Stuffed Paper Bag Reindeer Craft for Kids [Free PDF Template]
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Make this holiday season lots of fun for your kids with fun projects like this one. This stuffed paper bag reindeer craft will have them fill a brown paper bag and turn it into a cute reindeer with the help of our free template. They can make one or a whole team ready to carry Santa’s sleigh!
Your little ones will be excited to show off their reindeer as a storytelling prop or just festive decor. Even more fun awaits with Santa’s trusty helpers when you check out these reindeer activities that will keep kids engaged throughout the season!
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Reindeer Printable Craft
Kids will have a blast creating Comet, Cupid, or even Rudolph with this easy Christmas classroom activity. Our brown bag reindeer will encourage kids to use their imaginations during imaginative play or storytelling once they complete their festive reindeer craft.
Parents and teachers alike will appreciate the skill development that happens right along with the fun, too. Stuffing the bag enhances kids’ hand-eye coordination and sensory awareness as they experience the textures of the bag and its filler.
Download and print the reindeer template, then grab a paper bag and some supplies like colored paper, scissors, and glue. Keep reading for step by step directions, and let’s get stuffin’!
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Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Paper Bag
- Tape
- Reindeer 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 reindeer to life!
Glue the lower face piece onto the head so your reindeer starts to take shape.
Look for the eyes and glue them below the eyebrows to bring the reindeer’s face to life. This is the moment kids usually get excited because it starts looking real!
Next, glue the inner ears onto the outer ears to give your reindeer that soft, cozy look.
Let’s give our reindeer its sweet little nose! Find the oval nose piece and glue it right in the center between the eyes and mouth.
Next up, the antlers! Grab both antlers and glue them behind the top of the head.
Now let’s work on the reindeer body. Take your brown paper bag, bottom flap facing to the back. Glue the two leg hooves onto the bottom front of the bag. This becomes the adorable little feet of your reindeer!
Find the oval belly traced on beige paper and help your child glue it right above the hooves.
Grab the arms and the smaller arm hooves. Glue each hoof onto the bottom of the arms. These will soon become the reindeer’s little arms.
Let’s glue the legs onto the front of the bag, placing them so they angle inward a bit toward the belly.
Here’s the fun hands-on part! Have your child crumple up some scrap paper and stuff it inside the paper bag. This step is great for sensory and motor skills. Fill it just enough to make the bag nice and plump.
Once your bag is filled, help your child fold or scrunch the bottom together and tape it closed.
Finally, let’s finish your adorable creation! Glue the reindeer’s head to the very top of the stuffed paper bag so it sits right above the body. Press firmly so it sticks well.
Isn’t this stuffed paper bag reindeer the cutest? If your little ones had fun making this reindeer, be sure to check out more of our favorite Christmas crafts to keep the holiday magic going!
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!
Cute Christmas Crafts
Santa Chimney Craft – Kids will love the fun that comes with making this Santa that’s popping right out of the chimney! This cheerful project brings the magic of how he delivers gifts to life. Download our free template, grab a few simple supplies, and have kids get creative!
Fork Painted Reindeer Craft – Who needs a paintbrush when you have a fork?! Kids can make the textured fur of a reindeer by painting with this everyday utensil. Grab some paint, a fork, and some paper to use along with our free template to make this cute reindeer!
Dinosaur Gingerbread Man Disguise – Help the gingerbread man stay off the dessert plate by transforming him into a roaring dinosaur. Making this cute disguise will have kids using their creativity and big imaginations. Use our free template so kids can help their gingerbread man go Jurassic!
The Littlest Reindeer Craft – After reading The Littlest Reindeer, kids will love to bring Dot to life. This tiny reindeer is the star of the book and has a big heart and even bigger dreams. You’ll just need a handful of supplies to complete this fun and cute book companion activity.
Free Printable Christmas Activities For Kids
Kids will love how fun solving each of these reindeer activity sheets is, and you’ll love how they keep your little ones busy building important skills. These festive pages make learning engaging and give kids an opportunity to practice critical thinking, problem solving, and early math skills.
Activities like matching shadows, matching objects, navigating a maze, and counting and graphing will keep your kids curious, focused, and excited to learn. Set out this printable pack for the festive learning to get going!
Each page in this set of Christmas cutting worksheets will bring a little extra holiday cheer while kids learn to use their scissors. There’s a new challenge with every activity that keeps little hands moving.
They’ll help them build coordination and confidence when they match numbers, pair festive characters, and follow a variety of cutting paths. These printables will make scissor practice feel more like play, so hit print and go!
For a merry time, have kids connect the dots to reveal Santa and his friends. These Santa connect the dots uncover a cheerful Santa, Santa with a snowman buddy, and Santa with a sack full of gifts.
They’ll keep little hands working to build fine motor control, hand-eye coordination, and work on their number sequencing skills. Once the illustrations are completed, be sure to grab the crayons or markers so they can add their own artistic touch to each page.
Learning is sweet with this Christmas cookie letter order activity! Your little ones will spot the missing letter, then practice writing it in with a dry erase marker to complete the sequence.
This festive activity will strengthen their letter recognition, reinforce writing skills, and make learning early literacy practice exciting and hands-on for your preschoolers to kindergarteners.
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Stuffed Paper Bag Reindeer Craft
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Paper Bag
- Tape
- Reindeer Template
Instructions
- Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by gluing the lower face piece onto the head.
- Next, glue the eyes below both eyebrows.
- Glue the inner ears onto each outer ear.
- Now, glue the nose in the center of the face, between the eyes and mouth.
- Take the antlers and glue them to the top and back of the head.
- Position the brown paper bag so the top is up, and the flap part is on the back side. Glue the leg hooves to the bottom, front corners of the paper bag.
- Next, glue the belly piece above the hooves, in the middle of the bag.
- Now, glue the arm hooves onto the ends of the arms.
- Glue the completed arms to the front of the bag, angled slightly inward so that they appear to be resting on the belly.
- Stuff the bag with crumpled paper until it is about 3/4 full.
- Fold or scrunch the top of the bag and tape it closed.
- Finish by gluing the reindeer head to the top of the stuffed paper bag.
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