30 DIY Nature Christmas Decorations Kids can Make
Nature is the perfect way to decorate your house this Christmas! Nature materials make a house feel festive and we’ve got the best DIY Nature Christmas Decorations that you can make with the kids this festive season! If you’re looking for ways to incorporate natural elements into your Christmas decor, look no further! Crafting with natural elements is budget friendly and an easy family activity to do over Christmas. You can find more fun family Christmas activities to make Christmas magical here.
Easy Homemade Natural Christmas Decorations
Kids will love painting pine cones, shells, acorns and decorating them with sequins, glitter or pony beads. These nature decorations will look so cute hung on your own Christmas tree! We’ve found the simple way to turn natural elements into DIY Christmas ornaments this Christmas season. At this time of year, we’re all looking out for fun ways to spruce up our Christmas decor and using natural materials gives a lovely rustic look for your holiday season.
Natural Christmas Tree Ornaments
Nature inspired Christmas decorations are cheap and easy to make – they’re fun to collect on a Nature Walk and give you a fun holiday craft to make over Christmas time! It can become a Christmas tradition to take a nature walk and make homemade Christmas ornaments from them! You can see all our creative ideas for fun things to do with kids on a walk here. Read on for ideas for holiday decorations such as Orange Slice ornaments, snow covered pine cones, ideas for table settings, fun ways with leaves and more!
The best natural materials for DIY Nature Inspired Christmas Ornaments are:
- Driftwood
- Shells
- Evergreen greenery like holly, pine branches, fir tree branches etc…
- Acorns
- Pine Cones
- Cinnamon Sticks
- Twigs and branches
- Wood slices
- Bark
- Eucalyptus
- Wooden beads
- Mistletoe
Homemade Christmas Tree ornaments for Forest School
All of these ideas would make perfect Christmas crafts for Forest School or Homemade Nature Christmas Decorations for outdoor learning. These homemade Christmas decorations would be great inspiration for Christmas Primary school crafts – easy to make and cheap to resource. They can be part of a great Christmas project – to collect and study nature and then make DIY homemade Christmas decorations from them.
DIY Nature Christmas Decorations
Gorgeous Glittery Helicopter (Sycamore) Seed Christmas Tree Decorations
These look gorgeous hanging amongst the pine branches, sprinkle glitter on sycamore to make these stunning Christmas ornaments.
Lovely acorn ornaments. These rustic acorn marble necklaces make perfect gifts for kids as well as pretty tree decorations, secure with a ribbon loop for a colourful look.
Leaves are such a versatile crafting material. I love these painted leaf ornaments.
A simple craft for kids to make. It's an easy DIY Christmas Tree decoration that you can make into a star, Christmas tree or reindeer!
It is so lovely for kids to craft with sustainable materials and there is just something wonderfully traditional about playing with and making things out of sticks.
Nature is such a wonderful resource and inspiration for crafting with kids.. and I particularly love this little Pine Cone Angel Ornament for the Christmas Tree!!
Use shells collected from summer holidays to make these special Christmas Tree ornaments that will help you keep your holiday memories alive!
This is a traditional Christmas activity for you - how to dry orange slices for Christmas. I love the “rustic” look of dried oranges – they are so simple and yet so cheerful and Christmassy, see below for orange christmas decorations you can make too!
Once you've dried your oranges not only will your house smell all festive but you'll be able to make these pretty handmade orange DIY Christmas tree decorations.
There's some lovely ideas here for using nature materials to make your own DIY Christmas nature baubles!
Christmas wreaths using natural materials are cheaper and prettier to hang on your door!
Wooden slices are a perfect addition to your Christmas tree this year! They make the best homemade natural christmas decorations.
There's nothing more festive hanging on the tree branches than a homemade natural christmas tree decoration with a more natural look. Check out these pretty glittery tree ornaments using natural materials!
These cute fingerprint Christmas wood slices make lovely homemade christmas decorations that are great to give as gifts for the family.
One of the easiest natural christmas ornaments to make is one with peanuts!
This pinecone craft is a good one for kids to make - its fun and festive as a homemade christmas ornament!
Santa Log Christmas Decorations & Rustic Wooden Christmas Crafts
This rustic Christmas decor craft is perfect for your front porch or fire place. This natural wood Santa Log Christmas Craft creates an adorable Farmhouse Christmas Decor feel!
Use sand to create these beautiful luminaries that use sand to light up to make the room feel festive!
A great way to celebrate the peaceful festive season!
Great for developing fine motor skills and spreading some Christmas Joy!
This is a great Nature Christmas Craft for older kids to make, you can add fingerprints and gift them to family!
Don't forget about the birds with these fun birdseed cookies!
A very simple stick Christmas craft for toddlers to make!
Depict the Nativity scene using pebbles!
The simplest little christmas leaf craft - have fun with a hole punch for this one!
This is a really easy nature-inspired craft project that looks much more tricky than it is! It's perfect for decorating large spaces!
Day 27: How to Make an Acorn Bell Ornament | The 30 Days of Ornaments Project
A craft for older kids who can use a glue gun but these bells look really effective and make jingly christmas decorations that kids will love!
Give your house a festive feel by making these gorgeous smelling orange Pomanders for Christmas.
Merry Christmas! Have fun crafting and making homemade nature decorations! For more Nature crafts – check out our bumper 100 ideas for Nature Crafts you’ll find loads of ideas for leaf crafts, stick crafts and more!
