Crafting during the winter months is a fun way to pass the time, and you could even make a bit of money for your efforts at your local craft fair or bazaar! However, choosing the right products is key. Here are 20+ Christmas crafts to sell at bazaars & craft fairs!
Christmas Crafts To Sell At Bazaars & Craft Fairs
Need some Christmas fair ideas to sell for a little holiday spending money? Checking out the below ideas for Christmas bazaar and church sales this holiday season!
Wood Slice Ornaments
We covered this one in our wooden Christmas crafts article as well! You can buy pre-sliced and drilled wood slices for CHEAP, and this easy craft fair project is perfect for more rustic country Christmas decor!
Cricut Christmas Ornaments
Do you have a vinyl cutting machine at your disposal? If so, you can make some super cute and easy-to-make ornaments with it. The tutorial for the ornament in the pictures is available at Happiness Is Homemade.
PS. Need free designs for your ornaments? Creative Fabrica has a TON of free Christmas SVG designs and most of them have commercial licenses for selling at craft fairs, Etsy, or POD.
Wooden Nesting Gnomes
This cute craft is easy to make and looks great on table displays. These tiny nesting gnomes nest inside of each other just like traditional nesting dolls! You can assemble these in as little as 30 minutes too – making them easy, and quick to make christmas craft ideas to sell. Click here to see the tutorial.
Handmade Ornaments
There are tons of great handmade ornaments you can make and sell at craft bazaars! These ones are made from scrap wood, washi tape, and cellophane wrap. However, there are lots of great ways to make unique ornaments, but to make the above ornaments, visit this website.
Mason Jar Candles
Candles are a great way to decorate for the holidays, and they’re an easy Christmas crafts to sell at bazaars, because you can also give them as a general-purpose gift for someone you don’t know that well but still want to give a gift! There are tons of ways to do this, but the above frosty candles are super cute I think! Click here to get the tutorial.
Handmade Holiday Wreaths
Wreaths are excellent crafts for Christmas bazaars! People love decorating with fresh wreaths, and they look beautiful. Despite looking like a very high value craft, they’re actually not hard to make though. And, you can get bulk wreath making supplies on Amazon at very affordable prices!
The above wreath uses dried florals and oranges to create a beautiful wreath that makes your home smell great. But, if you can also easily make them for a variety of artificial products as well. People make wreaths from bows, ornaments, pom poms, and more all the time. Click here to get the tutorial.
Mason Jar Treats
For some people, offering an easy gift that can please anyone is enough to make a sale! Nothing brings Christmas joy quite like some tasty sweets, and you can create these mason jar treat jars for people to buy and give as gifts.
However, if you don’t want to deal with food, lots of people use mason jars to make gifts of things like body scrubs too. Click here for more pictures and Christmas crafts to sell at bazaar and craft fairs ideas!
PS. You can make these look even better by using these cute Christmas themed mason jar lids and these snowflake canning jars!
Log Candle Holders
Looking for country Christmas crafts to make and sell? If you’ve got some tree trimming to do on your property, how about repurposing your yard waste into some cute crafts! With minimal tools, you can make these adorable rustic candle holders. Pair them with some bulk apple cinnamon tea light candles from Amazon, and you’ve got a great craft project to sell! Click here to see the tutorial.
Handmade Christmas Soaps
Looking for impressive but dead simple Christmas craft show ideas? Why not give soap making a try? Soaps can actually end up being best sellers at Christmas craft fairs! AND there are tons of great and cheap Christmas soap molds on Amazon!
Even if you’ve never made your own soaps before, it’s a pretty easy craft to pick up, and you get a soap making kit for very cheap that will come with everything you need to get started.
The above is a cute peppermint bark soap, but there are tons of great scents you can use. Think gingerbread, candy canes, apple pie, spiced cider, etc. to get your customers into the holiday spirit with your handmade soaps. Click here for the peppermint bark soap recipe and tutorial.
Christmas Gift Baskets
Gift baskets are a super easy Christmas craft to sell! Trying to find gifts for everyone on your list during the holidays can be frustrating, and bazaar visitors will be happy to pay you for help in completing their Christmas list.
Even people who are impossible to shop for appreciate a basket of fresh baked muffins or cookies. But, if you’re not the best at baking, there are plenty of other baskets you can make up and decorate to sell. Honey, marmalade, jams & jellies, coffee, soaps, BBQ kits, kitchen bundles, crackers, sausages, and cheeses are all great ideas for baskets.
And, once again, Amazon delivers on the crafting front! You can get all kinds of cheap baskets there in bulk for your crafts!
Etched Wine Glasses
Etching glass is super easy and it looks really great! All you need is some armor etch, a printed stencil, and a glass. It’s super cheap to pick up glasses at the thrift store, and people love these. The above one is for sale on Etsy, but with a bit of Google-fu you can learn how to make one similar to it with a bit of practice.
PS. Need some free designs for glass etching? Creative Fabrica has a TON of free Christmas SVG designs for stencils, and many of them can be used commercially for POD products or stuff you customize and sell on Etsy!
Christmas Pot Holders
Are you a whizz with a sewing machine? Need some handmade Christmas craft ideas to sell? Some decorative Christmas pot holders could be a great item for your craft table! For those who are good with a sewing machine it can be a breeze and the materials are pretty cheap to do it. Click here to see the tutorial.
PS. Amazon sells lots of cheap holiday fabric bundles that would be GREAT for making these pot holders!
Chocolate Covered Coffee Spoons
A super cute gift idea for a coffee lover. You could make some of these and pair them with a Christmas mug and a packet of hot cocoa or some coffee for a cute gift. You can get cheap spoons at the thrift shop, or pick some up on Amazon in bulk. Click here for the tutorial.
Handmade Holiday Cards
Some super cute handmade holiday cards may be just the thing to send someone, but some people aren’t very crafty! If you’ve got some great stamps, or are an artist – you can make your own custom cards to sell to people. The above card is super easy but adorable. It uses colored washi tape. Click here to see the tutorial and get some ideas.
Holiday Bath Bombs
For some people, the best gift is a bit of pampering and alone time. Holiday bath bombs not only get you in the mood for the holiday season, but they also help you relax after the stress of getting everything ready! Plus, bath bombs are easy to make and easy to sell christmas crafts to sell at craft fairs. Here’s a great recipe and tutorial on how to make some of these.
Custom Painted Holiday Mugs
Pick up some cheap mugs from the store and you can easily make them into festive ones! Decorate them up and sell them individually or pair them with some other items to make a Christmas coffee, tea, or cocoa gift set. Click here to get the tutorial.
Up-Cycled Sweater Christmas Stockings
This cute and clever craft is actually made by up-cycling unwanted sweaters. One sweater will make two stockings – so if you can pick some up cheap at a thrift store that have a bit of damage it could be a good way to re-utilize them. Click here to see the tutorial!
DIY Wooden Coasters
Coaster are a fun holiday item that serve an important purpose – making sure your guests don’t ruin your tables!! These cute wood slice coasters are easy to make, and you can tie them up with a little ribbon to make a cute holiday gift-set too. PLUS, buying wood slices online to make them is surprisingly cheap! Click here for the tutorial.
Handmade Christmas Signs
Decorating with signs adds some cute messages to your decor, and it’s a very popular item every year! You can easily, and pretty cheaply, make your own to sell. If you’ve got wood laying around, that’s even better, but it’s easy to find it or buy some for not a lot of money. Pallet signs are popular, or if you’re lacking in tools, you can buy some at home depot and they will cut it for you. Click here for the tutorial for the above sign.
Pinecone Christmas Trees
Have a lot of pine cones laying around your property? Put them to use with this cute Christmas craft. It’s pretty easy to make and many of the materials won’t cost you a thing if you know where the trees are, or you can just buy some. Click here to see the tutorial.
Reindeer Hot Cocoa Cones
A super cute little craft you can make easily with cheap craft supplies, like pipe cleaners, and sell in the winter months. Everybody loves a nice hot cocoa when it’s cold out, and this is a fun, inexpensive little gift people can pick up for co-workers, their dog walker, etc. Click here to see the tutorial.
Easy DIY Sherpa Scarves
Looking for an easy beginner sewing project for the holidays? Scarves are surprisingly easy and great Christmas crafts to make and sell for profit. This infinity Sherpa scarf is not only cozy and warm, but it’s also easy and affordable to make!
The above scarf uses this minky sherpa fabric, and you can make 4 scarves from a single yard – making it pretty cheap to make, but it also looks very impressive and expensive. Click here for the sewing tutorial.
Fishbowl Snowmen
This is a clever and super nice looking craft that’s much easier than it looks! You can make these snowman out of fishbowls, glitter, and fairy lights from the dollar store. Click here to get the tutorial.
DIY Snowglobes
Snow globes are always a fun little decoration. Now you can make your own scenes to add to your stall or craft table. This one has a tree and little snow flurries, but there are plenty of great Christmas scenes you could use for these. Click here to see the tutorial.
Scented Pinecone Firestarters
This is a unique one I really like! These were made for wedding favors, but they’d be great for Christmas too. Pinecones are dipped in wax and scented to use in your holiday fires. Adds a great smell when they burn and helps get your fireplace going!
You can, of course, make these with any old pinecones you’ve got laying around your property, but… if you don’t have those types of trees around your property you can buy them in bulk for crafts for pretty cheap! You can get the tutorial and other materials needed for this craft project here.
I hope this article has provided you with a few ideas for bazaar and craft fairs this year! Crafting is always fun, but it’s also pretty cool to be able to earn a bit of spending money from something you love doing.
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