New Year’s Crafts

This post has been updated for New Year 2025.

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2025 is just around the corner, and who doesn’t mind having some easy-to-do New Year’s crafts at their fingertips. These activities double up as 2025 keepsakes. You can choose from several glitzy versions.

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2025 Collage Craft

Supplies Needed:

glitter gold cardstock
tan cardstock
8 ½ x 11-inch cream cardstock
gold sequins, stars, balls, and confetti
gold glitter glue
glue paddle
collage containers
adhesive gems
black or gold metallic felt pen
pencil
scissors
glue stick or glue gun

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Making The 2025 Collage Craft

Trace your little learner’s hand on a piece of tan cardstock, or let your child do the tracing.

Help your child cut out the hand.

Add gold glitter glue and craft bits to small containers. Simply collect any gold-colored craft items you have around for the collaging.

Set out the gold bits, glue, glue paddle, and paper hand on a table.

Gold craft supplies to decorate traced hands.

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Invite your little one to glam up the hand with the collage items, using glitter glue as an adhesive.

Let the collaged hand dry.

Cut a number five and a pair of number two shapes from gold glitter cardstock or a gold gift bag. Download the printable in this post to use as a template if desired.

On cream-colored cardstock, help your little learner use a glue stick to tack on a number two, the decorated hand, another number two, and a number five. Reinforce the shapes with a glue gun if needed. Add a greeting with a black or gold metallic felt pen.

Gold-themed traced hand 2021 keepsake craft.

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The glitzy hand takes center stage in this craft.

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Traced Hand 2025 Keepsake

A simpler version of this activity is to trace your little one’s hand on glitter gold or glitter silver cardstock. After cutting it out, have your child glue the glam hand onto a gold or silver numbered 2025 template (downloadable below.)

A gold glitter traced hand completes this 2021 keepsake craft.

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Adhesive gems enhance the craft.

Gold cardstock traced hand and adhesive gem 2021 craft.

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Silver glitter cardstock and adhesive gem 2021 keepsake craft.

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Golden Hand Craft Printable

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2025 Here I Come Gold PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.

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Silver Hand Craft Printable

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2025 Here I Come Silver 2 PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.

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Rhinestone 2025 New Year’s Crafts

Skip the hand art and invite your early learner to add adhesive gems to a metallic numbered 2025 printable.

Adhesive gem decorated 2021 keepsake craft supplies.

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Below are silver, gold, and black versions for downloading.

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Gold 2025 Template

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2025 Here I Come Gold PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.

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Silver 2025 Template

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2025 Here I Come Silver PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.

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Black 2025 Template

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2025 Here I Come Black PrintableDownload

This printable is for individual or one classroom use only.

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Adhesive gem decorated 2021 keepsake craft.

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These New Year’s crafts are great for strengthening finger muscles and practicing eye-hand coordination. They facilitate number recognition and pattern making. And your little learner will love the opportunity to use adhesive gems and gold-themed craft supplies in these projects.

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Happy New Year 2025!

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