Paper crafts — Page 2
A decoration, card, place card or little book: choose what you want to make from paper, then follow its own instructions.
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Make a Christmas postbox for notes at home
Turn an empty cardboard box into a place for family drawings and notes. Test the slot with a real folded sheet before decorating.
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Open a Christmas pretend shop with four empty parcels
Use empty boxes, dot price tags and large paper tokens. Agree that this is a game, choose a customer and finish by returning the stock.
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Draw one Christmas scene from opposite sides
Set a folded card and a small box on the table. Draw what you see from one seat, then move to the opposite side while the objects stay still. Compare the visible details in both pictures.
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Make a Christmas tree by colouring around it
Leave a simple tree shape blank and colour the paper around it with one crayon. Begin near the outline, then widen the coloured area at your child’s pace.
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Cut a Christmas window in a folded card
Leave one side of a paper window attached, then draw a Christmas picture behind it. Close and open the flap to check that the picture appears in the right place.
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Turn one cloth into a Christmas story landscape
A flat cloth can become a field, then a hill that changes the route. Let your child move the landscape and decide how a pretend Christmas delivery continues.
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Draw the weather outside your Christmas window
Choose one real outdoor detail and draw what is above and below it. Add a Christmas decoration at the paper edge, keeping it separate from the view.
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A flat paper spiral around a Christmas drawing
Draw a small Christmas picture in the middle of a paper circle. Cut a broad spiral around it, then arrange and glue the whole piece flat on a larger backing.
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Build a paper Christmas village that folds flat
Three folded cards can become a little street. Draw the buildings on the fronts, stand them up together and flatten them when you are finished.
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Fold a paper mountain for a Christmas toy scene
Give a firm paper strip four folding panels, then cut broad peaks along the top. Test the standing backdrop before adding toys and keep their route in front.
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Fold a small Christmas picture that stands on the table
One folded rectangle can hold a Christmas drawing upright. Test the blank shape first, mark the bottom of each face and add pictures that will stand the right way up.
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Cut a matching pair of paper Christmas mittens
Cut two loose mitten shapes from a folded sheet, turn one over and decorate each differently. Their outlines match even when the Christmas patterns do not.
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