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Christmas House Craft

I love interactive crafts, that have a bit of movement or that open to reveal a hidden gem. This Christmas House Craft is just that kind of holiday gem. Perfect as a cute Christmas craft or you could easily turn it into a Christmas Card, too, by either writing a message on the back or inside the open window.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

This Christmas House Craft is a take off our Interactive Paper Haunted House Craft for Halloween. There’s no ghosts flying around this time of year, but we do have some darling twinkling lights and a shiny star, too.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

For the Christmas house, you will need cardstock in assorted colors, and markers in assorted colors, as well. We used both Sharpies as well as our trusty metallic markers. The rest of the supplies include glitter star stickers, a glue stick, and scissors.

Christmas House Paper Craft

Supplies needed:

  • Cardstock – green, yellow, assorted colors
  • Markers – silver, gold, black, white
  • Metallic markers
  • Glitter star stickers
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors

Fold a sheet of cardstock in half. Draw a house with a black sharpie.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Be sure to make a large window in the front with a door off to the side. Draw a line down the center of the window.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Use the different colored markers to add seasonal detail to the house drawing.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Now, with the sheet still folded, cut out the house with the sheet behind it. So you’ll have two of the same sized house shapes, one drawn and one plain.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Carefully insert the scissors into the window line and cut 3 sides of each flap, leaving one side of each intact. Fold back.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Trace the size of the window opening on a sheet of yellow cardstock. Cut out outside the lines so that it’s large enough to fit.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Cut a simple Christmas tree out of green paper small enough to fit the yellow cardstock piece. You could also color this, instead, with a green sharpie. Glue the tree in the middle of the yellow cardstock piece.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Add detail to the Christmas tree using the markers. Finish the tree with a glitter star at the top.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

And glue that onto the back of the house, make sure it’s positioned correctly so that the entire tree is seen.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Add more details as needed.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Finally, glue the plain house shape to the back.

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

Looking for more Christmas Tree crafts? Be sure to check out our Christmas Tree Fingerprint Lights Craft, Clothespin Christmas Tree Craft, Pipe Cleaner Christmas Tree Ornaments, and our Cork and Button Christmas Tree Craft. And we have lots more Christmas crafts at Our Kid Things, too!

Open Window Christmas Tree Craft

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