Fun DIY Christmas Bucket List Craft Idea for the Holidays
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This Christmas Bucket List Craft is a festive way to make the season extra fun for the whole family!
When you’re out of ideas for holiday fun, this cute and colorful bucket will save the day! Fill it with cards or sticks listing Christmas activities and traditions—like baking cookies, watching festive movies, or going to see the lights—and let everyone take turns picking one to do together. It’s the perfect mix of crafty creativity and holiday memory-making.
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Why You’ll Love This Christmas Bucket List Craft
This Christmas Bucket List Craft is such a joyful way to spark family time and keep kids entertained throughout December. Instead of scrolling for ideas or hearing “I’m bored!”—just pull a card from your bucket and see what’s next on your festive adventure list!
You can fill your bucket with prompts like make hot cocoa, wrap presents, go ice skating, Volunteer at a charity, or build a snowman. Add your own family favorites too—it’s completely customizable.
Whether you’re crafting with little ones or incorporating it into your family’s holiday traditions, this project brings creativity, excitement, and togetherness to your home. It also makes a great classroom or group craft idea!
Craft Supplies for Christmas Bucket List
The materials and tools needed for this project are linked on Amazon below for your convenience. The quantities are on the craft tutorial card at the end of this post.
- Jumbo Craft Sticks
- Acrylic Craft Paint—you will need red, green, white, yellow, and black
- Paintbrush
- Small Metal Bucket
- White Pom Poms
- Santa Belt Template
- Christmas Bucket List Printable
- White Crinkled Paper Shred
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks—when crafting with kids, opt for a low-temp glue gun for added safety
- Scissors
- Black Permanent Marker
- Pencil
How Do I Make This Christmas Bucket List Craft?
You’ll find the printable tutorial card below with step-by-step images for this fun Christmas craft—use them as a visual guide while making your Santa bucket!
Christmas Bucket List Bucket Craft
Materials
- 20 Jumbo Craft Sticks
- Acrylic Craft Paint Red, Green, White, Yellow, Black
- 1 Small Metal Bucket
- Gold Glitter Craft Foam
- White Pom Poms
- Santa Belt Template
- Christmas Bucket List Printable
- White Crinkled Paper Shred
TOOLS
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Instructions
- Water down some red, green, white, and yellow acrylic craft paint and basecoat the jumbo craft sticks (5 of each color). Watering down the paint will give the sticks a stained effect. Set aside to dry.
- Paint the outside of the metal bucket with red paint. Set aside to dry and apply a second and third coat, if necessary.
- Draw a line around the center of the bucket with a pencil. This will be your guideline for Santa's belt.
- Use a ¼"/0.5cm flat paintbrush to paint a band of black paint over your guideline. Set aside to dry. Add a second layer if necessary.
- Download, print, and cut out the Santa belt template. Trace the buckle pattern on the back of some gold glitter craft foam, then cut out with scissors.
- Attach the buckle to the front center of the bucket over the black band with a glue gun and glue sticks.
- Glue white pom poms around the outside edge of the bucket. Then glue more around the inside edge.
- Write Christmas activities on the dried craft sticks with a pencil, and then with a permanent black marker. You can use our free printable list, or make up your own based on what your family enjoys during the holidays.
- Fill the bucket with the crinkled paper and insert the craft stick activites into theng to do
- Remove the sticks from the bucket when you complete the activities, or if you need something to do! Have fun and Merry Christmas!
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This Christmas Bucket List Craft is more than just a cute DIY—it’s a way to slow down, connect, and make magical memories with the people you love most. Whether you fill it with silly, sweet, or heartwarming ideas, you’ll have a bucket full of joy ready to dip into all season long.
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This post is part of my long-running Create the Holidays series on The Purple Pumpkin Blog. Since 2012, I’ve shared free printables, crafts, recipes, and more for Christmas and the Winter Holidays. While I don’t officially run the series anymore, seasonal inspiration will still be here! Browse past Create the Holidays (formerly Create Christmas) years: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.