Getting ready for Christmas is half the fun, and this jolly Santa calendar is a lovely way for kids to count down the days. It’s a simple craft using our printable template, so little hands can colour, cut and stick together their own Santa, then snip off a day at a time as Christmas gets closer.
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Kids will enjoy helping to make this jolly Santa. You can then cut off each day as the countdown to Christmas progresses.
You will need
- Our template for the Santa Calendar
- Craft paper or cardboard
- Red and black felt tip pens
- Glue
What to do
1. Print and cut out Santa’s body, hat, hat fur, pompom, face and neck pieces. (You can draw your own hat and face too if you want to be very creative!)
2. Colour in the hat red (leave the fur and pompom white).
3. Using glue, stick the body to the neck piece.
4. Stick Santa’s face onto the neck.
5. Stick on the hat with hat fur and pompom on top.
6. You can make a hole in the top of the hat and tie a piece of string if you want to hang it, or use Blu Tack to stick it to the wall.
7. Every day, cut off the bottom day as you continue the countdown to Christmas!
Here’s our final Santa that we made:
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