Paper Plate Santa Claus

Christmas is such a fun time of the year for crafting! We’ve already had so much fun with the Christmas crafts we’ve made thus far, but I’ve really been looking forward to making a paper plate Santa Claus Craft with my preschooler.

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Supplies you will need:

paper plate
flesh tone acrylic paint
paint brush
12-inch by 12-inch red cardstock paper
white cardstock paper (cut out two 2-inch circles and a 3/4-inch strip)
2-inch circle punch(optional)
2 large googly eyes
red pom
scissors
Glue Pen
Glue Stick

Directions:

1. Cut the top of paper plate and paint inside circle

Start by cutting the top third section off of your paper plate. Paint the inside circle of the paper plate with your flesh tone paint and set it aside to dry.

2. Cut out a large red triangle

Draw a large triangle shape on your red cardstock paper and have your preschooler cut it out. I put a dot at the top of my paper at the 6-inch mark and then used a ruler to draw a line down to each bottom corner to make my triangle shape.

3. Cut out white circles and hat brim

Use your circle punch to cut out two 2-inch circles from your white cardstock paper, or cut them out by hand. Cut one of the circles in half. Also, cut about a 3/4-inch strip from your white paper to use as the brim of the Santa hat.

4. Glue paper plate onto red triangle

As soon as your paper plate is finished drying, use your Glue Pen and Glue Stick to assemble your Santa together. My daughter loves when I pull these out for a project. She says their large size makes them extra special.

Start by adding glue to the back of your paper plate and glue it onto your large triangle, about in the middle.

5. Create Santa’s hat

Next glue your 2-inch circle at the top of your triangle. Also, glue your white strip at the top of your paper plate to form the brim of the hat.

6. Glue eyes, nose and mustache

Continue by gluing on your large googly eyes. Next glue on your two half circles to form a mustache and finally glue your red pom right on top of your mustache to finish your Santa.