Moving Santa Paper Plate Craft For Kids [Free Template]
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‘Tis the season for tons of Christmas crafts and activities for kids!!
If you haven’t followed along, we’ve been sharing many fun activities to get into the Christmas spirit and keep boredom away this Christmas break.
Today, we’re sharing another fun idea with this fun paper plate Santa craft for kids that will love!
Read below to see what makes this silly and unique Santa craft using leftover paper plates.
Also, check out our Christmas crafts for kids for even more ideas.
Santa Chimney Craft
The best thing about this adorable paper plate Santa craft is the fact that it’s interactive.
Once your kids have made it, they actually get to play with it, too! Move the popsicle stick up and down and watch him bring Christmas magic to all the homes. It’s the perfect Christmas craft for making AND playing!
Believe me, kids never get bored seeing Santa come up and down the chimney. Happy crafting!
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Supplies
- Paper plate
- Popsicle stick
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Glue stick
- Tape
- Snowflake stickers
- Santa template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once you have the template printed, gather the materials needed for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this Santa to life!
First, guide your child in painting the paper plate dark blue to resemble the night sky. Let the plate dry completely before moving on.
Adults only: Take a sharp pair of scissors and cut a horizontal slit in the middle of the paper plate that is slightly smaller than the width of the chimney.
Next, help your child glue the roof to the bottom of the paper plate.
Place the chimney on top of the roof, and align the slit to be in the middle of the chimney. Glue the chimney in place.
Now, attach the snowflake stickers around the paper plate.
Finally, encourage your child to tape a popsicle stick to the back of the Santa head or pants. Slide the popsicle stick inside the slit and move it up and down.
That’s all there is to this Santa paper plate! Isn’t your child the cutest paper plate crafts ever?!
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Christmas Unit For Kids
Let the festivities continue by creating a Christmas unit study for kids to help them learn and have fun! Read on below for our favorite ideas.
Kids’ Christmas Books
First, we like to start by reading aloud to children. Reading to kids can help them with reading comprehension, vocabulary, and focus! It’s a win-win for everyone!
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!
Fun Christmas Crafts
Another activity we always include is crafts! Crafting can help kids learn to use scissors properly, improve their confidence, and develop patience and focus. With all these benefits, it’s easy to see why it’s such a great activity!
Related: Christmas Dot To Dot
Try out more of our easy crafts below:
Popsicle Stick Santa Craft – This cute Santa craft is perfect for young children to make over the holiday season. You only need popsicle sticks and basic craft supplies to create this jolly fellow!
We’ve even included a free printable template and step-by-step photos to make it easy for you and your little ones. Merry Christmas!
Grinch Gingerbread Man Craft – Watch out! Mr. Gringerbread Man has disguised himself as the grumpiest of all holiday characters – the Grinch! This is a great craft for kids of all ages and is the perfect way to bring a little mischief to the Christmas season.
Reindeer Photo Craft – This easy Christmas craft doubles as a keepsake and a fun activity for kids. Using just a few simple supplies, you can turn your child’s photo into an adorable reindeer! Little kids will love making this craft and seeing themselves as one of Santa’s reindeer.
Free Printable Elf Craft – Here’s another Christmassy photo craft! This one is perfect for both older and younger kids. They’ll have so much fun celebrating the most wonderful time of the year by creating their elf self-portrait. Plus, with the free printable template, it couldn’t be easier to make!
Christmas Activities For Kindergarten
These Christmas pattern block mats are a fun way to get your kids into the holiday spirit. They’re also great for helping them develop their fine motor skills and shape recognition while having some hands-on activity time!
Fun Christmas Matching Worksheets
This Roll A Santa game is perfect for kids. It helps them learn to take turns, work on their fine motor skills, and more! The best part about the game is that it’s free so you don’t have to spend any money on supplies. After printing out the PDF file all you need are some dice and mini pom poms.
These simple Christmas do a dot printables are a great way to get your kids in the festive season spirit. They’ll love learning to recognize letters, patterns, and more while they color these cute images of Santa’s reindeer, elves, and other festive characters!
These Christmas cookie shape mats are fun for kids to practice shape recognition. They can use playdough, pom poms, cotton balls, or other small manipulatives to fill in the shapes on each cookie. They can also use them as a tracing activity!
However you use them, these shape mats are a great way to keep little ones learning and entertained.
Christmas Tree Tissue Paper Craft
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Peek A Book Santa Paper Plate Craft For Kids
Materials
- Paper plate
- Popsicle stick
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Glue stick
- Tape
- Snowflake stickers
- Santa template
Instructions
- Download the Santa template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by painting the paper plate in a dark blue to look like the night sky. Let the paper plate dry completely before moving on. Alternatively, you can use a blue party plate.
- Adults only: Take a sharp pair of scissors and cut a horizontal slit in the middle of the paper plate, that is slightly smaller than the width of the chimney.
- Next, glue the roof to the bottom of the paper plate.
- Place the chimney on top of the roof, and align the slit to be in the middle of the chimney. Glue the chimney base and outer edges of the top only. You need the middle to be separate from the paper plate so Santa can go up and down.
- Now, attach the snowflake stickers around the paper plate.
- Finish off by taping a popsicle stick to the back of the Santa head or pants. Slide the popsicle stick inside the slit (from the top of the chimney) and move it up and down.
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