The holidays are just around the corner and the winter season upon us! It can be tough to find activities that are not specific to the Christmas holiday, so we put together a list of winter craft ideas that anyone can enjoy no matter what holiday they celebrate. These crafts include both DIY ideas and kits and projects that you can find at S&S. They can be used in classrooms, afterschool programs, and make great gifts for the season.

DIY IDEAS

Snowman Ornament

Our fillable ornaments can be used to make these adorable snowmen! Fill them with white material, like Poly-fil, cotton balls, or just white paper cut into pieces. You can also paint the inside with white acrylic paint, or spread clear glue on the inside and shake glitter onto it. Then draw a face with permanent markers, or use a hole puncher and glue black dots for the eyes and mouth. You can also use orange sticky felt for the nose.

Pom Pom Wreath

These mini wreaths are a super easy winter craft for kids. Choose a color pattern you’d like, whether it’s holidays colors or winter colors. String the pom pom beads onto a chenile stem. Wrap the ends of the stems together to close the wreath. Tie mini yarn around the wreath so you can hang it up, and then add a bow using trim or ribbon!

Polar Bear Mask

This fuzzy polar bear mask is definitely our favorite winter craft! Use our animal masks or blank cardboard face masks to make your own winter characters. To make the polar bear, cut out circular ears from construction paper and glue them to the existing ears, just to make them a bit more round. Add pink construction paper. For the nose, glue a black pom pom onto a small craft cup and draw a smile, then glue the cup onto the center of the mask to give it a 3D look. To make it look fuzzy, pull apart pieces of cotton ball and glue them along the entire surface of the mask. Add a craft stick so kids can hold it up to their face!

Winter Hat Craft

This simple paper craft is great for young kids. Use a printable template like this one from Easy Peasy and Fun or create your own. Kid can use color pencils, markers or crayons to color and design their winter hats. Then, add some cotton balls for warmth.

Craft Stick Snowflakes

Make beautiful snowflakes using craft sticks! Paint them white, blue, gold, or any other seasonal color using acrylic paint. Then add craft trims like: glitter, buttons, gems, stickers, and more. We love the snowflakes made by Crafts by Courtney. You can also use glitter glue to decorate the snowflakes, like the one shown below by Not So Idle Hands.

Paint Stick Snowman & Reindeer Ruler

Kids can measure how much snow has fallen with a snowman or reindeer paint stick ruler! This is a fun hands-on craft activity that allows kids to learn and enjoy the outdoors! View the step by step instructions how to make them here.

Penguin Paper Craft 

How cute are these penguins? Our very own Crafty Kate came up with a fun way to use paper to create penguins with moveable heads! You can make a whole family, large and small. View our DIY Paper Penguin blog post including a video tutorial for step by step instructions on how to make them. It’s a great craft if you’re on a budget, since you only need construction paper, glue, and wiggly eyes!

Craft Kits and Projects

Winter Pine Trees

Decorate your own wood pine tree for the winter season! Kids can create their own unique treee and then display them together to create a holiday forest. View the tutorial here.

Snowman Ornament Craft Kit

Make your snowman come to life with this snowman kit. Wrap him in a scarf, give him some buttons, and add the fuzzy ear muffs to match. Use our adhesive magnetic tape to put him on your refrigerator!

Snowman Box Craft

Create adorable glitter snowman made out of round wooden boxes. Fill them with mini candy canes and other holiday goodies and bring them to your neighbors and friends. And you can use them to decorate your home!

Pom Pom Penguins Craft Kit

Penguins are the perfect winter craft! This kit comes with black pom poms and self-adhesive foam pieces, making it a simple but fun craft activity for young kids.

Color-Me™ Snow Globe Ornaments

This pack of 48 snow globe ornaments is great for groups of kids! You will get 12 each of 4 different designs for the base of the snowglobe. Each ornament design has embossed details on the heavyweight chipboard that make it fun to decorate. Use markers, crayons, gems, and glitter. Then add a ribbon or rafia for hanging.

Snowman Banner Craft Kit

Do you love to sew? Use this snowman banner kit to create a snowman with buttons! Use felt for the background, and string to hang him on your door! Includes pre-punched holes for easy stitching.

Find even more winter craft ideas here!