Does it feel like you’re not spending enough quality time with your kids these days?
You might be right! Recent studies have suggested that many parents are spending entirely too much time on their smartphones, tablets, and computers—and not enough time with their kids.
You can reverse this trend by finding fun activities for you and your kids to do together. There are many holiday crafts for kids, for example, that you can help your kids with while spending QT with them.
Here are five fun holiday crafts for kids and parents to enjoy together.
1. Ornaments
One of the most fun parts of the holiday season is trimming the tree and putting decorations on it. And it’ll be even more fun this year when you made some of the decorations yourself.
You and your kids can use some combination of construction paper, buttons, glitter, and other craft products to create colorful ornaments for your tree. You can then hang them up and cherish them for years to come once they’re all finished.
2. Snow Globes
It doesn’t matter how young or old you are. There is nothing quite as magical as shaking up a snow globe and watching the “snow” in it fall to the ground.
Make some magic with your kids by using plastic cups and Epsom salt to create your very own snow globes from scratch. You can put plastic trees, presents, and other holiday items inside and cover them with “snow” every time you shake them.
3. Cards
You should teach your kids from a young age that it’s good to get into the habit of reaching out to loved ones around the holidays to wish them well. You can do it by creating festive cards and sending them out to your family members and friends.
It’s never been easier to send out cards than it is today thanks to the invention of ecards. You and your kids can design an Adobe Spark’s ecard for free and use it to wish whoever you want a happy holiday season.
4. Wreaths
Wreaths are one of the easiest holiday crafts for kids and parents to make. All you need to do is cut out the middle of a paper plate to give your “wreath” its shape.
From there, you can decorate the wreath in whatever ways you want. You can use crayons, markers, construction paper, and whatever other crafty things you have lying around to complete your wreath.
5. Snowmen
While you have the paper plates out to make wreaths with your kids, why not use them to make snowmen, too?
Attach two or even three paper plates together to give your snowmen a basic outline. Then, decorate them to bring your snowmen to life. You can hang them up all over the place inside your home during the holidays and the entire winter season.
Give These Holiday Crafts for Kids and Parents a Try
Some parents mistakenly believe that they need to spend a lot of money on their kids to make them happy. But the truth is that the thing kids want most from their parents is their time.
Use the holiday crafts for kids and parents listed here to spend more time with your children. They’ll love getting your full attention while you’re working on your crafts together.
Check out our blog to find some more fun crafts that both kids and parents can do.
