10 AMAZING Christmas Craft Stick Crafts
I love finding ways to make every day objects into treasured items. Especially, crafts that will decorate the Christmas tree every year and bring happy memories of the year that you created them.
I have 10 amazing popsicle stick Christmas DIYs that are easy enough to create with your family, or go on and make them during a solo crafting session. At the end of this post, I also include a Christmas cupcake decorating idea!
As always, there is a video right here, just in case you want to watch how these crafts are made.
1 // Craft Stick Snowman
Do you wanna build a snowman? Ok, let’s start with some popsicle sticks and miter shears. Since we’re only using the 90 degree angle on these projects, you could use regular scissors for all these popsicle stick crafts.
Cut 2 popsicle sticks to be a little shorter than the width of 4 popsicle sticks.
Hot glue those to the back to help stabilize these ornaments so they can last for many Christmas’s to come.
Sand any rough edges down where you made the cuts because you don’t want future Christmas memories for these ornaments to include splinters!
Add a coat of white paint to the body of the snowman. I’m just painting the fronts of these, but if you want to go all out and paint the backs too, go for it!
Stick 2 pieces of washi tape to poster board and trim them out.
Cut the edges into tiny strips to represent the tassels on the scarf.
Add 2 black buttons to the front.
Paint the top with some black paint and then paint another piece of a popsicle stick black and attach.
Attach a silver star to the snowman’s hat.
Use a Sharpie paint pen for the snowman’s face.
The last part is to add the string on the back, so you can hang this on your Christmas tree. Add a bit of hot glue and then place the string on top. Then finish off with a bit more hot glue on top to seal that string in place.
2 // Craft Stick Santa
Next, we’re going to make a Santa ornament.
Start the same way as you did with the snowman, by connecting 4 popsicle sticks together.
Cut a piece of poster board into a triangle and attach to the top.
Paint Santa’s face pink (or whatever color you want him to be) and his hat and body red.
Attach some cotton balls for Santa’s beard and hat.
Add a small red pom pom for his nose and then 3 buttons for his coat.Add a string for hanging on the tree.
3 // Angel Ornament DIY
You’ll notice I’m using some of the same materials over and over again. This is really handy, because you can gather your supplies in the beginning and have everything you need to make 10 different crafts!
Start by cutting a circle out of some white poster board.
Paint the circle pink for her face, or whatever color you like.
Connect 3 popsicle sticks together with the method we used earlier.
Trim up a few more pieces for her arms and legs and then paint everything.
Use a white pipe cleaner for her wings and halo. You can add a little lace to the back of her wings, but this step is optional.
After glueing everything together and adding the string, this angel is ready to bless our Christmas tree with her presence!
4 // DIY Christmas Tree Ornaments Dollar Tree
Next, I’m going to show you 2 different wants to make a Christmas tree out of popsicle sticks.
Take 3 full popsicle sticks, but cut 1 short to use as the base.
Paint green and glue together.
Cut a piece of poster board into a rectangle to be the tree trunk and paint it brown, then attache to the tree.
Add some pom poms as lights.
I popped on that trunk and added a string and this Christmas tree is complete!
5 // Popsicle Stick Christmas Tree
The next tree starts with one whole popsicle stick painted brown.
Trim several more popsicle sticks with the 90 degree cuts on both side. Cut them smaller and smaller towards the top to get that tree shape.
After painting them green and attaching them to the brown stick, add a star and some rainbow colored pom poms.
And here you have another super cute Christmas tree ornament…for your Christmas tree!
6 // DIY Popsicle Stick Ski Ornament
Next, we will make some cute tiny skis and poles!
Paint 2 toothpicks brown or black.
Paint 2 whole popsicle sticks red.
Use a white Sharpie paint pen to add some decoration to those skis.
For the ski poles, wrap some twine around the top for the handles and then add a small black button on each toothpick with a dab of hot glue.
Add a twine bow on the front as the finishing touch and it also helps hide the hot glue.
And here we have some super cute tiny skis!! These just might be my favorite.
Make sure to comment below if you’re going to make any. My favorite thing is seeing photos or hearing from you guys that you made some of these crafts!
7 // Craft Stick Sled
You have to have a sled to add to the winter fun, so let’s add a cute red one to match those skis!
Start by cutting one edge of these popsicle sticks. Cut 2 longer and 2 shorter to get that curved look on one side of the sled.
Attached them together in the back with a small piece of a popsicle stick and sand the rough edges.
Painted 2 whole popsicle sticks brown. They will be the rails on the bottom.
Paint the sled red and use a white Sharpie paint pen to add details.
Attach everything together and add a twine pull for the sled, which will double as a way to hang this on the tree.
8 // Craft Stick Airplane
For this plane, you will need 1 large clothespin, in addition to the craft stick.
Painted the clothespin red, including the wires on the side and inside the front of the clip.
Paint 2 popsicle sticks green.
For the tail, cut a piece of foam core into a quarter circle.
Cut two small pieces off the edges of a popsicle stick and glue to finish off the tail.
Add the string under the top wing of this bi-wing plane.
And here you have a nice little plane ornament.
9 // Craft Stick Snowman DIY
Our last 2 popsicle stick characters are so fun. We’re going to make a super skinny snowman next.
Paint one popsicle stick white.
Cut out a tiny hat from some black poster board.
Take some washi tape and wrap a piece around the snowman’s body, in the upper half.
Cut the edges to add a little texture to the scarf.
Add a face and nose with some oil based pens.
And what could be an easier project than this? Isn’t he just adorable!?
10 // skinny santa
For our skinny Santa, start with 1 craft stick.
Paint a craft stick with a red section at top and bottom and a pink section in the top half for his face.
Add a small pom pom for the top of his hat.
Draw on a belt and eyes.
Add a tiny yellow pom pom to look like his belt buckle.
After adding a string, we have a Santa that looks like he passes on all those cookies left for him.
// Christmas Cupcake Decorating Idea
And now for that little bonus I promised you. A Christmas wreath cupcake! Yum!
This is another fun holiday activity for the family. You can bake these cupcakes as fancy as you want, or just go with some boxed cake mix.
All you need is red and green M&M’s and a few sprinkles to make a festive wreath cupcake.
After you get the icing on, start at the outer edge and place the green M&M’s around the edge, like this.
Then add a few red sprinkles to look like small flowers.
For the middle, add a few red M&M’s and I think it looks like a poinsettia in the middle.
Super easy and a whole table of these would look gorgeous on a holiday table.
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