Winter is well on its way, and the cold weather can be difficult for some. It can also be especially tricky for parents who have young, energetic kids that need to be entertained indoors. But have no fear! We’ve got a collection of some of the most fun, easy, and affordable crafts to do with your little ones indoors.
From crafting ornaments to making it snow indoors, these crafts are for a wide range of kids and will create some fun winter bonding time for your family. So, get to crafting with this card of the most fun 45 craft ideas to do indoors with your children.
Winter Craft Ideas For Kids
Penguins are perhaps one of the most beloved winter animals. With this craft idea from The Joy of Sharing, you can create your cuddle penguin friends in the comfort of your own home! All you'll need for this craft are some popsicle sticks, paint, scissors, and glue.
Since this craft does require some assembly, we recommend it for slightly older kiddos who can cut, paint, glue, and assemble this on their own, or at least do so with the help of mom and dad. Once finished, this will make for a fun little addition to any winter decorations you may already have in your home!
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If you like snowmen but there's no snow in the front yard, have no fear! This indoor activity is incredibly easy to do, and you probably already have most of the supplies you need to do it in your home already.
All you need is a few empty toilet paper rolls, as well as some cutout images of snowmen to create these cute little crafts. With a little time and a little hot glue, you can create a craft that'll keep the kids entertained for quite some time.
Need to de-stress and unwind from the holidays? Check out his bath bomb recipe that will leave you clean and refreshed, and will also give you a fun time making them as well.
However, not only is this a great craft for adults but youngsters as well. Bath bombs crafting can be great for kids because not only does it allow them to be creative, but it also gets them more excited for bath time. So if you have a child that isn't fond of getting ready for bed/bathtime, this craft may give them something fun and entertaining to work on.
This tutorial is from Creative Green Living, and it's the perfect indoor craft that your kids can do during the wintertime, but they can also keep and use throughout the year. Furthermore, this craft is also super simple and only uses three materials: rocks, paintbrushes, and paint.
When you and your family do this as an indoor activity, there are many ways that you can turn this into a cute winter craft. There are several shades of blue, white, and grey paint that you can use to make a winter color palette to decorate your home with for the season. These rocks can also serve as sweet and quirky Christmas gifts to friends and family, especially if you add a personal touch to the painting and overall design.
If the weather is too harsh to go outside and physically sled, then you can have just as much fun indoors crafting these nifty sled ornaments!
It's A Mother Thing has a delightful craft for little ones to enjoy. All you need for this simple craft is a few popscicle sticks, paint, glue, and some twine. After the sled is completed, you can use it as ornamentation for your Christmas tree, or just use it to decorate in general!
If you're looking for a cute little snowman to decorate your home with for the holidays, It's A Mother Thing has just the craft for you. All you'll need is a styrofoam ball with some glue, glitter, and a small wooden dowel.
After you gather your supplies, you're good to go! Though this craft is simple to make, it'll keep your kiddos busy and happy. Likewise, after the crafts have been made, you can use them to decorate almost anywhere in your home!
Frugal Family Times has one of the most interesting and creative crafts on our list. If you're looking for a craft that can be simple for youngsters, yet can be taken up a few notches in complexity, then these window clings may be just what you're looking for.
With only some coloring book drawings and some fabric paint, you can create almost any design imaginable. With an almost unlimited amount of designs and colors to choose from, there are thousands of window cling designs that you can make.
Need something to make as a gift for loved ones? These Reindeer Cocoa Treat Bags are the perfect craft to make and give out as gifts for the holidays. Everyone loves a savory cup of hot chocolate during the cold winter months, so this craft is a great idea to give to loved ones, especially the loved ones that may be difficult to shop for.
This how-to by Moore Or Less Cooking has you covered. All you'll need is some clear paper, decor, and hot chocolate mix. Not only will you have fun making these for your friends and loved ones, but you may even end up making a few for yourself.
Wanting a simple craft to decorate with this winter season? This simple snowman craft by Moneywise Moms is just the perfect fit for you to do with your kids.
All of the required materials are easily accessible, not to mention affordable. If you're already a crafty person, you may already have some of these items in your home. For this craft, you'll need white and black craft paint, buttons, an orange foam or nose, and a few more items to create some sweet snowmen to decorate your home with.
Looking for something decorative to hold your knick-knacks in? These Painted Mason Jars by Happiest Camper Homestead will be a nifty craft for you to work on with your kiddos.
Almost every home has mason jars, as well as some kind of extra paint lying around to whip up these creative crafts. All you need is some rough weather to stay indoors and make these cute little Christmas-themed crafts. Check out this article by Happiest Camper to see more!
Looking to add a personal touch to your craft? This Eskimo craft by Simple Everyday Mom will allow your child to not only be creative but create a reflection of themselves. And the best news is that this craft is super simple and easy to do!
To get started, all you'll need is some cardstock, scissors, glue, and a photo of your child. After you've completed this cute craft, you can hang it as a funny Christmas ornament, or just place it somewhere to add a fun and quirky decoration to your home.
Another short and sweet little craft to keep your kids entertained is this Cotton Ball Snowman Craft by Darcy and Brian. For this craft, all you'll need are some fluffy cotton balls, some glue, sticks, and a few decorative pieces like buttons, googly eyes, and pom-poms.
In total, this craft is super simple, but you can also make it more complex if you wish. A few ways you can do this are by adding more cotton balls to your snowman, adding more decor, or just making it larger overall. However, no matter what way you decide to do it, this is a good craft for all ages and will keep your little ones thoroughly entertained.
Too warm to build a snowman outside? Have snow fear! This innovative craft by It's A Mother Thing will allow you to make it snow right in your living room.
No, it's not real snow. But it will keep your kiddos occupied and entertained for quite a while without the freezing temperature and leftover puddles. For this little science experiment, all you'll need is a bottle of cheap hair conditioner and some baking soda, as well as a pan or pot to put your "snow" in.
If you need a simple, two-dimensional craft to do on a dreary day, this artistic idea by Mommy's Bundle might be just what you're looking for. This Tape Resistant Snowflake Painting allows your little ones to unleash their inner Picasso, even if they aren't good at painting in the first place.
Everyone loves a beautiful and symmetrical snowflake, and now you can make your own with just some cardstock or a canvas to paint on, some paint-resistant tape, and some paint! After your little ones have completed their winter-wonderland masterpieces, you can frame them, or hang them up somewhere to show them off throughout the winter season.
You can make Santa's favorite reindeer your own home with this Toilet Paper Reindeer Roll by Easy Crafts for Kids. For this craft, all you'll need is an empty toilet paper roll, brown paint, paintbrushes, googly eyes, pom-poms, pipe cleaners, glue, and scissors. This project might require some adult supervision due to its many supplies and also the usage of sticky, messy glue and scissors.
Altogether, this craft should keep your kid occupied for about 45 minutes. This time includes creation, painting, and drying time. This will give them just the right amount of time to channel their creativity and engineering/crafting ability!
Nothing's more soothing than reading by a warm fire on a cold winter's night, and you can start encouraging your little one to read with this cute and crafty bookmark DIY!
This Handmade Bookmark Craft by Love Our Real Life is super simple, but you can color it and make it almost any way you want! Its easy to craft will give your child enough excitement and entertainment because they can implement their creativity into making their bookmarks. All you need is some cardboard, cardstock, yarn, and glue!
Are your kids fans of Frozen? If so, then they'll LOVE this Olaf Christmas Craft by Crystal & CO. You can place this by your Christmas tree, on your fireplace mantle, or wherever, and it'll add a pleasant, wintry charm to your home.
If you're a parent who's obsessed with coffee, and you enjoy a good coffee creamer, you're in luck! One impressive thing about this is that it's made entirely out of an empty coffee creamer bottle. For this craft, they use an empty International Delight Coffee Creamer, glitter blast spray, scissors, orange, white, and black felt, a hot glue gun, and some Poly-Fil. All of these materials are super simple, so not only is it fun for you and your little one to make together, but it's also pretty nice to your wallet as well.
These fun little hats may not actually be wearable in the cold winter weather, but they'll give your little one to express their sense of fashion and style, nonetheless. For this craft by Projects With Kids, you'll need some white card stock, black acrylic paint, oil pastels, bamboo skewers or toothpicks, and pompoms.
After letting them color in the hats however they want to, all you have to do is paint over the design with black acrylic paint, let it dry, and then use your bamboo/toothpicks to lightly carve out more designs. Once you've done this, show off your nifty creation by hanging it up somewhere in your home!
If you're looking for another experimental craft to make during a cold winter day, then these DIY Crystal Snowflakes by Adventures of DIY Mom are the perfect fit. All you'll need are some white pipe cleaners, a pencil, a mason jar, wire cutters, water, borax, and food coloring.
This craft isn't only fun to do--but it's also highly educational. While making these snowflakes, your little one can learn some interesting scientific knowledge, while also making unique and beautiful snowflakes.
Searching for a simple and laid-back craft to do indoors with your little one? With this colorful craft by Simple Everyday Mom, you can make this cute cardinal in just a few minutes! This simple DIY will allow your kids to add a slight personal touch to their cardinal, since they'll be making it out of their own handprint.
First, you'll need to gather the required materials for this craft. Thankfully, they're pretty simple to get ahold of. All you'll need is colored cardstock paper, cotton balls, googly eyes, scissors, and a glue stick. After you've gathered your materials, you can enjoy working on this nifty little craft with your kids!
Looking for a longer-lasting, more hands-on craft? Try out these Salt Dough Ornaments by Good Life Eats! Whether you're a parent at home with the kids for the day, or you're a teacher needing a craft to keep your kids busy and entertained, these salt dough ornaments will do just the trick.
These little trinkets are also super simple to make! The main three infredients you'll need are water, all-purpose flour, and salt. In addition, you'll also need food coloring, a drinking straw, non-stick cooking spray, parchment paper, and a colorful ribbon. Once you've finished your ornament, you can hang it up on the tree, or just about anywhere in your home!
If you're stuck inside and can't go outside to build your snowman, don't fret! With this creative Snowman Window Cling By Ann's Entitled Life, you can make a sweet little snowman in the comfort of your own home.
For this craft, most of the supplies you may already hav ein your home. If not, they're pretty affordable and easily available. If you have a printer at home, you can print out the drawing of the snowman that Ann's Entitled Life provides for you on their website, gather your paint and materials, and start crafting away!
Garland is one of the best decorations you can place in your home to amp up the winter-wonderland theme. If you're stuck at home watching the kids for the day and need a craft to pass the time, then this garland makes the perfect project.
Not only is it fun to make, but you and your little one can use this to decorate the house for the holidays for years to come. However, we recommend this for kids who might be a little older, since this project does involve a lot of precision cutting, as well as handling glue, glitter, and some threading.
If you have a baby or a toddler that needs an easy, simple craft, these Winter Handprints by Mommy's Bundle should be the perfect activity for you and your little one to do together. If you have a young baby, this craft will be even more special because it can serve as a memento of their first Christmas or Holiday event.
To do this craft, Mommy's Bundle has a printout on their website that you can download. Once you've printed it, all you need to do is find some baby-friendly washable paint to paint their hands with, stamp them on the paper, and voila! Who says you're too young to be crafty?
For this Pine Cone Christmas Tree Project by Easy Crafts for Kids, all you and your child will need is some paint, glue, glitter glue or paint, and some pipe cleaners. If you have a lot of those pesty pinecones in your yard, why not take them and turn them into cute little winter decorations for your home?
The main reason we love this simple craft is because it's easy yet fun and entertaining to do, and its a good craft for the whole family to bond over. And once winter has passed, or just whenever you get tired of your pinecone trees, all you have to do is just toss them in the trash or back outside to decompose.
Need a craft that you or your kid can use to carry toys, craft supplies, etc.? Save a few dollars with this nifty craft by Happiest Camper. This is a no-sew project, meaning that the only materials you'll need are a clean t-shirt, scissors, and a pair of hands.
Though it can be slightly tedious, it's a project that you can make with your child that will be fun and hands-on for both of you. In addition to this, you can also make a child-sized version of this bag through a child-sized t-shirt, so you can both have matching bags!
No two snowflakes are completely identical--and here's a fun craft to prove it! Needle Pointers has an intricate and beautiful snowflake cutting craft, allowing you to make them for additional ornaments to the tree, to decorate the house with, or just for fun!
This snowflake craft is for kids of all ages, though younger children may need a little help. The primary supplies you'll need are scrapbook paper, scissors, and a stapler or glue dots. Unleash your love for winter with this snowflake craft for you and your child to do together!
Searching for a sweet, simple craft to keep your kids busy during their day indoors? This Ole Mom's plastic spoon snowman ornament craft is particularly enjoyable for your kids, while also being easy on your wallet.
The materials for this craft are pretty basic and very affordable, and they include plastic spoons, cardstock, glue, ribbon, and a black permanant market. This Ole Mom also provides a snowman printable cutout for you to use as a guideline when making your snowman spoons. Ultimately, this craft is perfect for parents with younger kids who need a simple craft to do, or for teachers looking for easy-to-do temporary crafts to entertain their classroom with.
Do your kids enjoy coloring on a cold wintrer's day, but they have a bunch of broken, shattered crayons lying around? Why not melt them together to save yourself a buck, as well as have a quirky, colorful craft for them to do during their day indoors?!
Good Life Eats has a list of simple instructions on how to blend your crayons together to create a beautiful melody of colors your kids are sure to go crazy over. All you and your little one will need to make these creative crayons are a metal baking sheet and a silicone ice cube tray.
Does your child love the Grinch? Who doesn't?! Enjoy your cozy day indoors with this DIY Grinch Pipe Cleaner Christmas Tree by Momma Made That. This a craft for kids of all ages- and it's not only simple to do, but it's also simple in it's required supplies.
All you'll need for this little project is a few different shades of green pipe cleaner, some red craft felt, craft glue, and some ribbon (optional). Once you've made your Christmas creations, you can use them to decorate your home with, or use your ribbon to turn them into Christmas tree ornaments.
Calling all candy lovers! Need an all-day craft to entertain you and your kiddo during a cold winter day? Ditch the gingerbread houses and make your own Christmas Candy Train! This project by Cupcakes and Cutlery will have you and your little one munching and working on this craft for a few hours.
From Snicker's Bars to peppermint candies, this little train won't only be a cute addition to your home for the winter season, but it'll make for a good snack as well. This craft is great for parents with multiple children, since they can all participate in the construction of the train (and cleanup after!)
Do you have an empty egg carton you need to get rid of? Why toss it out when you can use it to create a cute, simple craft with your kiddos? This Egg Carton Snowman Ornament craft by Salvage Sister and Mister is an enjoyable repurpose craft that's available for all ages.
You'll likely already have most of the ingredients you'll need to do this craft already. All you'll need is some paint, paintbrushes, and the actual egg carton itself, as well as some extra art supplies such as glitter pom poms, pipe cleaners, black buttons, and googly eyes.
This Puffy Paint Snowglobe craft by Simple Every Mom is particularly fun for kids of younger ages because it's not only colorful, but it also has the squishy, puffy paint texture for your little ones to play with. The assembly for this craft is fairly simple, since all you need to do is cut out the basic geometric shapes and glue them all together.
However, the main selling point fo this craft is that the paint you'll use for snow, which is a combination of shaving cream and Elmer's glue, is super fun to play with due to it's texture. All in all, this craft is more fun to do than it is creatively-challenging, which is why it's perfect to do with your toddler or younger child while stuck indoors.
Now, this super-creative craft by Swoodson Says is a unique artistic project that you and your child can do repeatedly with different designs and different colors. If you have kids that love to draw and doodle, and you have some embroidery material at hand, then you can easily whip up some Christmas ornaments from your kids' artwork!
This craft is for all ages, though it may be enjoyable for older children who have more artistic abilities or are better coordinated when it comes to using pencils/markers when making artwork. For this craft, you'll need wool felt, embroidery floss, fabri solvy, an embroidery hoop, embroidery needle, stuffing, and some optional hemostats. Not only will you have a blast doing this with your kids, but this will also challenge your creativity and can result in ornaments and decorations that you can use for years in the future.
Need some balloons to cheer up a loved one during the holiday season? Cupcakes and Cutlery has a sweet yet simple craft idea for DIY Snowflake Balloons that you can easily whip up with your kids on a cold winters day.
For this craft you'll need some deflated mylar ballons in winter/holiday colors, some vibrant patterned and solid colored napkins, a helium tank, spray adhesive, and a curling ribbon. All you and your youngster will need to do is cut out different snowflake patterns with your napkins, inflate your helium balloons, and glue on your snowflakes!
Want to add some sparkle to your Christmas tree? You and your little one can add a little shine to the holiday spirit in your home with these DIY Glitter Ornaments by Aileen Cooks. All you'll need for this creative craft is a plastic ornament (we recommend plastic over glass--especially if you have younger children), a paintbrush, mod-podge, glitter, washi tape, buttons, and ribbon.
These ornaments are a great idea to do with young kids because they're simple, yet captivating for little ones to create. Not only this, but you can also create many as ornaments for your own tree, or as gifts to friends and loved ones.
Do you wanna build a snowman? Enjoy a relaxing winter's day indoors by crafting this DIY snowman building kit with your child. This artsy idea by Craftivity Designs is a simple craft that you can use in the future on a day when you encounter some lovely snowy weather.
For this project you'll need sculpey clay, popsicle sticks, strong craft glue, blue, orange, and black paint, and a bag to store your kit once you've created it. We especially love this craft because not only is it a unique idea, but it'ssomething that your kids can invest in because this craft will be a tool that they can use earlier for outside play when it snows.
Have some extra Q Tips lying around? Need to add some extra winter weather cheer to your home? You can make some of these Simple Q Tip Snowflakes with this craft idea from Easy Crafts for Kids.
We love this craft not only because it's easy to assemble, but also because it's affordable. The main materials you'll need to make these delightful little snowflakes are Q-Tips, glue, white string, and glitter paint, and scissors. After you've assembled your snowflakes, you can hang them almost anywhere to add a quaint winter-wonderland touch to your home!
Another super simple craft that your kids will enjoy, this artistic idea for Painted Penguin Rocks comes from Sustain My Craft Habit. These little rock penguins can add a little artic charm to your home during the winter months, and make the perfect little stocking stuffers for gifts during the holiday season.
This craft is also perfect for kids because it's easy to do, but is extremely fun to make. Not only do you save money on the materials needed to make these crafts (since you can just use rocks from your own backyard if you wanted to) but if your child ends up messing up their first attempt at making their penguin, they can easily try again by just using another rock.
If you have a kid that loves Elsa and also loves the squishy, gooey texture of slime, then we've found the perfect craft for you. For this craft, you'll need water, baking soda, glue, saline solution, blue colorant, and blue glitter.
When you mix all of this together, it only takes about five minutes to make a toy that'll keep you kids entertained for hours on end. Furthermore, you can also alter the apperance to this slime almost any way--by color, glitter amount, etc. In our book, this craft by Crayons and Cravings is a must-do for parents looking to help their child make something they can play with for an extended amount of time.
Simple Rustic Christmas Ornaments- DIY · Just That Perfect Piece
Just That Perfect Piece has a beautiful craft for you and your kids to do together. This Simple Rustic Christmas Ornament is a perfect task for you and your kids to do together.
If you have older children, they will especially enjoy this craft because it's a more precise, challenging craft, and it's also something that looks like a more permanent decorative addition to your home. Likewise, it also has a winter-season charm that you can hang up in your home to add a special touch to the cozy winter season. So, if you have a lot of leftover clothespins lying around, don't just throw them away! Whip out your hot glue gun and some glue sticks and get to crafting this cute rustic Christmas Ornament!
Another scientific yet artsy craft for your and your kids to do together is making "Snowy" Salt Christmas Tress with this craft by Go Science Kids. This is a perfect craft for families who have kids of different ages, because the older kids can physically make their own snowy trees, and younger kids can watch, help with certain steps, and learn how salt crystallization can be used to make artwork.
For this innovative and experiemental Christmas ornament, you'll probably already have most of the required materials in your home already. Some of these materials include green construction paper, hot water, a plastic cup, a hole puncher, and a ribbon. These cute little Christmas trees are sure to perk up your home and give your kiddos something to work on during your cold winter day indoors.
If you're a parent who's just looking for something simple and temporary to do as a craft on a cold winter day, then these Glow In The Dark Sensory Snowman Bottles by Very Special Tales are a quick artistic fix for your kids who need some distraction from being cooped up indoors.
This project is also a good craft for kids who need something calming and soothing to focus on, and also provides a fun activity and a relaxing experience. Textures, colors, and properties of certain things can influnce how a child enjoys or interacts with a certain object, and these bottle snowmen are the perfect project for kids to put their energy and focus into in a way that keeps them busy, but can also soothe and entertain them as well.
A yummy yet creative craft by Lucky Mojito, this will occupy your children while also encouraging their sweet tooth cravings. Luckily for you, not only is this craft fun to do, but it's also kind to your wallet. The primary materials you'll need to make this Hershey Kiss Christmas Tree are Hershey Kisses, some shades of green cardstock, cellophane treat bags, ribbon, and glue.
These gifts make the perfect project for your own family to enjoy during the winter season, or they also make great gifts for you child's friends, teachers, and classmates. So, if you're looking for a simple gift idea that's thoughtful, simple, and homemade, your kids can easily spend a little while making these cute Christmas trees!
Who says you can't use your summer swimming toys to make some winter-wonderland fun? These super easy DIY Christmas Pool Noodle Donut Ornaments by The Tarnished Jewel are the perfect indoor crafts for kids, mainly because the materials are super cheap, simple to make, but will also entertain your children for quite some time.
Not only is this craft super fun for younger kids, but there are two main ways that you can actually make these ornaments. The Tarnished Jewel has method that you can use to make fake icing on the donut, and one with "real" icing made from cotton balls. With different ways to make these ornaments, and the surplus of ornaments that this craft makes, you and your little one can make a wide variety of colors and designs from your pool noodles.
Wrapping Up
With all these craft ideas to choose from, there’s no reason for your little ones to be bored while cooped up indoors! You can print out this card to use during the cold winter months and school holiday breaks you’ll have with your kiddos, or save them for a cold rainy day.
Happy crafting!