These Little House On The Prairie Christmas party crafts are fun for an old-fashioned Christmas party, vintage DIY Christmas ornaments, or a Christmas unit study theme for the holidays season, winter crafts, December crafts for kids!
Ideas for Little House Christmas Party Crafts for Kids
There are so many great Little House On The Prairie crafts inspired by the show and the books!
A few years ago, we started making vintage Christmas ornaments like this and we’ve been adding to them each holiday season. These are our some of our favorite Christmas decor now.
Plus, we take a super slowed-down day each year now and make old-fashioned ornaments, which is a nice break during the stressful holiday season.
Try these Little House on the Prairie Christmas activities to go with your kids party theme or for new family Christmas traditions this year.
7 Old-Fashioned Little House Craft Ideas
- Orange pomander
- Dried orange ornaments
- Dried apple ornaments
- DIY paper stars ornaments
- Popcorn and cranberry garland
- Beeswax ornaments
- Homemade Pinecone ornaments
Get links to the craft instructions below.
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What To Make for Vintage Little House On The Prairie Christmas Crafts
These are just a few ideas for Little House On The Prairie themed holiday crafts. Think of anything that would’ve been available during pioneer times that you can use for ornaments or vintage Christmas decorations!
Orange Pomanders Craft
An orange pomander, also called a pomander ball, is an old-fashioned ornament made of fresh citrus fruit that has been studded with cloves.
The result is a fragrant, decorative ball that can be hung as Christmas decorations or placed around the house to make your home smell amazing for the holidays.
Learn How To Make Old-Fashioned Pomanders of Orange
Dried Orange Ornaments
Dried oranges slices are fun for old fashioned garland for Christmas or dried fruit for Christmas decorations and DIY ornaments.
They’re good for Little House crafts for Christmas because oranges are something they would’ve had during that time, but would’ve been considered a treat. So, they may have only had them around Christmas or special occasions.
Learn How To Make DIY Dried Orange Ornaments
Dried Apple Ornaments
Dried apple ornaments are beautiful old-fashioned Christmas decorations (like fruit garland) and also fun Christmas crafts to make with kids!
All you need are some sliced apples and twine for these DIY ornaments.
Learn How To Make Dried Apple Ornaments For Christmas
Paper Star Ornaments
Whether you’re looking for a preschool Christmas star craft project or fun Christmas ornaments for kids to make at home, these DIY paper star ornaments will work for all ages!
(And, I had fun making them, too!)
We used recycled paper, so you can make these with whatever supplies you have at home.
Learn How To Make DIY Paper Stars Ornaments
Cranberry Popcorn Garland
Easy old-fashioned cranberry popcorn garland is not only beautiful for stringing on the tree, but is perfect for DIY natural Christmas decorations or DIY minimalist Christmas decorations to make for old-fashioned Christmas decorations.
Get my tip for making popcorn garland with popcorn that doesn’t fall off the string!
Learn How To String Popcorn Garland That Doesn’t Break Off!
Old-Fashioned Beeswax Ornaments
If I only had time to make one vintage inspired ornament from this Christmas craft list, it would be these beeswax ornaments.
We’ve poured beeswax ornaments for a few years now with different molds and this is a really fun family Christmas tradition to start this year!
NOTE: You are working with hot wax that should be handled only by adults and adult supervision.
Learn How To Pour Beeswax Ornaments
Easy Pinecone Ornaments
These Christmas DIY pine cones ornament crafts make a beautiful homemade Christmas ornaments and give a vintage look and feel to your old-fashioned Christmas tree.
It’s fun to go on a winter nature walk or winter scavenger hunt to find pinecones and then use them for your ornament craft.
How To Make Homemade Pinecone Ornaments
Holiday Unit Study Christmas Craft Ideas For Kids
If you want to do a Christmas unit study, you can do a watch and learn Christmas movie party or read and learn with the Little House books!
Watch Little House On The Prairie Christmas Episodes and Specials
There are many different Little House TV shows and Little House On The Prairie Christmas movies you can add to your Little House theme!
Try these Little House Christmas episodes and Little House On The Prairie movies:
Little House on the Prairie – A Merry Ingalls Christmas
This Christmas show includes Christmas at Plum Creek where the Ingalls celebrate Christmas in their new house and A Christmas They Never Forgot, where the family is stuck at home in a blizzard and remembers their favorite Christmases from the past.
This is a great Little House On The Prairie Christmas special to pair up with the Little House Christmas crafts.
Little House Holiday episodes:
Christmas at Plum Creek (Season 1 Episode 15): Laura sells a horse to buy a stove for Ma. Little Carrie uses her penny to buy Baby Jesus a gift.
Blizzard (Season 3 Episode 11): The children get stuck in a blizzard on the way home from school. (Little House On The Prairie Christmas with Mr Edwards episode, aka: Santa Claus)
A Christmas They Never Forgot (Season 8 Episode 11): Friends and family get snowed in at the Ingalls cabin and everyone shares favorite memories from Christmas past.
TIP: Some streaming services have Little House On The Prairie Christmas full episodes!
Read Little House On the Prairie Christmas Books
There’s no better way to get in the Christmas spirit for this holiday party theme than to read the Little House On The Prairie Christmas story!
Little House On The Prairie Christmas Book Stories:
- Full Little House Book Set
- Christmas in the Big Woods
- Christmas Stories: Reillustrated Edition: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids
- Sugar Snow (Little House Picture Book)
- A Little House Christmas: Holiday Stories from the Little House Books
Books To Pair With Little House On The Prairie
As I mentioned in the important note above, one of the things you can do to give your students a full perspective is to pair other books with reading the Little House books.
Try this wide range of books that gives a diverse look at different cultures:
- The Birchbark House series by Louise Erdrich
- Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (full Logan’s series)
- A Place Where Sunflowers Grow by Amy Lee-Tai
- My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
- We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell & Frane Lessac
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
- Calico Bush by Rachel Field
& many more! Use this as a starter list and branch out!
I hope you have fun with these old-fashioned Little House On The Prairie Christmas party crafts and learning beyond the Little House books.
