These Christmas food crafts are a fun tradition to add to your list of holiday traditions! Whether you’re making sweet treats for a bake sale or just want to change it up from baking Christmas cookies, there is something on this list for you! These kid-friendly Christmas treats are easy to make with your little ones for an experience they are sure to remember forever!
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Best Christmas Food Crafts for Kids
1. 4-Ingredient Christmas Crock Pot Candy
This Crockpot Christmas Candy is a festive treat that’s perfect for making with kids and sharing with friends or neighbors! This is such an easy, mostly hands-off recipe to make with your kids this holiday season. You will love this dump and go recipe! Simply add all of the ingredients to your slow cooker, allow everything to melt, scoop onto parchment paper and decorate before they cool completely. This is a yummy holiday treat to take to parties or playdates!
2. Coconut Almond Granola Gift in a Jar
This granola is so yummy and easy to make with even your littlest helpers! Mix up a batch of this Coconut Almond Granola and have your kids decorate mason jars themselves using paints, glitter, and any other art supplies you have on hand. These adorable jars make thoughtful handmade Christmas gifts! You’ll love the granola so much, it is sure to be a new staple recipe in your home!
3. Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix in a Jar
This Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix in a Jar recipe is another great jar recipe to give as a gift this holiday season! Have your kids help measure ingredients and layer in a mason jar with distinct layers. The perfect present for your mail carrier, teachers, and anyone else on your list that is difficult to buy for. Customize the jar with a beautiful ribbon and gift it along with a simple note and for a heartfelt gift that your kids can take pride in having made themselves!
4. Fudgy Chocolate Mug Cake Food Gift
This one is the gift that keeps on giving all year long! Kids will love to help measure the dry ingredients for this Fudgy Christmas Mug Cake that will get tied with a bread tie or festive bow. Don’t forget to add the ingredients on a simple card (a child’s handwriting amplifies the cuteness factor here!) and include a small baggie of powdered sugar to sprinkle on top when the brownie is done. Put this in a personalized mug to make this the perfect gift!
5. Easy Nutter Butter Reindeer Snowman and Santa Cookies
Have you ever seen anything cuter than these Nutter Butter Reindeer, Snowman, and Santa cookies? While they look complicated, they’re actually extremely easy to make and are a great recipe to try with your kids this Christmas! Simply melt some chocolate and decorate into adorable reindeer, snowmen, and Santa characters. Your kiddos will love this no-bake recipe so much and you’ll love how easy and (relatively) mess-free they are to create!
6. Candy Cane Reindeer Craft
I made a craft similar to this Candy Cane Reindeer Craft when I was a kid and am so excited to recreate this with my own children! This little craft couldn’t be simpler and comes together with very little help from adults. This is a great gift to give to classmates, to take to a local nursing home (this is what I did!), or to hand out to friends and neighbors! Such a sweet little Christmas treat!
7. Santa Meringue Cookies
These Santa Meringue Cookies require a little more help from a parent, but they are simply too cute not to include in our list. Just look at these sweet little Santas! Believe it or not, these adorable treats come together with just 5 easy ingredients and the blogger includes tips for the perfect meringue! This one is even perfect for older kids or teens to try to make on their own!
8. Pretzel Christmas Crack (Chocolate Toffee Pretzel Bark)
This Pretzel Christmas Crack is a great treat to make with your kids and take with you on a drive to look at Christmas lights or to watch your favorite Christmas movies! This yummy treat is the perfect blend of sweet and salty and pairs great with hot chocolate! If you can melt chocolate, you can make this easy no-bake dessert, perfect to make with little kids and allow them to decorate with sprinkles and other little candies.
9. Reindeer Oreo Cookie Balls
Just look at these Reindeer Oreo Cookie Balls! These are a no-bake, super easy-to-make treat that your kids will adore! This is THE recipe that you need to make when you need a last minute Christmas treat. The best part is that your little ones can customize these cookies with whatever filling they love. Try peanut butter chips, tiny chocolate chips, or even crushed nuts if allergens aren’t a concern. These will be a surefire hit wherever you take them!
10. Charcuterie Tree
There is arguably no snack for parties that is more popular than charcuterie. Your kids will love to decorate this charcuterie tree with all of your favorites. Hate olives? Replace them with cheese cubes or grapes. Add your favorite jellies and mustards on the side to make this charcuterie tree a huge crowd pleaser!
11. A-Frame Gingerbread House
Level-up your gingerbread house this year from the stale store-bought ones your kids are used to! This A-Frame Gingerbread House is a real showstopper and is so much easier than you’d think! This is such a fun take on traditional Christmas gingerbread houses and your kids can decorate them however they’d like!
12. Christmas Cookies in a Jar
Your kids will love to create these fun Christmas Cookie in a Jar gifts! Make a couple of extras so your little ones can make these yummy cookies right away! These are a cheap and easy homemade gift idea that your kids can make themselves and excitedly give to others!
13. Pretzel Christmas Trees
These pretzel Christmas trees are so festive and make a cute snack that doubles as an easy craft! These adorable pretzels can be done in just a few minutes and your kids can decorate them however they like. Sprinkles, colored sugar, and your favorite small candies work great!
14. S’mores Reindeer Christmas Treat (Christmas Cake Jar Recipe)
Would you just look at these adorable jars? These Reindeer Cake Jars are sure to become a new holiday tradition in your home! This super cute craft combines everyone’s favorite treat (s’mores) but turns them into this jar dessert that is almost too adorable to eat!
15. Vegan Charcuterie House
This creative vegan charcuterie house is a vegan alternative to traditional gingerbread houses! This is a savory and delicious snack that your kids will have a blast helping to create! Customize this snack to fit your tastes and take a break from all of the sweet treats this holiday season! Everyone in your home will love it – even the youngest members of the family!
16. Corn Dog Reindeer Snacks
It isn’t just sweet treats that you can create festive versions of this holiday season! Bring Christmas into your lunches with these Reindeer Corn Dogs! Perfect as a snack or lunch, your kids can make these silly reindeer and eat them immediately after. This is such a fun and simple way to bring a little Christmas cheer into your days and make a regular lunch magical!
17. Gingerbread Wreath
I feel like we saved the best for last with this beautiful Christmas Gingerbread Wreath. Have your kids help you to make the gingerbread dough, roll out and cut into your favorite Christmas shapes, and then assemble into the shape of a wreath. This is an elegant looking snack or dessert to take to any holiday get together! Your kids will have so much fun helping to create something so gorgeous and you will love how easily it comes together!
These Christmas food crafts are the perfect way to mix a little creativity with a lot of snacks and desserts while keeping your kids happily entertained! Whether you’re layering cookie mix in a jar, decorating reindeer cookies, or making one of these amazing charcuterie ideas, you’ll be creating holiday magic with your kids that they’re sure to remember! Most of them are low-mess, no-bake, and are sweet little treats that can also double as gifts! Gather your baking supplies, put on some Christmas music, and let’s make this holiday season the best one yet!
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