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December 11, 2008 | 17 Comments

Paper Plate Santa Craft For Kids

paper plate santa craft

Santa is a good guy, even if your child is terrified of the Santa at the mall they may enjoy this Santa craft for kids . My son won’t get within 10 feet of the big guy but loved making this one! The cotton balls add some sensory discovery as well.

  1. Gather your materials. You will need a a small paper plate, 2 pieces of construction paper- one red and one white ( I used natural colored and it looks a little funny), some cotton balls, googly eyes, glue, scissors and a red pom pom.
  2. Start by drawing a large U shape on the plain construction paper. This actually took me two tries. I used the paper plate as a guide for how wide it should be. Cut out.
  3. Add glue all over the beard. Make sure there is a blank spot where no cotton balls will be, for the mouth.
  4. Add the cotton balls. Talk to toddlers and young preschoolers about it being soft. If they went to see Santa ask if they touched his beard and how it felt.
  5. While they add the cotton balls cut out a small red mouth out of the red paper.
  6. Glue on the mouth. Set the beard to dry.
  7. Grab the paper plate and glue on the eyes and a pom pom nose.
  8. Cut out a hat from the red paper, add glue on the bottom edge and top of the point.
  9. Add cotton balls to the hat. Let dry.
When the glue is dry glue the beard and hat on the plate.santa craft

Song!

Santa is his name o !
( To the tune of Bingo )

There is a man all dressed in red,
and Santa is his name o!
S A N T A
S A N T A
S A N T A
And Santa is his name o!

Continue with :

*He has a loud and jolly laugh
and Santa is his name o!
*He lives with elves at The North Pole
and Santa is his name o!
*His Reindeer pull his magic sleigh
and Santa is his name o!
*He brings you toys if you are kind
and Santa is his name o!

Filed Under: Christmas, Paper Plate Art, Preschool Crafts, Santa | 17 Comments

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17 Comments

  1. Megryansmom says

    December 12, 2008 at 5:07 am

    Good Morning!
    I found you through Crafty Cow. I love this Santa craft and will be doing it with my kids today! I’ve bookmarked and will be back regularly. Thank you so much for sharing these great ideas. Have a great weekend

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  2. Vone says

    December 12, 2008 at 9:12 am

    my daughter kept wanting to re-listen to it and was singing it afterwards. Thanks for the cute song.

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  3. Park Family says

    December 12, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    I love you blog. I have 3 boys and I love that the crafts are cute simple and use really basic materials. Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous says

    December 12, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    This song is so cute!! I guess I can’t spell SANTA anymore around him because he’ll know what I’m talking about lol.
    -Cafe

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  5. Allie says

    December 12, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    Oh no I didn’t think of that !!

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  6. Anonymous says

    December 12, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    Thanks for the great craft ideas. I plan to do this craft with my daughter tomorrow. I bookmarked your blog and check back frequently!

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  7. Cara says

    December 19, 2008 at 7:09 am

    Thanks for this idea, and so many others. I love how you pair books and songs with crafts too. Here’s a link to our paper plate Santa:
    http://pregnantatlast.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-craft.html

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  8. Cara says

    December 19, 2008 at 7:10 am

    http://tinyurl.com/4nweou

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  9. Angell @ Passionate and Creative Homemaking says

    July 9, 2012 at 2:12 am

    I featured this today on my Christmas in July Celebration

    http://passionateandcreativehomemaking.blogspot.com/2012/07/day-9-christmas-in-july.html

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