Christmas Craft for Little Kids

We have lots of out of town family that we don't get to spend Christmas with each year.  To let them know we are thinking of them, and to give them a little token to see how much M has grown, we decided to make homemade crafts to include with our Christmas card.

M is just two, and likes to be very involved.  Because of that, I had to chose a craft that didn't involve scissors, hot glue or anything potentially dangerous.  We landed on some fun holiday hand print projects, and I think they turned out looking pretty cute!

 I drew the reindeer outline and face by hand, then painted M's hands with a brush and helped her stamp them onto the page.  Then we found a water bottle cap and dipped it in red paint and stamped it on the face.  M insisted that her reindeer be a girl, so we added some eyelashes for good measure.

For this Christmas tree project, we used the same techniques as the antlers above.  It is important to do the star first, as the lighter colored paint won't stamp well over the green.

One more note.  We did our project in our kitchen.  We have black granite counter tops, so we didn't have to worry about paint stains.  If you don't have a dark surface to use, make sure that you cover your surface well.  The red paint can stain sometimes.  Have fun!

M painting away with her favorite color -- red!  She loves Christmas because everything is red, red, and more red.