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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Add glue all over the beard. Make sure there is a blank spot where no cotton balls will be, for the mouth.
- 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.
- While they add the cotton balls cut out a small red mouth out of the red paper.
- Glue on the mouth. Set the beard to dry.
- Grab the paper plate and glue on the eyes
and a pom pom nose.
- Cut out a hat from the red paper, add glue on the bottom edge and top of the point.
- Add cotton balls to the hat. Let dry.

Santa is his name o !
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!
Megryansmom says
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
Vone says
my daughter kept wanting to re-listen to it and was singing it afterwards. Thanks for the cute song.
Park Family says
I love you blog. I have 3 boys and I love that the crafts are cute simple and use really basic materials. Thanks!
Anonymous says
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
Allie says
Oh no I didn’t think of that !!
Anonymous says
Thanks for the great craft ideas. I plan to do this craft with my daughter tomorrow. I bookmarked your blog and check back frequently!
Cara says
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
Cara says
http://tinyurl.com/4nweou
Angell @ Passionate and Creative Homemaking says
I featured this today on my Christmas in July Celebration
http://passionateandcreativehomemaking.blogspot.com/2012/07/day-9-christmas-in-july.html