22 Festive and Fun DIY Christmas Crafts for Teens

Here are easy DIY Christmas crafts and activities perfect for tweens and teens this holiday season!

These fun and cute Xmas crafts are great for older kids, whether they want to make decorations, ornaments, or handmade gifts.

Even teens with little crafting experience will enjoy these simple and creative Christmas crafts for teens. Plus, it’s the perfect opportunity to spend quality time together while crafting.

DIY Christmas Crafts for Teens

Snowman String Art Decoration

This kit includes everything teens need to create a fun snowman string art decoration. They can create the craft and place the sign in the house or gift it to someone.

Christmas Crafts for Teens Snowman String Art Decoration
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Snowman String Art Decoration

Winter Gnome Paintings

A wood craft for teens to make during the holidays. These adorable winter gnomes will make cute Christmas decorations or gifts for the holidays. 

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Winter Gnome Paintings

Peppermint Candy Plate

Make a Peppermint Candy Plate in only 20 minutes. Serve desserts like cookies, candy, hot cocoa, coffee, tea, festive drinks, or holiday cocktails!

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Christmas Pasta Ornaments Craft

Make these adorable Christmas ornaments with your teens as Christmas tradition.

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Snow Globe

Your teen can get really creative for the holidays and create this Boho Christmas snow globe. The kit comes with everything they need to make it and the end result will be a beautiful holiday decoration.

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Snow Globe

Bottle Cap Christmas Tree

Teens can repurpose old bottle caps and use them to make a fun and festive holiday tree. The caps are straightened out and placed on a piece of cardboard to create the tree.

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Bottle Cap Christmas Tree

Ugly Christmas Sweater Mason Jars 

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Resin Christmas Ornament

Resin crafts can be a fun activity for older teens. For the holidays, they can make these colorful resin Christmas ornaments to hang on the tree.

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Resin Christmas Ornament

CHRISTMAS HEISHI BRACELET SET

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Pom Pom Christmas Garland

Learn how to make a pom pom Christmas garland to decorate your holiday home! This is SO easy to make, even for beginning crafters.

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Peppermint Candy Plate

This is a 20 minute craft that kids can make, and you can use for holiday parties or Christmas celebrations. It’s made of real peppermint candy and is a fun DIY project for teens.

Christmas Crafts for Teens Peppermint Candy Plate
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Peppermint Candy Plate

Yarn Wrapped Christmas Tree Ornament

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Silly Christmas Rock Painting

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Paper Bag Snowflakes

These adorable snowflakes are made from paper bags and can be a great Christmas craft for teens. Once finished, you can hang them around the house as Christmas decorations.

Christmas Crafts for Teens Paper Bag Snowflakes
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Paper Bag Snowflakes

DIY Christmas Coasters

his is a fantastic project to reuse old Christmas cards and to make a wonderful homemade gift for friends and family. 

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Winter Scarf Wreath

Repurpose an old winter scarf and turn it into a festive holiday wreath. It’s an easy and fun craft that they can do. Teens can experiment with different winter scarf colors or add different things to jazz up the wreath.

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Winter Scarf Wreath

No Sew Christmas Gnomes

Grab the free pattern and let the kids work on making these cute Christmas gnomes. It’s an easy craft that doesn’t take long and they’ll love the result.

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No Sew Christmas Gnomes

Christmas Tree Mosaic

A fun Christmas craft idea for teens, this Christmas tree mosaic is fun to make for the holidays. The kit includes everything needed and there is no special equipment needed to make the mosaic craft.

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Christmas Tree Mosaic

Macramé Christmas Trees

Have your teen use the kit to create their own unique macrame Christmas trees. The kit comes with written instructions as well as video instructions to help.

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Macramé Christmas Trees

Gingerbread house ornaments

 They are so easy and fun to make, the clay pots act as a mini canvas to create a colorful gingerbread house scene that teens can customize any way they like.

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Gingerbread house ornaments

Jeweled Christmas Trees

Add some sparkle and shine to the holidays with this fun jeweled Christmas tree craft. Teens can use different holiday colored jewels to create their own unique trees.

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Jeweled Christmas Trees

DIY Ornament

A very simple craft that teens can make this holiday season are these DIY ornaments. You only need a few supplies from the Dollar Tree and it will be something fun for the holidays.

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DIY Ornament

Easy DIY Macrame Gnome Christmas Ornaments

These little guys (and gals) are the perfect blend of whimsy and warmth, and they’re surprisingly easy to make.

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Easy DIY Macrame Gnome Christmas Ornaments

Christmas Shadow Box

The small houses inside the shadow box are made from salt and flour dough and are painted for the holidays. Making this Christmas shadow box will be a fun craft idea for the holidays.

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Christmas Shadow Box
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