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A completed Craft showing a fork painted Santa with a textured white beard, red hat, and pink cheeks on blue paper, surrounded by scissors, glue stick, and colorful cardstock for an easy kids Christmas Santa fork painting craft.

Santa Fork Painting Craft

Prep Time: 8 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Drying Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 38 minutes
No paintbrush needed for this Santa fork painting craft where kids use a fork to create a fun textured beard they will love to display.
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Author: Sam
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[adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id="5xlClhMq" upload-date="2025-12-16T23:03:04+00:00" name="Fork Painted Santa Craft For Kids" description="No paintbrush? No problem! Just use a fork for this Santa fork painting craft! Kids will use this kitchen utensil to create Santa's fluffy beard. They'll make a festive piece of fork art that creates texture, and they'll be proud to display it this holiday season. Kids will enjoy painting Santa with this hands-on holiday art project." player-type="default" override-embed="default"]

Materials

  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Paper Plate
  • Paint
  • Fork
  • Santa template

Instructions

  • Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
  • Begin by squeezing paint onto a paper plate or paint well.
  • Next, dip the edge of a plastic fork into the paint and stamp it repeatedly onto the beard template to create texture. Repeat until the entire beard is filled.
  • Once the paint is dry, glue the face piece just above the painted beard.
  • Now, glue the eyebrows above the eyes.
  • Glue the hat fluff along the bottom edge of the hat piece.
  • Complete the Santa hat by gluing the hat pom to the pointy side of the hat.
  • Glue the finished hat to the top of Santa’s head.
  • After that, glue the mustache where the face meets the beard.
  • Take the nose and glue it in the center of the face, slightly overlapping the mustache.
  • Finally, glue the cheeks on both sides of the nose.