Show students how to make tissue paper poinsettias. While this flower comes in such colors as white, yellow and pink, Christmas poinsettias traditionally are red and green.
This holiday craft requires oil pastels, glue solution (half water and half glue), paintbrushes, a white sheet of construction paper for each child and tissue paper in different colors. Tear shapes for the poinsettia's petals, leaves and center from the tissue paper. Each child should tear enough tissue paper to make three flowers.
Paint the white sheet of paper with glue solution. Arrange the flowers on top of the paper. Add a second layer of glue to seal the poinsettias to the paper. Let the paper dry for at least two hours. Use a fan and paperweights to dry the glue more quickly. Use the oil pastels to add color to the flowers after the glue dries.
This art room project requires high-grade green paper or tag board; crayons or oil pastels, which are more colorful; child safety scissors; pencils; glue; a hole puncher; colored paper; and ribbon.
Ask students to draw a Christmas tree shape--or trace one from a stencil--on the tag board or high-grade paper. Cut out the trees. Use the hole puncher to make small round ornaments from the colored paper. Glue the ornaments to the tree. Use oil pastels to add more color and detail.
Punch a hole in the top of each tree. Thread a small piece of ribbon through the hole. Tie the ribbon into a knot or bow. Use the ribbon to hang the ornament on a Christmas tree.
Pasta holiday wreaths work well for preschool and elementary art classes. Ask parents to donate boxes of pasta in different shapes. This craft also requires paper plates, glue, tempera paint in Christmas colors, paintbrushes and colorful ribbons.
Show students how to cut out the center of a paper plate--younger children may need help with this step. Let the children select pasta shapes for their paper plate wreaths. Glue the pasta pieces to the plates. Let the glue dry.
Paint the pasta with tempera paint. Tie the ribbons into bows. Glue a bow to the bottom of each wreath.