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The Cutest Reindeer Headband Craft For Christmas [Free Template]

Christmas time is rapidly approaching and we couldn’t be more excited!

There’s almost a tangible holiday spirit in the air and it’s magical. To celebrate, we always have some sort of idea stashed away.

Today we’re sharing how to make this DIY reindeer headband craft, complete with a free printable template. It’s a fun and easy Christmas activity for kids!This printable headband would look adorable for a class Christmas party, for the kids at Christmas dinner, or any time during the holiday season!

Read on below or watch our video tutorial to see how to make this headband with your kids or students. Also, be sure to check out all of our reindeer crafts for kids for even more ideas!

Printable Reindeer Hat Craft

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Supplies

Directions

Start by downloading the hat 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 idea to life!

First, guide your child to glue the inner ears to the reindeer’s head.

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Next, encourage your child to position the muzzle in between and slightly below the eyes and glue it in place.

hands gluing muzzle to reindeer face

Place the pink cheeks on either side of the muzzle and glue in place.

hands gluing cheeks to reindeer

Glue the red glitter nose in the middle of the muzzle and glue the antlers on top of the reindeer’s head, one on each side.

hands gluing antlers to reindeer head

Finally, help your child use glue to secure the headband extensions on either side of the completed head. Place the rectangles so the bottom lines up with the bottom of the head.

hands gluing headband straps to reindeer

Be sure to check out our headband crafts for kids while you’re here! Your kids will love creating more fun DIYs like this one!

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Christmas Unit For Kids

Keep going with the festivities by creating an entire Christmas unit study for kids around this DIY reindeer headband craft. Fun DIYs and activities are always a great way to keep kids entertained while learning! Keep reading to discover some of our favorite ideas.

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Christmas Children’s Book Ideas

Reading to your kids is also great for their development. It teaches vocabulary, critical thinking, listening skills, and more! Because of that, we always recommend starting a new unit with books.

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!

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Kids’ Christmas Crafts

Creating something is the perfect activity for kids because it helps with their fine motor skills, develops creativity, and it’s a form of stress relief. Add in some more easy Christmas activities with these popular ideas:

Santa Handprint Craft – This Santa is perfect for Christmas, and it makes a great keepsake. All you need is some construction paper and your child’s handprint. No paint is needed, which makes this activity easy for even the youngest of kids.

Gingerbread Man Paper Bag Puppet Craft – This gingerbread man is the perfect idea for kids to make this Christmas. It’s a fun and creative way to encourage imagination and play. Simply cut out the gingerbread man shape from the paper bag, and then let your child decorate him however they like.

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Grinch Gingerbread Man Craft – This disguise a gingerbread man is so cute and easy to make! It’s perfect for a gingerbread theme or to go along with a Christmas story like How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Nutcracker Paper Cup Craft – Do you have any leftover paper cups from your kid’s Christmas party? Don’t throw them away! Instead, turn them into a cute Nutcracker decoration. Your little ones will have a blast DIYing and playing with this fun Nutcracker character made from recycled materials!

Christmas Activities For Kids

These Christmas do a dot printables are perfect for younger children 3 years and up. The set comes with 25 pages of fun activities that will help your child learn their numbers, letter recognition skills, counting, and more!

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Get your kids into the holiday spirit with these fun Christmas pattern block mats. Kids will love learning about shapes and colors as they play on their quiet time activity mat. This is a great way to work on those fine motor skills too!

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Work on handwriting and fine motor skills with these cute free Christmas coloring pages. Kids can color in their favorite holiday characters while also practicing their writing with the traceable words included on each page! Just print and let your child’s imagination run wild!

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Try this Christmas memory game with your preschoolers over the festive season! With adorable holiday characters and matching pairs, this memory game will keep your kids entertained while improving cognitive and concentration skills! Laminate them for durability and reuse year after year.

Share With Us

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For a chance to have your child’s project featured, simply snap a picture of the completed project and post it to our Facebook page, email it to us directly by clicking here, or use #simpleeverydaymom on your social media!

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Reindeer Headband Craft For Kids

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

Learn how to make this cute and festive reindeer headband craft this Christmas!

Materials

  • Kraft paper or brown card stock
  • Colored card stock (in pink, red, dark brown and cream)
  • Red glitter card stock (optional)
  • Glue stick
  • Reindeer template (download form at the end of the post)

Tools

  • Scissors

Instructions

    1. Download the reindeer hat template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
    2. Glue the inner ears to the reindeer’s head.
    3. Position the muzzle in between and slightly below the eyes and glue it in place.
    4. Place the pink cheeks on either side of the muzzle and glue in place.
    5. Glue the red glitter nose in the middle of the muzzle and glue the antlers on top of the reindeer’s head, one on each side.
    6. Use glue to secure the headband extensions on either side of the completed reindeer head. Place the rectangles so the bottom lines up with the bottom of the reindeer head.

Did you make this craft?

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Free Reindeer Headband Template

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Jasmine Stewart

Tuesday 19th of December 2023

How do I get the template? I did this last year for my kids and everyone the kids and other teachers loved them.

Sam

Wednesday 20th of December 2023

Yay, so happy to hear that! Since you’re a subscriber, you just need to click the “Click Here To Get Your Freebie” image at the end of the post and then enter your email in the form. After that, it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈

Evie

Tuesday 19th of December 2023

It is lovely.

Sam

Tuesday 19th of December 2023

Thanks ◡̈

Elizabeth

Tuesday 19th of December 2023

Super cute

Sam

Tuesday 19th of December 2023

Thanks so much, Elizabeth!

mandy

Monday 18th of December 2023

super cute!

Sam

Monday 18th of December 2023

Thanks so much, Mandy!

Silvia

Monday 18th of December 2023

Hi!

By far this is the most adorable Reindeer Headband Craft I've found.

merry Christmas

Sam

Monday 18th of December 2023

Oh, thank you! I appreciate you saying that!

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