20 Easiest Christmas Recipes For Kids To Make (2025)
Discover the easiest and most festive Christmas food recipes for kids of all ages to make.
I am all about quick recipes that don’t leave behind huge messes when it comes to being in the kitchen with my kids.
From simple meals to holiday snacks, whip up Christmas fun that your kids will enjoy creating and devouring!
These Christmas recipes for kids focus on making the most of quality time together in the kitchen this holiday season. No stress or need for perfection!
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Filling Christmas Breakfast Recipes For Kids
1. Rudolph Pancakes
Turn your breakfast into Rudolph! Have kids help create their own Rudolph face with these ingredients!
- Two sizes of pancakes
- bacon
- marshmallows
- chocolate chips
- strawberries
- whip cream
2. Christmas Egg-In-A-Hole
Use any holiday cookie cutter to create fun shapes in bread. Then cook your scrambled eggs right in the bread cut-outs in the pan.
Pro Tip: This is a fun way to teach your kids how to make eggs!
3. Holiday Toast
*Make this so many ways!
Toast can be much more filling and nutritious than many store-bought snacks. Plus, you can customize your toast to fit what you have! You’ll need:
- Whole-grain bread, toasted
- A spread: Peanut butter, cream cheese, mashed avocado or guacamole are all great bases for something fun!
- A decoration (i.e. diced veggies, fruit, mini chocolate chips, etc.)
Pro Tip: Small cookie cutters can transform ordinary fruits and vegetables into fun food for kids! They are used in many of the snacks on this list, and work perfectly to jazz up toast.
4. Reindeer Donut Holes
Add this fun treat to your holiday breakfast this year. Your kids will be excited to make and eat these adorable reindeer made from chocolate donut holes. They make a great gift for friends and neighbors, too!
Find out how to make them at Clean & Scentsible.
Related: Healthy & Delicious Holiday Treats
Fun Holiday-Themed Lunch & Dinner Recipes For Kids
The holidays can be hectic! Keep your kids nourished and full of holiday cheer with these quick and easy meals, perfect for the busy season.
5. Candy Cane Pizzas
*Simple Lunch Idea
Kids love to help with this fun and festive meal idea around the holidays!
Directions:
- Shape your favorite pizza dough into a candy cane shape.
- Spread the dough with pizza sauce.
- Add pepperoni slices for the candy cane stripes.
- Bake until cheese is melted and browned.
6. Santa Sandwich Skewers
Let your kids get hands-on with their lunch around Christmas with these sandwich skewers.
Pro Tip: Use raisins or black olives to replace the edible candy eyeballs.
Have your kids discover their hilarious Christmas elf name for more mealtime fun!
7. Cucumber Christmas Tree Sandwiches
From Haute and Healthy Living, these sandwiches are adorable. To make them, cut out Christmas trees from bread, top them with a thin layer of cream cheese (or tzatziki) and arrange halved cucumber slices like branches. To finish, you’ll top your trees with a mini carrot or bell pepper star!
8. Reindeer Sloppy Joes
*Quick Dinner Idea!
The holiday season is stressful! Let your kids help you add a little fun to dinner time! Use sloppy joe meat, buns, and pretzels to make the cutest reindeer sliders.
Pro Tip: Substitute chicken tenders or meatballs for the sloppy joe meat to make this meal even easier.
9. Pigs In A Blanket Wreath
Turn classic pigs in a blanket into a holiday wreath shape. It’s a fun, filling, and easy finger food that everyone loves.
This recipe can also be prepped up to 24 hours in advance and stored in the fridge for holiday parties and celebrations.
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Easy Christmas-Themed Snack Food Recipes For Kids
10. Easy Christmas Snack Mix
This holiday snack mix is a perfect blend of crunchy, sweet, and savory. It’s budget-friendly and easy to whip up with pantry staples or whatever you have on hand. Make it together and then give it to friends to share!
11. Santa Fruit Skewers
*Healthy Snacking Made Fun!
These Santa fruit skewers are perfect for a simple holiday snack your kids can help you make. You need:
- strawberries
- mini marshmallows
- large marshmallows
- bananas
- chocolate sprinkles
- red M&Ms
- skewers
Use the picture to help create your own!
Pro Tip: Dip the banana in lemon juice to prevent browning.
12. Celery Reindeer
*Fun To Make & Eat
These celery reindeer are a festive and healthy way to snack during the holiday season!
- celery
- nut butter
- raspberry
- pretzels
- candy eyes or raisins
13. Cranberry Brie Bites
These tasty cranberry brie bites look elegant but require almost no effort. So, if you’re searching for the ultimate finger food, they’ll be your new best friend. The little two-bite wonders are buttery, gooey, and bursting with festive flavor. You’ll need:
- Crescent roll dough
- A wheel of Brie
- A can of cranberry sauce
- Nuts (optional)
14. Apple Christmas Tree
This colorful Apple Christmas Tree is so simple to make and entices the kids to eat more nutrient-rich fruit during the holiday season. It’s easy enough that the kids can help you make them too! You’ll need:
- Green apple: This is the base of the Christmas tree. The green color makes it look more like an actual tree.
- Pomegranate seeds: They look like little ornaments on the tree.
- Blueberries: Bigger ornaments.
- Cantaloupe: Use a mini star-shaped cookie cutter to give your cantaloupe a little holiday spirit.
- Cheese: A slice of cheese cut into the shape of a star makes the perfect tree topper!
- Pretzel sticks: These make a great tree trunk, but you can use crackers too.
15. Gingerbread Popcorn
This yummy recipes comes from Real Food Real Deals. Popcorn is one of the easiest, most affordable real food snacks. This maple gingerbread popcorn recipe is irresistible. It tastes like sweet gingerbread with a crunch, and it’s a breeze to make.
- 1/2 cup organic popcorn kernels generates 15 cups popped
- 3 tbs. coconut oil
- 3 tbs. maple syrup
- 3/4 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. salt
16. Christmas Buttons
*Easy & Fun
With only three ingredients these are as fun to make as they are to eat!
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Simple Christmas Desserts For Kids To Help Make
17. Marshmallow Snowman Hot Chocolate
My kids are always asking for hot chocolate around the holidays. Make it more fun and turn it into a dessert!
- hot chocolate
- marshmallows
- pretzel sticks
- chocolate syrup for face and buttons
- candy corn nose
Use what you have to create your own hot chocolate snowmen. Add it to your hot chocolate and enjoy!
18. No-Bake Melted Reindeer Bark
*Great for a small gift!
Melt chocolate and put together this adorable treat for friends and neighbors!
Kids will love making this simple reindeer food recipe (with printable tags) this holiday season too!
19. Candy Cane Sleds
Cute, delicious, and easy to make!
All you need are candy canes, mini candy bars, and Teddy Grahams to craft the most adorable candy sleds. They’re a fun holiday activity for kids and the perfect little treat to share with friends and family.
20. Easy Snow Ice Cream
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
When school’s out and the flakes start falling, this easy snow cream recipe is the perfect winter treat.
All you need are four simple ingredients: fresh snow, evaporated milk, sugar, and vanilla.
Add a sprinkle of Christmas magic (literally!) with festive sprinkles, and you’ve got a bowl full of holiday cheer your kids will love.
More Festive Christmas Fun
- Tell these Challenging Christmas Trivia Questions.
- Play Christmas Minute To Win It Games at your next party.
- Ask Hilarious Christmas Who Is Most Likely Questions during family night.
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