Reindeer Summer Craft for Kids [Free PDF Template]
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Mix sunny summer days with holiday magic with this reindeer summer craft that brings the best of both seasons together in one creative activity. Kids in kindergarten through 2nd grade will love making a paper scene featuring a reindeer relaxing at the beach enjoying a tasty ice cream cone. This hands-on project takes about 30 to 40 minutes to complete and gives children a chance to practice important skills by creating a colorful beach reindeer craft they’ll be excited to display.
Keep the fun going with even more Christmas in July crafts for kids! Creative projects that combine sunny scenes, holiday characters, and hands-on learning will keep little ones entertained all during July.
Christmas In July Reindeer Craft
Children will create a paper scene featuring a reindeer dressed in a swimsuit, relaxing by the shore and enjoying an ice cream cone. A palm tree and beach background set the scene and give kids an opportunity to color and personalize their artwork.
Parents and teachers will appreciate how easily this reindeer beach scene fills a summer day to encourage creativity and hands-on learning. Cutting, coloring, gluing, and assembling the pieces will help strengthen fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, scissor practice, and concentration.
Our printable template makes creating this Christmas in July activity easy peasy! Just gather a few basic supplies such as colored paper, scissors, glue, and markers, then let kids build their own beach scene. Before long, they’ll complete a fun project that combines summer sunshine and Christmas magic in one.
Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Reindeer Summer Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by printing the template, then gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this summer reindeer to life!
Take the dark blue ocean piece and glue it across the center of the blue background paper. This will become the sparkling water behind your reindeer’s beach day adventure.
Grab the sand piece and glue it along the bottom of the page, overlapping the ocean slightly.
It’s time to decorate the sky. Glue the cloud pieces near the top of the page. Let your child decide where the clouds should go to make the scene their own.
Color the palm tree piece and glue it to one side of the beach. This fun addition helps transform the background into a relaxing tropical getaway.
Using a brown marker, add small dots across the sand to create texture. Kids love this simple step because it makes the beach look more realistic.
Let’s build the reindeer! Start by gluing the swim trunks onto the bottom of the reindeer body. Choose your favorite color and get your reindeer ready for a day at the beach.
Find the mouth piece and glue it onto the center of the reindeer’s face, just below the sunglasses.
Glue the nose just above the mouth piece. Whether you use a red Rudolph nose or a classic black nose, this little detail adds lots of personality.
Color the ice cream cone and glue it onto the front of the reindeer’s body, below the mouth piece. Ask your child what flavor they think their reindeer is enjoying on this sunny day.
Glue the arm pieces over the ice cream cone so it looks like the reindeer is holding its frozen treat. This is one of the cutest parts of the craft!
Grab the antler pieces and glue them behind the top of the reindeer’s head. Be sure they peek out above the ears for the classic reindeer look.
Once the reindeer is fully assembled, glue it onto the beach background. Position it in the sand so it looks like it’s relaxing by the ocean under the palm tree.
Kids will love turning simple craft pieces into a cool reindeer relaxing by the ocean with an ice cream cone in hand! Along the way, they’ll practice scissor skills, fine motor development, and creative expression.
If you’re planning a summer unit, Christmas in July celebration, or beach-themed activity day, be sure to browse the related crafts and activities below. They make it easy to build a complete theme packed with creativity, learning, and fun.
Summer Books for Children
How To Catch A Mermaid is the summer version of the classic “How To Catch” series! It’s perfect for mermaid fans and summer lovers alike!
Gorilla Loves Vanilla is all about, you guessed it – ice cream! This silly book will have kids laughing and asking for you to read it again and again.
Goodnight Pirate is a fun bedtime book to read to kids all summer long! They’ll love the illustrations, story, and rhyming words.
Festive Summer Christmas Crafts
Elf Surfing Craft – Catch a wave of fun with this elf surfing! Kids will love making Santa’s little helper hang ten on a surfboard. This festive project brings sunny beach days and Christmas characters together, so it’s a fun addition to any Christmas in July celebration.
Christmas In July Gingerbread Craft – Kids will create a sandy scene featuring a gingerbread man in swim trunks and a Santa hat, ready to build a sandcastle by the shore. They’ll strengthen their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity by getting hands-on making this cute paper art.
Summer Santa Craft – Trade snowy rooftops for sandy shores and make a Santa who’s enjoying a tropical holiday! Kids will love creating Santa in his swim trunks, catching waves and relaxing in the sunshine instead of delivering presents. This fun Christmas in July project lets children imagine a whole new side of Santa while adding festive fun to summer days.
Beach Snowman Craft – Frosty is visiting the beach this summer! Kids can build a cool snowman who’s traded the cold for warm sand and sunny skies. They’ll assemble a beach scene featuring a snowman and a colorful beach ball.
Christmas in July Learning Activities
Elves from the North Pole will make learning fun with these elf tracing worksheets. Kids will follow wavy paths to cute elves, practice writing the letter Ee, and trace and color a drumming elf.
These activities support early writing development by strengthening pencil control, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, and focus. Little ones gain confidence as they trace their way through each festive challenge and build essential prewriting skills in an engaging way.
Fresh from the holiday “bakery,” these gingerbread activity sheets serve up sweet learning fun for kids. Your little bakers will solve festive gingerbread themed challenges like navigating a maze, matching, and graphing.
These activities help strengthen fine motor skills, early math skills, and problem solving. Children will build confidence as they work through each tasty looking page.
These reindeer cutting practice worksheets help kids guide their scissors through fun and festive pages. Children can practice carefully cutting by following along the lines and boxes.
These activities build fine motor strength, hand-eye coordination, and confidence with scissors. Parents or teachers will want to use them during holiday units or morning work when students need focused practice.
These Christmas do a dot printables will have kids fill in festive pictures, numbers, and letters one dot at a time to strengthen important early learning skills.
Teachers and parents can use these during morning work, literacy centers, holiday parties, or quiet time activities to support focus, fine motor development, and color recognition in a fun and hands-on way. All you have to do is print them out and grab the dot markers!
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Free Reindeer Summer Template
Summer Reindeer Craft
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Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers
- Reindeer Summer Template
Instructions
- Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
- Begin by gluing the ocean piece across the middle of the background paper.
- Glue the sand piece along the bottom of the page, slightly overlapping the ocean.
- Look for the cloud pieces and glue them on the top portion of the sky.
- Color in the palm tree, then glue it onto one side of the beach scene.
- Use a marker to add small dot details to the sand.
- Grab the swim trunks and glue it onto the bottom of the reindeer’s body.
- Glue the mouth piece onto the reindeer’s face.
- Glue the nose above the mouth piece.
- Color in the ice cream cone and glue it onto the reindeer’s body, below the mouth piece.
- Glue the arm pieces over the ice cream cone so it looks like the reindeer is holding it.
- Glue the antlers behind the top of the reindeer’s head.
- Finally, glue the completed reindeer onto the beach background.
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Sam is the crafter and founder of Simple Everyday Mom. She has been featured in Oprah Mag, Good Housekeeping, The Spruce Crafts, Country Living, The Bump, and more.
