Both Santa Claus and St. Nicholas are important figures during Advent and Christmas. That's why they're simply part of craft projects. So if you have planned a craft afternoon, why not take the time for Santa Claus? The children are guaranteed to be happy! There are also a variety of Christmas craft ideas for which different materials can be used to make crafting easier for the little ones. Below we have put together some lovely craft ideas for Christmas. Get inspired!
Making Santa Claus with children – ideas with paper plates
If you would like to make a Santa Claus with paper plates, you can choose from the following, among otherstwo craft ideaschoose. For this first project, you will also need to prepare red construction paper, cotton wool, acrylic paint and white paper strips, as well as glue, brushes, scissors and a stick or pen. The plate is first painted with acrylic paint. Use any skin color for this. Then let the paint dry. In the meantime, continue with the hat. Draw these on the red paper and cut them out. Glue them to the edge of the plate.
Next, draw circles on the paper plate underneath the hat. Two white circles are intended for the eyes, while two pink ones are intended to imitate the cheeks. A fifth dark pink circle represents the nose. Once the white paint has dried, add two more black dots for the pupils. Using a stick or pen, roll up the strips of paper and then glue them to the bottom of the plate. Start with the bottom row and work your way up. You will have a curly beard. All that's left is the finishing touches and that's fur and pom-poms for the hat, as well as a little moustache, all made of cotton wool.
Make your own Christmas decorations
Another variant is this simple Santa Claus. Cut off the top part of the paper plate. Color the inside of the plate in skin color. The white outer edge then also represents the beard. While you let the paint dry, you can prepare the rest that you will need when you make this Santa Claus craft with children. These are a large triangle made of red construction paper. A strip and two circles of white paper, with one of the circles cut in half. Glue the plate onto the triangle. The whole circle comes to the top while you create the face using googly eyes, red pom-pom and the semi-circles. The white stripe is the fur of the hat.
with cotton wool and popsicle sticks
Popsicle sticks are another material that is great for making. For this you need 8 stems, as well as skin color, brush, cotton, googly eyes, red felt, red pompoms, scissors and glue. Start with the stems from which you will create the head. As a test, just put them together without gluing them in place. First place two stems parallel to each other on the table and then the rest vertically. The bottom two are a little too long. Now you can mark where the popsicle sticks need to be shortened.
Then you can put everything together again and this time glue it together. Color the stems in skin color and then design from the cotton woola beard, as well as the face made of googly eyes and a bobble for the nose. If you use googly eyes of different sizes, Santa Claus will have a particularly funny look. Then do some craftinga Santa hatfrom the felt material. You can also add cotton wool and pom-poms to these and glue them to the top edge of the popsicle sticks. And nothing more needs to be done if you make this Santa Claus craft with children.
Instructions with cardboard and handprint
Children love finger paints. That's why this idea is definitely suitable for a craft afternoon. If you want to make this Santa Claus with children, you will need cardboard, white finger paints, red craft paper and glue. Coat the children's hands with the white paint. Now you can make a print on the cardboard. Then give the paint a little time to dry. The handprint is then roughly cut out, with the end opposite the fingers tapering. Then cut out a triangle from the red paper that fits onto the cardboard triangle. A circle serves as a nose. The handprint is now Santa Claus' beard. You can then hang these funny figures on the wall or window. You can also make a garland out of them. A great idea for crafting for Santa Claus with children!
Making Santa Claus with toilet paper rolls
All the ideas already presented are really funny. These 3D figures, which can also be used as packaging, are no exception. Incidentally, “packaging” is a good keyword. Because you want toMaking Christmas presents, you are welcome to use this idea for Santa crafts with children. Toilet rolls are used. First, quarter a red sheet of paper. Each quarter can be used to cover a toilet roll. Then the ends on both sides are folded inwards. Then press the tips of one side outwards and paint them with black felt-tip pen. You already have the shoes. You can also draw a belt with a black felt-tip pen. Finally, cut out a triangle from white paper onto which you draw a face. Glue this face onto the roll as well.
Santa Claus as origami
You can create a Santa Claus by using aFolding technique like this origamiapply. To do this, use a square piece of paper that is red on one side and white on the other and follow the instructions below. Of course, other winter and Christmas characters can also be created in this way. For example, if you use green paper, you can make a Christmas elf. Brown paper is suitable for a reindeer and orange or another color can be used for a snowman. Just vary it with your face. So the snowman gets a carrot nose, the elk gets a red ball nose and antlers, and the elf gets nice pink cheeks. A little imagination is also required here.
