Spending the holidays in an RV might look a little different than spending them in a brick-and-mortar home. But you can still have a lot of fun baking or making holiday crafts for kids in your RV.
Here are a few fun holiday crafts for kids that you can try for some family bonding time. At the end, you’ll even have some treasured gifts to give to loved ones.
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Holiday Crafts for Toddlers
Even if your children are very young, there are plenty of holiday crafts for kids to tackle. Here are a few for the littlest artists to try out.
1. Handprint Reindeer
If your toddler can press her hand to a piece of paper, she can make these easy and adorable handprint reindeer. They’re perfect to post up around the camper!
Just get some heavy-duty construction paper so the design won’t seep through. Also, be sure to use a non-toxic, washable, kid-friendly paint. Add fun extras like googly eyes and pom poms, using Elmer’s school glue.
And as with all of these crafts, it’s a good idea to lay down a nice surface of newspaper to protect your furniture. You may even want to bring your crafting party outside if you’ve chosen a warm enough destination this winter!
2. Mistle-“toes”
Using handprints for Christmas crafts is a classic, but little tootsies can get in on the action, too!
This is an adorable and easy idea. It can be done with all the same crafting materials as the reindeer above.
3. Button Christmas Trees
One of our favorite Christmas crafts for young toddlers, this one takes a little bit of effort from Mom or Dad. But it makes adorable Christmas ornaments that can be used at home or given as gifts. They even stand up on their own!
Your job is to cut out these triangle trees from some good, strong cardboard. Kids get to paint them and glue on buttons to their heart’s content! Put this one in the category of fun Christmas activities for toddlers and adults, alike! (Thanks to No Time for Flash Cards for this one.)
Holiday Crafts for Preschoolers
Here are some more easy holiday crafts and Christmas ornaments for your kids to make this year.
4. Paper Plate Wreaths
Here’s a holiday classic that’ll help you use up all those paper plates you bought for your RV winter holiday feast!
All you need are plain white paper plates, nontoxic paint, pom poms, and ribbon for decoration. Mom or Dad can cut out the center of the plate and let the kids go nuts doing the rest. Hang them on your RV door or give them away as adorable presents… which will also serve as precious keepsakes for years to come.
5. Recycled Paper Bag Stockings
This idea is a little bit more advanced and will require some simple yarn “sewing” from Mom or Dad. But we love that it’s an opportunity to teach kids about the importance of recycling. Plus, these stockings can actually be used, so long as whatever goodies they’re stuffed with are lightweight!
Using leftover paper bags, yarn, nontoxic paint, and a potato — yes, you read that right — Yuliya over at BloesemGiving shows us how these adorable DIY holiday crafts are done. Have an adult do the cutting and sewing of the stocking, and then let your kids add the flair. You could easily use other solid fruits and vegetables for the painting, or glue on fun decorations or buttons.
Holiday Crafts for Preschoolers to Give as Gifts
You probably already have plenty of people on your to-buy-for list. So when your child comes to you with theirs, it’s even more work and money.
Fortunately, there are plenty of cute crafts your child can make to be given as gifts – ones the recipients will actually love and use! Here are a couple of our favorites.
6. Glittery Clothespin Wine Charms
If your kids have an aunt who loves to host parties or an uncle with an enviable cellar, these wine charms make the perfect present. They’re also easy to put together with just a little bit of adult involvement!
All you need are clothespins, paint, glue, and glitter — and craft varnish if you really want the finished product to shine.
Click here to see Jackie and her Happy Hooligans show us how it’s done.
7. Mini Clay Bowls
Who doesn’t need a spare space to stash their keys or change? And won’t it be even better when, every time they do, they think of their favorite little camper?
Some white air-dry clay and a few craft supplies make these keepsakes possible. Red Ted Art has a variety of air-dry clay projects kids can create!
Hopefully, these ideas can not only help your kids to create meaningful gifts for those they love, but can also create great memories while you work on them together!
