Did you know? There are lots of things you can do with your old Christmas tree instead of throwing it away. We have compiled a list of ideas below of what you can do with your tree after Christmas time. There ideas are much more environmentally-friendly than simply throwing it away, too! Any modelling dough mat is a great way to enhance your modelling dough table! They help to nurture children's creativity and keep them engaged in the activity! Replant it: the environmental charity Greenpeace urge people to pot their Christmas trees after using them. Christmas trees are extremely resilient and it is much easier to restore them than you might think. You can do these easy Christmas crafts with paper both in class or at home – all you need is a printer, some scissors, and some glue.

Children are naturally creative and imaginative, so craft and artistic activities can be exciting for the students in your classroom. In particular, DIY Christmas craft activities can be fantastic for developing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and identification of shapes, colour and texture. Featuring festive illustrations from the lovely Twinkl Originals story 'A Christmas Collar'. A super resource to use when talking about celebrations to your class. Use them to enhance your modelling dough area and encourage your children to get creative - all you need to do is laminate them!Featuring a diverse range of Christmas crafts to make out of paper, this collection contains wonderful Christmas decorations, models and gifts. All of these resources are easy to follow and are great to create with your students and children. If you’re looking for more easy craft activities to help keep your children entertained, we recommend our Paper Teacup Craft Activity and our Solar System Mobile Craft Activity. If you want to get into the festive spirit with a Christmas-themed craft activity, we recommend our Christmas Tree Spiral Paper Craft Activity. What can I make from an old Christmas tree? We've put together a fantastic range of Christmas crafts to make out of paper. These lovely resources are perfect for adding a dash of creativity to your lesson during the build-up towards the Christmas holidays. Craft activities like these easy Christmas crafts with paper are a great way to encourage your children to get creative and imaginative, both in the classroom or in their free time. It can be very rewarding for children to use craft models like this one and watch themselves transform the flat templates into beautiful Christmas decorations.

Like all of our resources here at Twinkl, these amazing crafts have been made by teachers and are perfectly suitable for young learners. They have been designed to allow you to easily create a fun and interactive learning experience for pupils and let you focus on the thing that matters most - educating children. Thesepaper Christmas decorations templates andcrafts to make at home with paper are a fun way to keep children engaged over the Christmas holidays.They're also relatively inexpensive, too. We know that Christmas can be an expensive and busy time, with all the gift-giving and biscuit baking. So this is a great way to keep children engaged andcreate some brilliant decorations at virtually no cost.

How can my child benefit from craft activities?

These fab Christmas modelling dough mats are a great way of enhancing your malleable materials area this festive season! Use it as compost: you can cut your tree down and put it into a compost heap However, you don’t want to use too much as the tough needles can take quite a long time to break down. Ourprintable paper Christmas craft templates are also a fantastically eco-friendly way to get your classroom Christmas ready. Because they are all made from paper, they are easy to create and can be recycled when you are ready to take them down! With simple instructions, they are a lovely way to develop children's ability to follow instructions as well as their imaginative and creative skills! With so many different types of Christmas crafts to make out of paper, we also recommend that you let children decorate their finished creations. You could let them use craft materials such as glitter, crayons and tinfoil to add a splash of colour and vibrancy to their finished pieces. This is a fantastic way for children to develop their design skills and test the limits of their creativity.