Mistletoe Crafts for Kids

The holidays are an excellent time to teach your child about holiday traditions, such as the story behind mistletoe. While young kids may not be into the idea of kissing someone while standing under the mistletoe, you can still create cute mistletoe crafts with your little one. Use the crafts to help decorate the house for the holiday season.

  1. Footprint Crafts

    • Your child can make a simple mistletoe painting using her feet. Have her press her foot into green paint, the step onto a piece of poster board paper at an angle. She should then do the same with the other foot, pressing it onto the paper so that the heels meet. Have her paint red or white berries where the heels meet to finish the mistletoe painting. You can also opt to trace her feet onto green construction paper, cut them out and have her paste the heels together, adding red construction paper berries.

    Hanging Crafts

    • Have your child cut green felt into thin, rounded strips, about four inches in length. Using a strong craft glue, wrap each strip around a long, green fabric cord, so that each strip creates two leaves hanging from the string. Repeat down the length of the string with the rest of the felt strips. Glue small red or white pom-pom craft balls in various places down the mistletoe to finish the look. You can also help your child make a paper hanging mistletoe craft, having her cut leaf shapes from green construction paper, about the size of her thumbs. Your child would then glue the leaves to a thin strip of green construction paper and then add red paper berries. Hole punch the top of the paper mistletoe for easy hanging.

    Table Decor

    • Visit a craft store to purchase plastic, dark green leaf decorations that look similar to mistletoe leaves, as well as plastic red or white berries. Place two or three red and green pillar candles on a small round plate. Help your child weave the plastic leaves and berries together into a wreath shape tightly around the candles. You may need to secure the wreath together by using a hot glue gun in certain places. Make sure you child stands well away from you when you are using the hot glue gun. For another mistletoe table decoration, have your child make mistletoe napkin rings by using two long pieces of green pipe cleaner to wrap around the napkins, then twist into leaf shapes. Glue two red or white pom-pom craft balls to the center where the leaves meet.

    Snack Crafts

    • Make tasty mistletoe-themed treats with your child. To make mistletoe corn flake treats, help your child melt marshmallow fluff and butter together in the microwave, then stir in cornflakes, food coloring and vanilla extract for flavor. Let your child drop spoonfuls of the green corn flakes onto a greased baking sheet so they look like clumps of leaves. Add red chocolate-coated candies to each clump for the berries, and then leave it too cool before serving. Another idea is to make plain sugar cookies using a leaf-shaped cookie cutter. When the cookies are cool, your child can use green and red frosting to create the mistletoe look.

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