Santa Shape Craft for Kids [Free Printable Template]
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Kids will have a merry time learning when they put jolly old Saint Nick together with this Santa shape craft. Triangles will become Santa’s hat, rectangles will form his arms and legs, and squares will turn into his belt buckle! This preschool Christmas craft will make geometry festive and fun.
Your little ones will be excited to show off their holiday art project as a part of your classroom or home Christmas decor. These little Santas will look adorable hanging on bulletin boards or the refrigerator! Explore even more Christmas crafts for kids to keep the creativity jingling along all season.
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Santa Paper Craft
This shape learning activity helps preschool and kindergarten kids recognize and practice their shapes in the most festive way possible! They’ll transform basic shapes like circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles into Santa’s cheerful face and bright red suit.
Kids will work on focusing, hand-eye coordination, and following directions when they make their Santa out of different shapes. Plus, they’ll get to practice using scissors and gluing it all together. It’s a fun way to blend early learning and creativity together.
Get started by downloading our Santa template and checking out the step-by-step instructions below. This Santa activity will shape up to be lots of holiday fun!
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Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Santa Shape Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this santa to life!
Help your child look for the triangle hat piece and the long rectangle hat fluff. Glue the hat fluff along the bottom of the triangle.
Next, grab the circle hat pom. Place a little glue on the top point of the triangle and stick the pom right on top. Now Santa’s hat looks extra jolly!
Now it is time for Santa’s head! Find the oval face shape and the square beard piece. Glue the face onto the top portion of the beard piece.
Look for the round eye pieces and glue them right above the smile. As soon as the eyes go on, Santa takes on the sweetest wide-eyed expression!
Help your child make small snips along the beard piece to create a fun, fringed texture that brings Santa’s beard to life.
Bring the finished hat over and glue it right above Santa’s face. Look how cute our Santa is already becoming!
Use a pink marker to make a soft oval nose right in the center of the face. This simple little detail gives Santa such a warm, friendly look that kids love!
Let’s build Santa’s iconic suit! Glue the yellow square buckle to the center of the rectangular belt on the suit.
Now glue Santa’s head right above the suit.
Take the two long red rectangles and glue them to the bottom of the suit. Then glue the short black boot rectangles at the ends of the legs.
Find the white rectangle suit bottom fluff and glue it across the bottom of the suit. This fluffy trim gives Santa that cozy winter look.
After that, grab the two red arm rectangles and glue one on each side of the suit.
Now, glue the small skin colored hand rectangles to the ends of the arms.
Lastly, glue the tiny white arm fluff rectangles right above the hands. These little details make Santa’s sleeves look extra festive and polished.
Once everything is glued, Santa looks absolutely adorable, and kids love seeing how all the simple shapes come together to make their own cheerful Santa. If your little ones enjoyed this craft, be sure to check out more Santa craft for kids to keep the fun going.
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Christmas Books for 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!
Christmas Craft Ideas For Kids
Grinch Heart Craft – Turn your home or classroom into Whoville Central! Kids will create the grumpy green guy and his x-ray that shows his heart that’s 3 times too small! It’s a silly and sweet way to bring a favorite holiday character to life while also sneaking in some fine motor practice.
Torn Paper Santa Craft – It’s time to tear into some holiday fun! Kids will love ripping and gluing to create a jolly Santa Claus masterpiece. This torn paper Santa turns simple construction paper into a festive work of art that’s full of texture and Christmas cheer. Just print the template, gather some construction paper and glue, and create!
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Princess Gingerbread Disguise – Turn the gingerbread girl into royalty before anyone can take a bite! Kids will love designing a princess costume to disguise their sweet friend. Add a crown and a gown to have a gingerbread girl who’s ready for the royal ball instead of the cookie plate!
Reindeer Paper Cup Craft – Turn an ordinary paper cup into Rudolph or Comet with this adorable reindeer project! Kids will love seeing a simple cup turn into a festive friend complete with antlers, a bright red nose, and jingle bells. Just grab our free template and let the reindeer games begin!
Christmas Activities For Preschoolers
Get kids’ scissors snipping with these gingerbread man cutting worksheets! Kids will have a blast counting, matching, and cutting through this sweet holiday activity set.
These pages are filled with festive fun that strengthens fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and early learning. Your little ones will love helping their gingerbread friends by cutting along wavy, zig-zag, and straight paths. It’s a great way to work on skills and have fun!
Santa is coming to town with these Santa connect the dots! Each line they draw and dot they connect brings them closer to uncovering Santa with a sack of gifts, Santa with a snowman friend, or just jolly old Saint Nick himself.
This merry activity will keep kids busy to boost their skills in number sequencing, fine motor control, and focus. Once all the dots are connected, they can color in the pictures to create a little holiday art to display!
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Kids can prance into learning fun with these reindeer activity sheets! They’ll help each reindeer find its shadow, navigate a twisty maze, and match up reindeer twins.
Then they’ll count and graph the number of reindeer to build early math skills. These pages will get little learners engaged and busy strengthening focus and problem solving in an activity wrapped up in cheer. Grab these pages for a sleigh full of fun that even Rudolph would approve of!
This Christmas preschool activity pack has ten jolly activities that mix letter recognition, counting, shapes, and more. Kids can spot all the Cs, solve a twisty Christmas Tree Maze, or match gingerbread shapes while building early math and writing skills. These merry activities keep little learners engaged and full of holiday cheer as they practice essential preschool skills!
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Santa Shape Craft
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Santa Shape Template
Instructions
- Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Start by gluing the hat fluff along the bottom of the triangle hat, then glue the pom to the top point.
- Once the hat is ready, glue the face onto the top section of the beard piece, above the mouth.
- Add the eyes above the mouth and glue them in place.
- Optionally, use scissors to cut vertical strips along the bottom of Santa's beard.
- Glue the hat to the top of Santa's head.
- Use a marker to draw the nose below the eyes.
- Move on to the suit by gluing the buckle in the center of the belt.
- Next, glue Santa’s head onto the top of the suit.
- Glue the legs to the back and bottom of the suit.
- Now, glue the suit fluff onto the bottom of the suit.
- Take the suit arms and glue them to the back and middle of Santa's body.
- Place the hands on the back of each arm and glue them in place.
- Finish by gluing the arm fluff on both sides, where the suit and hands meet.
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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.
