Santa Claus and his magical reindeer are gearing up for their annual journey around the world! It’s a big job to deliver all those gifts, and the reindeer are an essential part of the team that gets it done!

Bring a little magic home with this cute reindeer paper cup craft! Kids can create their own magical reindeer and imagine stories of traveling the world on Christmas Eve or the adventures they get up to living at the North Pole with Santa.

There are even more reindeer activities for you to explore to make this holiday season extra magical.

Make A Reindeer Craft

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You’ll need a paper cup, a few supplies, and our helpful template to be on your way to making Rudolph or Prancer with the kiddos! Kids will boost their creativity and fine motor skills by creating their own reindeer.

Supplies

• Paper cups
• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Reindeer template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to get the template)

Directions

Download the template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.

Glue the head stripe to the middle of the reindeer’s head.

Next, glue the nose to the bottom of the reindeer stripe.

Take the eyes and glue them below both of the eyebrows.

Place the antlers at the top of the reindeer’s head and glue it to the back.

Position the cup with the rim facing down, then glue the belly to the bottom of the cup.

Wrap the collage around the top of the belly piece and glue it down.

Next, glue the completed reindeer head to the top of the paper cup. We used a glue dot here instead of regular glue because it’s faster and easier.

Finish by gluing the bell to the middle of the reindeer’s collar.

Be sure to check out the many Christmas crafts we have available for your kids to make during this special time of year.

More Christmas Ideas For Kids

Kids’ Christmas Ideas

Make a plan this Christmas of different activities you can do together over the holiday season to make some memories and get kids excited to learn.

We have lots of great Christmas themed books, crafts, and activity suggestions to get you started. Keep reading below and save some (or all!) of the Christmas ideas your kids will love and make this holiday season memorable.

Christmas Children’s Books

Reading is more than just an activity for children – it’s a crucial developmental skill that’s important to their growth and progress. That’s why spending time reading with your kids, whether as a bedtime routine or a casual weekend activity, is so important.

Reading with your kids can improve their communication skills and confidence, giving them the tools they need to succeed in life!

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!

Simple Christmas Crafts

Nutcracker Toilet Paper Roll Craft – This little soldier will be a hit with the kids! They’ll love crafting a beloved character from the Nutcracker, and it makes for a fantastic Christmas decoration. Kids will recycle a common household item into a magical masterpiece with a few supplies and a little creativity! 

Christmas Tree Tissue Paper Craft – Kids will love decorating their own Christmas tree and flexing those fine motor skills as they scrunch and glue each piece of tissue paper in place. Once they’re done creating and decorating their tree, they’ll be proud to display their new holiday decoration!

Grinch Card Craft – For a fun and festive way to spread some holiday cheer, have your kids create this cute character card for someone special! It’s the perfect card or gift tag for any Grinch lover, and it’s even more special to the recipient since it’s handmade! 

Photo Santa Paper Craft – Santa sure does look familiar in this craft! He comes to life with your little one’s face and our free Santa craft template.

This papercraft is so easy and fun, and your kids will laugh, ho, ho, ho, when they see the end result! Grab the paper, scissors, glue, and a photo of your cutie to get started!

Fun Christmas Activities

Are you looking for a way to keep your kids occupied while you get a few things done like wrapping gifts or preparing for guests? These Christmas dot to dots are just the thing!

These pages will reveal a reindeer, Santa, and a snowman when kids connect the dots. As they go dot to dot, they’ll practice counting from 1-24 and use their fine motor control to carefully connect dots to complete the festive illustrations.

These adorable gingerbread man color by numbers will be a big hit with the kids. These pages not only make beautiful holiday art, but they also get to do one of their favorite activities – coloring!

These pages have a little extra learning bonus built-in since kids match the colors with the numbers to color in each section. This is a great way for them to practice number and color recognition while having fun!

Finding fun activities to do during the holidays doesn’t have to cost a thing. A fun way to spend the day is to put on some Christmas music, have a cup of hot cocoa, and sit around the table coloring these Christmas coloring pages.

There are four pages including a Christmas mouse, Santa Claus, a polar bear, and a penguin. Each page has a space at the bottom where they can practice handwriting by tracing the dashed lines as well.

Add some festivity to learning early literacy skills with these Christmas stockings beginning sounds printables. The kids will pretend to hang the stockings up on the fireplace that has an image to match the beginning sound found on the stocking.

There are several ways to use these printables to help kids with phonemic awareness and phonics-based on their needs.

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