Paper Plate Santa and Mrs. Claus

Materials Needed to Make Paper Plate Santa and Mrs. Claus

Listed here are the materials you need to make BOTH crafts. Find all of these materials at the craft store or your local supercenter. I love shopping for craft supplies at Walmart; they have really upped their craft supplies in the recent years. The Dollar Store may also have these materials on hand.

• Regular-Sized Paper Plates
• white, red, and green cardstock
• red pom poms
• light pink medium size buttons
• red ribbon
• Flesh-colored paint – I used Antique White in Apple Barrel Brand but you can match your families skin tone!
• Black Pipe Cleaners
• cotton balls
• FREE Santa & Mrs. Claus TEMPLATE

If you don’t want to make Santa, leave out the cotton balls and red card stock. If you don’t want to make Mrs. Claus, leave out the ribbon, pink buttons, white card stock, and pipe cleaners. Most of these materials come together, so you will have items needed for both crafts. This cute Santa and Mrs. Claus are super simple to make each year. Be sure to put names on the back, so you know who they belong to and which year they were made. It’s an easy peasy keepsake for kids.

How to Make Paper Plate Mrs. Claus

Here are the step-by-step instructions to make Mrs. Claus using the above mentioned materials.

1. Paint your paper plate with skin-colored paint and let it dry.
2. Cut out your hair template and accessories.
3. Glue them to the head and bottom of the plate for part of her “dress.”
4. To make glasses, put 1 black pipe cleaner in half and form each piece into a circle. Glue them to the paper plate with a small space between them. Glue a small black piece in between to go over the nose and some to the sides to connect to her ears.
5. Add a red pom pom to either side of her head as earrings directly below the glasses.
6. Glue on googly eyes in the glasses and add small eyelashes.
7. Add a red nose, pink button cheeks, and a smile.
8. Then, add holly leaves and ribbon near the bun of her hair.

Use this craft to work on those fine motor skills and to work with older kids on following directions. The end result is an adorable and fun way to display Christmas decor for December.

How to Make Paper Plate Santa Craft

Here are the step-by-step instructions to make Santa using the above mentioned materials. Ho Ho Ho!

1. Paint your paper plate with skin-colored paint and let it dry.
2. Add a large red hat with a cotton ball brim around the edge. Glue a cotton ball to the top as well. Use a piece of red construction paper to create the hat. Just cut a simple triangle from the paper.
3. Glue holly berry leaves and red pom poms beneath to look like holly berries.
4. Add googly eyes and a red nose.
5. Draw on a smirk and then glue on pom poms around the bottom half of his face. These will be Santa’s beard.

Note: I lightly pulled on the cotton balls to make them bigger, so I didn’t have to use as many but feel free to use as many as you want. I cut out the holly leaves, folded them in half, and then opened them up to make a crease and give them more dimension.

Add these simple crafts to your December calendar, or complete them on Christmas Eve for extra fun before the big man comes. 😉