Crafting for Christmas doesn’t have to mean expensive trips to the craft store. It’s amazing what you can make from what you already have. Here is a collection of cardboard Christmas crafts and decorations made from cardboard boxes. Next, we spray painted the gold decorative scrolls using Krylon ® ColorMaster™ Paint + Primer – 25% More Metallic Gold, which produced amazing results. The gold really pops against the bright red sleigh.

Finally, we cut out one circle about 4” diameter to paint bright red for Rudolph’s nose–using a yogurt container top out of the recycling bin right there in the garage. Feel free to use whatever circular template you want for the desired diameter circle for Rudolph’s nose! Making the reindeer fly: For Christmas crafts that need thin and flexible cardboard, cereal and other food boxes are great for this. You might already know that Santa is always accompanied by reindeer which pull the sleigh. If you figure out his reason for choosing the reindeer instead of the horse, it’s because the natural habitat of this animal is in a freeze and cold environment.

If you’re feeling festive and looking for some little extras for your home, office, party or even... The holiday season is the right time for sharing. Construct your gift creation and make it looks like Santa riding his sleigh. Based on the physic, it makes him able to stretch the time like a rubber band and take months to share the gifts. However, in the human turn, it seems like only a few minutes to take. Why did Santa choose reindeer instead horses to pull the sleigh? I already have lots of Christmas nature craft ideas on the blog. They use the free stuff in the natural world, such as pinecones, acorns and twigs. This time I have turned my attention to what I can make for Christmas out of cardboard boxes. What Cardboard Boxes To Use

We really wanted to make the reindeer look like they were taking off into the night sky. To do this we came up with the idea to attach them to one long 16 foot piece of 2×4 (you can usually find a 16’ long 2×4 at the home center;) but, if you can’t (or you don’t want to drive home with a 2×4 as long as your car) you can also just splice (2) 8-ft. long 2x4s together with a couple scraps of plywood like we did.

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Once we had the templates cut out, we laid them (the five reindeer, the sides of the sleigh, and the decorative scrolls) on top of the first sheet of plywood and tried to nest them together fitting as many figures on one sheet of plywood as possible. We used a permanent marker to trace the templates onto the plywood which left a nice dark mark that was easy to see when cutting the pieces out. We ended up being able to fit one sleigh side, one reindeer, and two scroll pieces on one 4×8 sheet of plywood. We marked and cut two sheets of plywood like this since we wanted our sleigh to have two sides. The third piece of plywood could only fit three more reindeer – so that’s how we ended up with five reindeer! We didn’t really have a plan for how to put the sleigh together when we started but it still turned out great. Depending on the sleigh shape you chose, you might need to assemble the sleigh a bit differently; but, the same principles apply. First, we knew we wanted a floor, so we put one of the sleigh sides up on the sawhorses, and cut a 2×4 to support the floor along the bottom edge of the sleigh above the runner. If you’re feeling festive and looking for some little extras for your home, office, party or event, then our Christmas Cardboard Cutouts are a great place to start. Consisting of everything Wintertide to Disney Frozen fun, this lovely collection brings all things Christmassy into your décor. Our Santa themed stand-in props and life size cutouts are brilliant for bringing guests together, taking photos and providing a focal point. Our seasonal animal cutouts are perfect for a adding some wildlife to a nativity or grotto without the mess! And our scenery props are a cheap and cheerful way to complete your décor with a Christmas tree or two.

TIP: Don’t be afraid to replace the blade if it feels like it’s getting dull part way through cutting out the pieces. A new blade can make all the difference!We used Krylon ® ColorMaster™ Paint + Primer – 25% More Gloss Cherry Red for the sleigh, so we were able to skip priming the plywood, which saved a lot of time. While we thought it would take five or more cans to cover the sleigh red, we were blown away by the fact that we only used two cans! Krylon spray paint really covers well!