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Nutcracker Card Craft For Kids

Prep Time: 12 minutes
Active Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 32 minutes
They’ll love creating this nutcracker card craft out of basic craft supplies!
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Author: Sam
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Materials

  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Nutcracker template

Instructions

  • Download the Nutcracker template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
  • Begin by taking the hat band and glue it to the middle of the hat
  • Glue the top hat decoration to the top and back of the hat.
  • Fold the nutcracker card base in half along the dashed line and cut it out, leaving the flat, top part uncut.
  • Place the completed hat on the top of the card base and glue it to the front.
  • Next, take the eyebrows and glue them, one on each side of the face, just below the hat.
  • Now, glue the nose in the middle of the face.
  • Take the eyes and glue them on, one under each eyebrow.
  • Next, glue the teeth to the bottom of the nutcracker's face.
  • Finish up the face by gluing the mustache to the top of the teeth.
  • Place the hair behind the back of the card and glue it in place.
  • Open up the card and write a special message inside!