December is such a fun time of year!

Around our house, we really load up on Christmas crafts likes this simple Santa handprint craft.

And what better way to do that than through handprint crafts for kids?! 

We always check out Christmas lights, make gingerbread houses, do some hidden learning activities and read lots of Christmas stories.

This year, we’re planning on doing even more Christmas crafts! Today we’re making Rudolph’s best friend, good ‘ol Santa Claus.

Read on below to see how simple it is to make this adorable Christmas handprint keepsake. And be sure to check out all of our fun Santa activities for even more ideas!

Santa Handprint Craft For Kids

One of our favorite things about making handprint crafts is how easy and cheap they are to make. For this craft, all you’ll need are a few common household craft supplies and our free template! 

Santa Craft Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper (in white, red, peach & pink)
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Black Marker
• Santa template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)

Santa Handprint Art Directions

Download the Santa template, print and cut each piece out. Trace your child’s hand onto white cardstock and cut out.

Glue the Santa hat together by gluing the base of the hat behind the white fluff and then by gluing the pom onto the red hat.

Glue the assembled Santa hat onto the top of Santa’s head.

Glue the eyebrows below the Santa hat.

With the black marker, draw the eyes below the eyebrows.

Glue the red cheeks on either side of Santa’s face below the eyes.

Position the handprint beard on Santa’s face with the fingers pointed down. Once you get a position you like, glue them onto the face.

Glue the mustache on top of the beard.

Glue the nose on top of the mustache.

Now sit back and admire your adorable Santa handprint craft! Don’t you just love this handprint craft?

Adapting This Craft For Multiple Kids

If you’re doing this craft with several kids, like in a daycare or classroom setting we have a few tips that may help the whole craft go more smoothly. 

First, think about the age and skills level of your children. Some questions to think about are:

• Are you children able to cut by themselves?
• Do they know how to draw basic shapes?
• Can they use glue without close supervision? 

If you can’t answer yes to all the steps listed above, we have a few suggestions for you. 

One tip is to have all the pieces cut or punched out ahead of time. This will likely be the most difficult part of the entire craft and if it’s already done before the children arrive, all they’ll need to do is trace and cut their handprint and glue everything in place. 

Another tip is to swap out glue bottles for glue sticks. Young kids tend to go wild with glue, so glue sticks are incredibly helpful in reigning back over eager squeezers!

Finally, if you’re in a large setting we suggest trying to get a few parents or helpers to help out. Although this isn’t always possible, it really helps to give kids more instruction while you’re in the middle of crafting! 

We’re certain your kids will love making this handprint Santa so be sure to save this idea for later! 

Don’t forget to enter your email in the form below to download your free Santa template.

Christmas Unit For Kids

Want to extend this activity into a mini (or full length) Christmas unit study for kids? If so, we’ve got some great ideas to get you started! Read on below for our top picks.

First up, are books! Books are a great way to introduce a new theme and Christmas books are even more fun to read!

Below are some of the top Christmas books to read to your kids!

Dasher: This wonderfully illustrated Christmas book for kids gives you the back story on one of Santa’s favorite reindeer, Dasher! Girls will especially love to read this since Dasher is a girl.

Construction Site On Christmas Night: Fans of the fun characters of the construction site books have to add this Christmas themed story to their collection. See how the trucks get ready for Christmas!

How To Catch An Elf: Kids everywhere love the silliness of this Christmas story. The rhymes and the illustrations will draw the kids in as well. This is a Christmas book kids will want to read every year!

We like doing lots of crafts and Christmas is an extra special time of year to make them! Add in some more easy kids crafts that are great for the holidays. Here are some of our top picks:

• Elf On The Shelf Photo Craft
• Handprint Reindeer Craft
• Gingerbread Man Paper Bag Puppet Craft
• Grinch Headband Craft

For a quick and easy learning activity, use the free printable reindeer worksheets. They’ll help kids with handwriting, fine motor skills, letter recognition, and more!

If you have pattern blocks lying around and want another fun activity for them, print out these Christmas pattern block mats and have kids work on shapes, colors, and fine motor skills.

Kids who love coloring will want to use these free Christmas coloring pages which also have a little spot to practice handwriting.

Get some hands-on sensory play going with this Christmas playdough kit that has lots of Rudolph the Red Nosed reindeer characters and 3 Christmasy playdough colors.

Print out these Christmas do a dot printables that can help kids work on letter recognition, counting, visual discrimination, patterns, and more!

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Santa Handprint Craft Template

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