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
The cartoon adaption of Charles Dickens’s classic story featuring beloved characters like Donald Duck, Goofy, and, of course, Mickey Mouse.

Enjoy spending quality time with your kids. Let us know in the comments below which of these ideas you tried. Have a great break and Happy Holidays!

For more crafts and DIY’s, check out our previous blog posts pages!

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