Christmas vacation is coming up for your school children. What to do with their time? Turn off the TV and hand them some craft supplies. Here's some ideas to get you started.

ornaments made with pipe cleaners and beads from Family Fun

cool looking paper trees also from Family Fun

Christmas tree name place markers from Family Fun

paper bag reindeer puppet from Kaboose

pipe cleaner creations from Kaboose

glue snowman also from Kaboose

cute drinking straw tree from Reading Confessions

These cool trees are made almost only of paper circles. Featured on Parents.com.

Happy crafting! Enjoy your kidlets over the next few weeks and shower them with love!