How to Make Santa Claus Out of Paper?

This simple Christmas craft will be made not only from colored paper. In addition, you will use a paper openwork napkin. Such a simple craft can be made even by a preschooler and it will take little time.

Santa Claus out of paper

My simple instructions, how to make Santa Claus out of paper in a few steps.

Total Time: 15 minutes

Step 1: Get the materials

Materials

Prepare the materials and tools you will need to make a paper Santa.

Step 2: Fold the rectangle in half

Fold the rectangle in half

First, take a piece of red paper and fold it in half lengthwise. The fold should be on the left side.

Step 3: Cut from the bottom right corner to the top left corner

Cut from the bottom right corner to the top left corner

Use scissors to cut diagonally across this rectangle to make a triangle. Start cutting from the bottom right corner to the top left corner so as not to touch the fold.

Step 4: Unfold the triangle

Unfold the triangle

After unfolding, you should end up with an elongated triangle. Glue it on a piece of light blue paper.

Step 5: Add a small pom-pom on top

Add a small pom-pom on top

Cut a circle out of white paper and glue it to the top corner of the triangle.

Step 6: Take the openwork paper

Take the openwork paper

Use a white paper openwork napkin to create Santa’s head. If you don’t have one, you can cut a circle out of white paper and use that.

Step 7: Create Santa’s face

Create Santa's face

To make Santa’s face, glue a small circle of the desired size cut from light pink paper on top of the openwork paper.

Step 8: Glue the mustache on the face

Glue the mustache on the face

You need to make Santa’s mustache. First, fold a strip of white paper in half and then cut out a mustache. Glue the mustache on to Santa’s face.

Step 9: Add a red nose

Add a red nose

Cut a small circle out of red paper and glue it on the center of the mustache. Glue the ready-made decorative eyes onto the face.

Step 10: Decorate the background of the applique

Decorate the background of the applique

Here you can add snow by cutting small circles out of white paper. You will get a Santa Claus applique made of paper and openwork napkin.

Supply:

  • colored paper;
  • white paper openwork napkin;
  • decorative eyes.

Tools:

  • scissors;
  • a glue stick.