Anyone have any ideas (craft) ideas for kids for the holiday?

we went to the craft store and got a bunch of ornaments to paint as gifts from our son (he paints them..)

My Mom always had us roll up little balls of tin foil, or you can color them with a sharpie and put them on the tips of pine cones.. so you can make little Christmas trees.. 

Keep them coming please.

The craft store has clear "craft" Christmas ornaments. Have them drizzle a little paint inside them and swirl them around. Homeade ornaments!! Last year I took pinecones I gathered up and I tied a string to the so the could hang. I had the kids smear peanut butter on them and roll them around in bird seed, for homeade bird feeders.

me and my daughter (3) just made scented ornaments for her to give out as gifts.  its just lots of cinamon and some applesauce mixed together then you flatten it out and use a cookie cutter and I used a little screwdriver to make a hole for a ribbon.  They take about a week to dry, and once they are dry I bought her some paint and glitter and some little decorations to glue on (we made christmas tree shapes.)

We make candy and cookies.  We are going to make a gingerbread house this year.  And this weekend we are taking the glass ball ornaments swirling glue around them and putting glitter on them.  They are pretty and the kids think they have accomplished something great.  Michael's has little foam kits to make all kinds of Christmas ornaments gingerbread men and houses, snowflakes, snowmen, etc.  for like $4 a kit.  Good luck and have fun!

Michael's and other craft stores have those cute foam sets that you can get. There are photo ornaments, houses, all kinds of stuff. I think they are actually on sale at Michael's right now. I remember when I was little we always made the ring garland with construction paper. Take different colors and cut them into strips. Start with making one ring by either gluing or stapling the ends. Put another strip through and connect those ends. Then just continue. You can make it as long as you want. Another idea is to make popcorn and cranberry garland. That's always fun as well. Just have to be careful since you have to use a needle to poke through the popcorn and cranberries. Have fun.

When I was younger we used to make "SALT CERAMICS". I know you can find the recipe online. They were really fun to do.

make hand wreaths... thats  what Im doing... just cut your hands out of construction paper, glue them together like a wreath & decorate

Read The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett....

very cute story.

She has free printable bookmarks, file folder game, recipes,etc.

You could read the book, bake and decorate gingerbread cookies using her recipe, etc.

http://www.janbrett.com/secret_santa_selections.htm

She also has some online things the kiddos can do to go along with the theme.

You can also make gingerbread smelling play doh and let them use a gingerbread shape and rolling pin to make them.

Recipe for "Gingerbread" Play-doh
This is an easy dough to make.  Your child can have fun helping you.  Maybe he will make a gingerbread baby and gingerbread house to play with! 

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 cup water
1 tsp. vegetable oil
Spices-- Cinnamon, Ginger, Allspice, Nutmeg (I add a lot of cinnamon--probably 1/4 cup-- and a tiny bit of ginger and whatever else I have on hand) 

Mix the dry ingredients.  In a separate bowl mix water and oil together then add them to the dry ingredients
and stir.  In a pot, cook the mixture for three to five minutes on low/medium, stirring constantly. The dough will start to pull away from the sides of the pot and stick together in a large ball. Take the dough out of the pan and knead the dough until it becomes soft
and smooth. Allow the dough to cool and then store it in an airtight container.