Santa Paper Plate Craft

Step 1: Gather Your Supplies

Gather your supplies including a paper plate, paint, construction paper, googly eyes, cotton balls, scissors, glue, and markers.

Step 2: Cut the Plate in Half

Cut the paper plate in half to form the base of Santa’s face and beard.

Step 3: Paint the Face

Paint a peach circle in the center top area of the plate for Santa’s face and let it dry.

Step 4: Draw the Hat and Details

On construction paper, draw a large red triangle for Santa’s hat, a yellow belt buckle, a black belt strip, and a white mustache.

Step 5: Cut Out the Pieces

Cut out all of the pieces.

Step 6: Add the Eyes and Mustache

Glue googly eyes onto the peach circle and then glue the white mustache under the eyes.

Step 7: Make the Belt and Attach the Hat

Glue the black strip across the red triangle and place the yellow buckle in the center to complete Santa’s belt.

Attach the red triangle to the top of the paper plate to form Santa’s hat.

Step 8: Add the Cotton Ball Trim

Glue cotton balls along the bottom of the red triangle to create the hat trim.

Step 9: Add the Pom Pom and Glitter Beard

Add a cotton ball pom-pom to the tip of the hat.

Decorate Santa’s beard with swirls of glitter glue to give it a festive sparkle.