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We’re up for pretty much any excuse to get into the holiday spirit, and one of our favorite ways to celebrate the season and time with our friends is hosting a girls night. You may have an idea of what food you want to serve, the drinks you want to make and the music that will be playing, but the one thing that your stumped on is what activities to fill the night with.
If you’re looking for a fun craft for you and the besties to enjoy, we’ve got you covered. We searched Tiktok for the holiday craft activities and found DIY items that you’ll actually use for years to come. Get ready to make holiday crafts and memories to last a lifetime.
Keep reading to find the holiday crafts you want to try this year.
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Fun Holiday Craft Activities for Girls Night
1. Paint Christmas Candles
@karolinevollstad your sign to paint christmas candles 🎨⭐️🕯️💌 #candlepainting #candlepaintingideas #christmascandle #christmascandles #christmasdiy #christmasdiyideas #diy #diyideas #diyproject #girlsnight #girlsnightin #girlsnightideas #christmasactivities #christmascountdown #christmastiktok #thingstodo ♬ santa tell me – r7ptor
Painting Christmas candles is one of the most popular holiday crafts of the year. All you need are some taper candles, some paint and brushes to create cute and festive designs.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
White Taper Candles
Acrylic Paint
2. Wreath Making
@corinnesmedberg The coziest way to spend an evening with the girls doing crafts for christmas🎄🎄🎄 #wreathmaking #hosting #girlsnight #christmascrafts ♬ Sleigh Ride – Ella Fitzgerald
Start a new wreath making tradition with your friends this year. This is such a fun and practical holiday craft that you can hang on the front door, above your mantle or in your entryway.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Christmas Wreath DIY Kit
Dried Wreath Supplies
3. Make Mini Christmas Cottages
@chalissebyday perfect holiday craft for you and the girlies 🧸🎀❄️🌲 #christmas #christmascraft #holiday #diy ♬ Sleigh Ride (Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring tingle tingling too) – The Ronettes
Instead of making gingerbread houses this year, make a Christmas cottage that will last. Gather small wooden cottage figures from your local craft store, some paint, beads and other craft supplies to decorate your cottages for Christmas.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Light Wooden Christmas Village Houses
Acrylic Paint
4. Cute Handmade Ornaments
@steffydegref these handmade ornaments are magic 🎀🫶🏻 I used air dry clay, and then painted then with acryclic paint. To get a glossy finish, i used UV resin! They came out so cute 🥹 #christmas #christmascrafts #diychristmas #christmasbaking ♬ Winter Wonderland – Bing Crosby & London Symphony Orchestra
To this day, some of our favorite Christmas ornaments are the clay ornaments we painted throughout the year. They make nostalgic pieces that you’ll remember for years to come.
Pro tip: Make sure to add the date on the back of your ornament to remember the day you made it. It’s always fun to look back on and remember.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Crayola Air Clay
Acrylic Paint
UV Resin
5. Ornament Painting
@morgan_brownn Love a crafty girls night! 🎀🎨 we followed an ig live class hosted by Riley Sheehey, but pinterest has lots of inspo for handpainted ornaments! #girlsnight #craftnight #diyornaments #handpaintedornament #holidaydecor #christmascrafts #christmasdiy #christmas2023 ♬ Sleigh Ride (Sped Up) – The Ronettes
If you don’t want to make your own clay ornaments, supply plain, premade craft ornaments for your friends to paint. Stick with basic holiday block print designs or make a more elaborate design of your imagination.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
White Ornaments
Acrylic Paint
6. Paint Your Own Nutcracker
@lizzyfowlks if you need a fun christmas girls night craft this is it! these nutcrackers were literally $8 from @Hobby Lobby !! 🎄♥️🎅🏼 #craftnight #girlsnight #christmascrafts #utahmom #candysalad #fyp #fypシ #momsoftiktok ♬ Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
Nutcrackers are such an iconic figure of Christmas, and we absolutely love the idea of creating our own version of them. All you need is a wooden nutcracker from your local craft store, paint and any other decorative craft supplies you may think of to adorn tour nutcracker.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Pinewood Nutcrackers
Acrylic Paint
7. Christmas Mug Paint Party
@emilyrogs painting christmas tree mugs for girlsmas ☕️❄️ holiday party idea !! #christmasvibes #christmasparty #christmascoutdown #holidayseason ♬ original sound – 🫶🏼🎄𝒸𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈🎄🫶🏼
Painting a Christmas mug maybe our favorite Christmas craft on the list. Not only do we get to create an adorable Christmas mug to add to our collection, but it’s something that would mean so much to use every single holiday.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Ceramic Christmas Mug Paint Set
Acrylic Paint
8. Christmas Paint By Numbers
@mala.paintbynumbers who do you want to have a christmas themed paint & sip with? 🎄🎨🥂 #paintbynumber #paintandsip #paintnight #girlsnight #christmasaesthetic #christmasparty #christmasdiy #christmasactivity ♬ Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms
Looking for a chill activity you and your friends will love while snacking enjoying holiday drinks? Try setting up a Christmas paint by numbers. So simple and fun!
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Christmas Paint By Number Canvas
Acrylic Paint
9. Make Christmas Paper Chains
@jennsvideodiary Me & paper chains🫶🏼 // as much as I love shopping (especially second hand) holiday decor, there’s nothing like homemade touches❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️ #christmas #christmasdecor #paperchain #christmaspaperchair #diy #christmasdiy #holidaydiy #christmasdiydecor #DIY #diyproject #christmastiktok #holidayseason #holidaycountdown #christmasseason #homemadedecor #diychristmascrafts #diycrafts #vintagechristmas #vintagedecor #vintage #handmadecraft ♬ have yourself a marry little christmas – christmas<3
We used to make Christmas paper chains every year with our mom, and thought that this would be such a fun, nostalgic idea to do with your friends.
Have everyone bring festive scrapbook paper to cute and make the chains. On each chain write a fun activity to unravel everyday up until Christmas Day.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Vintage Christmas Scrapbook Paper
10. Christmas Themed Paint and Sip
@corinnesmedberg This is your sign to host an xmas themed paint and sip girls night🍸🎨🎄🫶🏼✨✨✨ Girls paint night Painting Canvas art Canvas painting #paintandsip #sipandpaint #aestetics #girlsnight #painting #thingstodowithfriends #hosting #hostingideas #christmasactivities ♬ Wonderful Christmastime – Edited Version / Remastered 2011 – Paul McCartney
Bring the paint and sip party to your own home. Set us easels for your friends and have everyone collectively paint the same painting. It’ll be so fun to see all the different variations everyone creates.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Canvas & Easel Kit
Acrylic Paint
11. DIY Cookie Jar with Cricut
@amymakesthat CRAFTMAS DAY 3: DIY Candy Cane Jar with Vinyl 🍬❤️ It’s Day 3 of Craftmas and you’re learning how to make a Cricut vinyl decal project! save this for your next holiday craft project ✔️ #amymakesthat #25daysofcraftmas #christmascricut #christmas #christmascricutcrafts #cricutchristmasgift #candycanes #craftmas #cricutvinylproject #vinyldecal ♬ Santa Tell Me – Ariana Grande
How fun would it be for everyone to bring their won glass cookie jar to decorate with vinyl Cricut stickers? Start with having your friends choose the designs and patterns of stickers they want to add to their cookie jar.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Glass Cookie Jar
Circuit Joy Machine
12. DIY Christmas Cocktail Glasses
@sparklepiece Save this for your next girls night 🍸🎄 #girlsnight #girlsnightideas #diychristmasdecor #diychristmas #dinnerpartydecor #diychristmas #diyglasses #christmasdecor #christmasactivities #holidayactivities #cocktailglasses #girlsnightin ♬ Holly Jolly Christmas (Sped Up) – Michael Bublé & Sped Up Songs + Nightcore
Okay…we’re kind of obsessed with this holiday craft activity! To make Christmas cocktail glasses with your friends, apply some glasses and rhinestones for your friends to add to the outside. In the end, everyone has an adorable sparkly cocktail glass to enjoy all holiday long.
Holiday Craft Activity Essentials:
Cocktail Glasses
