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.
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.
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!
Christmas Pasta Ornaments Craft
Make these adorable Christmas ornaments with your teens as Christmas tradition.
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.
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.
Ugly Christmas Sweater Mason Jars
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.
CHRISTMAS HEISHI BRACELET SET
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.
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.
Yarn Wrapped Christmas Tree Ornament
Silly Christmas Rock Painting
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.
DIY Christmas Coasters
his is a fantastic project to reuse old Christmas cards and to make a wonderful homemade gift for friends and family.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.