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Christmas and Winter Ideas and Projects

How early do you begin preparing for Christmas? Are you a planner or a procrastinator? For me, it depends on the year and how busy life is getting. I always hope I can plan ahead, but often the holidays sneak up on me.

Whether you plan ahead or fly by the seat of your pants, you'll find fun ideas here to make Christmas and winter a special time of year.

Here are my favorite ideas for decorating, crafting, and cooking for Christmas and Winter.

Don't know where to start? Try this delicious chocolate peppermint trifle. So good!

Three red and white yarn Christmas trees with bead decorations as a child places a pink star on the smallest tree.

Yarn Tree Christmas Craft for Kids

Marshmallow snowman with a licorice scarf, candy buttons and pretzel arms on a chocolate chip cookie, served on a white ceramic plate.

Quick and Easy Marshmallow Snowman Craft for Kids

White terracotta-pot snowman with a burgundy knit hat, green plaid scarf and star buttons on a plain red placemat beside a wooden bench.

Quick and Easy Terra Cotta Snowman Craft

Chocolate peppermint trifle in a glass pedestal bowl with cream layers, crushed peppermint and a candy-cane heart.

Amazing Chocolate Peppermint Trifle

Blue Keep Calm and Snuggle printable with a smiling winter hat in a wooden frame beside a mug and knitted blanket.

Cute and Cozy Keep Calm Printable

Classroom Christmas activity table with a tissue-paper tree, craft-stick reindeer, marshmallow snowmen, jingle bells, and red cups.

29+ Awesome School Christmas Party Ideas!

Handmade felt heart, ribbon tree, cinnamon star, yarn candy cane, and pinecone reindeer ornaments hanging on a Christmas tree.

33+ Handmade Christmas Ornaments for Kids

Snowflake birthday cake with candles, two sock snowmen and mugs of hot chocolate on a winter party table.

The Perfect Winter Birthday Party Ideas!

Two handmade white felt snowmen and a green felt Christmas tree decorated with colorful glitter glue and twine hangers.

Felt Christmas Ornaments -- Cool Kids Craft!

Handmade Christmas gift bag, paper tree, cinnamon ornaments and peppermint cocoa on a wooden table.

The Best of Christmas Past Project Ideas!

Green Santa sweet storybook candy box with wrapped sweets and part of its printable maze insert.

Sweet Storybook Stocking Stuffer Free Printable

Loaf pan tied with red ribbon beside a doughnut pan, silicone spatulas, a cookbook and a wrapped Christmas gift.

The Ultimate Gluten Free Holiday Gift Guide!

Sock snowman with a blue scarf, painted flowerpot snowman and snowman-wrapped chocolate bar on a craft table.

Snowman Crafts and Gift Ideas

Back view of a girl’s two braided buns decorated with a red Christmas bauble and a green Christmas bauble.

Simple Holiday Hair for Girls

Handmade Olaf sock snowman with googly eyes, orange felt nose, black felt features and white pom-pom feet on a dark table.

Olaf Sock Snowman Tutorial

White frosted round cake with a blue sprinkle snowflake, pale blue candy pearls and a blue piped border on a silver plate.

Easy Disney Frozen Cake

Blue and white winter party table with a snowflake cake, marshmallow snowmen, paper cups and a basket of sock snowballs.

How to Host a Frozen Party!

A group of small white pom-pom snowmen with black eyes and felt smiles, stacked together on a dark tabletop.

Frozen Fever Snowgies Craft for Kids {Baby Snowmen}

Carved wooden nativity figures of Mary and Joseph beside baby Jesus in a manger under a wooden stable.

Merry Christmas 2014!

Flourless peanut butter cookies topped with miniature chocolate peanut butter cups beside a glass of milk.

Flourless Double Peanut Butter Cup Blossom Cookies {Guest Post}

Christmas storybooks beside a handmade paper tree, gingerbread play dough and a cookie cutter.

12 Days of Christmas Books and Activities {Guest Post}

Cinnamon applesauce gingerbread person, Believe star and candy cane ornaments with white painted details.

Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments

Three chocolate Christmas wreath donuts with pale green piped frosting and red and green sprinkles on a white plate.

Delicious Gluten Free Donuts for Christmas

Hand-decorated Cookies for Santa plate with two cookies beside a matching cocoa mug topped with snowman marshmallows.

DIY Santa Cookie Plate Craft for Kids

Thin golden candy cane crisp cookies drizzled with white chocolate beside peppermint candies on a plaid cloth.

Delicious Candy Cane Crisps Cookies

Mini cinnamon applesauce loaf in a striped ceramic pan wrapped with a white bow and an awesome friend gift tag.

Cinnamon Applesauce Quick Bread Neighbor Gift Idea

Frothy peppermint hot chocolate in a clear glass mug with miniature candy canes on a white plate.

Fun and Frothy Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Image of handbells and handbell music

The brilliant Christmas tradition your family should start today!

These Christmas finger puppets are the cutest! I can't wait to make them with the kids. There's even a printable template of all the designs! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #christmas #kidscrafts #christmascrafts #fingerpuppets #felt

Must Make Christmas Finger Puppets

This adorable winter bingo game is a perfect boredom buster for Winter Break! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #printable #bingo #winter #fungamesforkids

Winter Bingo - The Best Boredom Buster!

I love this free printable Hanukkah Bingo game! I'm so exicted to play it with the kids. {OneCreativeMommy.com} #bingo #hanukkah #hanukkahbingo #freeprintable

Free Hanukkah Bingo Game

Aren't these Christmas lunchbox jokes the cutest? My kids can't wait to share the next joke with their friends each day. What a great way to make school lunch fun. {OneCreativeMommy.com} Free printables #lunchboxideas #lunchboxnotes #jokes #christmas

Adorable Christmas Lunchbox Jokes for Kids

Free printable for super quick and cute Christmas neighbor gifts! {OneCreativeMommy.com} May your day be merry and Sprite!

Super Simple Christmas Neighbor Gifts

Rustic Santa Claus Door Hangers make perfect gifts for teachers, friends and neighbors. They're easy to make, and they look so darn cute! {OneCreativeMommy.com} Christmas Craft Tutorial

Easy Rustic Santa Claus Door Hangers

Free Christmas Bingo Cards! Perfect for a class party or family game night {OneCreativeMommy.com}

The cutest free Christmas Bingo Boards!

Two nativity bingo boards laying on a white tabletop. Calling cards for the game and M & M's candies are scattered across the game boards.

Free Nativity bingo game just in time for Christmas!

This is the cutest Frozen bingo game! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #freeprintable #frozen2 #bingo #frozenparty

Free Frozen 2 Bingo Game

Christmas Kids Crafts: Paper Cone Santa Claus! {OneCreativeMommy.com} Free Printable to make it even easier!

Irresistible Santa Claus Kids Craft

Caramel apple pops with nuts and chocolate drizzle

Caramel Apple Pops

Image of salted caramel popcorn spilling from a bag

The Ultimate Salted Caramel Popcorn Recipe

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