You can use any Christmas cookie cutters you have to cut out shapes in your potatoes to make stamps. Kids will love making their own fingerprint Christmas tree and adding ornaments in all different colors! Tip: If working with toddlers and younger children pouring some washable pain on to a sponge is a great way of them not applying too much paint. Children could explore ways of making different marks and colours as they complete the strings of lights.

Reindeers were the first festive fingerprint art that we ever made. We put them on cards and on mugs with porcelain paint. They are still the first thing my kids think of when it comes to making homemade Christmas cards and it is such an easy craft.These fingerprint Christmas tree cards need almost no prep and are again easy enough for toddlers through kindergarten and KS1.

I am well aware that the fantasy of a lovely crafting sessionwith young children can go awry and that older kids can start something that they don’t get around to finishing. So, use these tips to prepare for productive Christmas card-making!These snowman Christmas cards are a cute way to use up tatty cake papers cluttering up your cupboard. Step 2:Apply paint to your Arty Crafty Kids fingertip(s) with a brush and print along each line of the tree. To complete the pictures, children simply need to dip a finger into the paint and press onto the cards. Christmas Lights Fingerprint Activity Cards – Another fun fingerprint activity! Kids can have fun with paint to complete the strings of lights.

Here is my big list of easy-to-make homemade Christmas card ideas for kids. There are design ideas suitable for kids of all ages, from toddlers through to tweens and teens. If you’re making cards with younger children, aim to make two or three cards yourself for every card your child makes. To complete the activity cards, invite children to dip a finger into coloured paint and press onto the cards along the wavy line of wire to create colourful fingerprints for the bulbs.Hand print Christmas cards are a cool mark making activity for young kids. Or for something less messy hand cut out cards are fun.