Santa’s Magic Key Popsicle Stick Craft

Step 1: Gather your supplies

Lay out all of your materials so everything is within reach before you start building.

Step 2: Build the key base and teeth

To create the base of each key, line up two jumbo craft sticks side by side on your work surface. Cut additional craft sticks to length and attach them across the back with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Using scissors, cut five regular craft sticks in half. Glue three halves to the end of each key as the teeth.

Step 3: Paint the keys and teeth

Using red, bright green, and medium green acrylic craft paint, basecoat the keys and the teeth in assorted colors. Let dry, and apply a second coat if necessary.

If the first coat looks streaky, don’t panic. Wood can be thirsty and sometimes needs that second coat.

Step 4: Paint the wooden snowflakes

Basecoat three wooden snowflakes with white acrylic craft paint. Let dry, and apply a second coat if necessary.

Step 5: Print and cut out the patterns

Download and print the magic key patterns onto white cardstock.

Carefully cut out the SANTA’S MAGIC KEY words from the pattern sheet using scissors.

Step 6: Trace the circle pattern onto colored cardstock

Cut out the circle pattern, then trace it once onto red cardstock, once onto bright green cardstock, and once onto medium green cardstock with a pencil.

Step 7: Cut out the cardstock circles

Cut out the traced circles with scissors, making sure to cut inside the traced lines for a clean, finished project.

Step 8: Assemble the keys

Attach the three snowflakes to the three circles of cardstock with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Glue the SANTA’S MAGIC KEY words onto the base of each key.

Adhere the snowflake circles to the base of the key, mixing up the colors.

Step 9: Add the rhinestones

Attach self-adhesive rhinestones to the center and six arms of each snowflake.

Step 10: Add glitter glue details and let dry

Draw lines of glitter glue on each snowflake ornament, then set aside to dry completely.