Cute Christmas Puppets (With Free Printable Template)
Today we are making these adorable Christmas puppets! Not only are they a fun Christmas craft, but they’re perfect for coming up with your own Christmas stories to tell with the characters.
I’m sure that the kids are all hyped up right about now thinking about Santa being on his way!
Packing up his sleigh, getting ready to deliver toys to all the boys and girls around the world. What an exciting time!
Since we love crafting in our house, we’re busy crafting all the holiday things that we can this time of year.
Some of our favorite Christmas crafts right now include these Christmas caroler puppets, which are similar to these. We’re also having fun with these printable Christmas crafts.
So gather up the simple supplies to get started! Let’s go!
Materials
Colored craft papers: We used red, white, yellow, and black for Santa and Mrs. Clause. Greens, reds and pink, orange and yellow for the elf.
Pencil: To trace the template
Christmas puppet template: You can find it at the bottom of the tutorial.
You’ll also need these simple supplies:
- Craft glue
- Sharpie or gel pen
- Popsicle sticks
Instructions
First by gathering up your craft paper in your necessary colors.
Our printable includes a Santa template, a Mrs. Claus template, and an elf template. (You can make the elf with long or short hair.
Start by tracing out the template pieces on the paper and then cut them out. We’ll be showing you how to do the Santa puppet below.
For each figure it’s the same process, basically just putting together all the pieces.
First put the hat border and the pom poms on the base of the hat.
Cut two slits on the buckle and insert the belt through the slits. This makes a belt with a cute buckle accent.
Put the belt in the middle of the body piece.
Add the boots to the bottom of Santa’s body.
Then add the beard, mustache, and eyebrows onto Santa’s head.
Use a black marker or pen and draw on his eyes, mouth, and nose.
Glue the hat on top of the head.
Then attach the assembled head to his body.
Add the hands on both sides of the body.
Create the Mrs. Clause puppet by tracing, cutting, and pasting the pattern pieces in a similar way.
We drew her face, glasses and added a belt to her dress.
Craft the elf puppet and attach all the papercraft figures to popsicle sticks.
See how fun they are to make? You can make them all!
Grab the Christmas Puppet Template
To make your own Santa puppet craft, grab our free printable template.
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Christmas Puppets
Look how cute these Christmas puppets are! Perfect for holiday fun!
Materials
- Colored craft papers - Choose red, white, yellow, and black.
- Pencil – to trace the template
- Craft glue
- Sharpie or gel pen
- Popsicle sticks
Instructions
Gather up the colored craft paper to get started. The template includes the ability to make Santa, Mrs. Clause, and the elf.
Trace the templates on the paper and then cut them out. We'll be showing you how to do the Santa puppet below.
Put the hat border and the pom poms on the base of the hat.
Cut two slits on the buckle and insert the belt through the slits. This makes a belt pattern.
Put the belt in the middle of the body.
Add the boot cutouts on the bottom of the body.
Attach the beard, mustache, and eyebrows onto the cutout of the head.
Use a sharpie marker and draw on the eyes, mouth, and nose of Santa.
Put the hat on top of the head.
Put the head on top of the body.
Add the hands on both sides of the body.
Create the Mrs. Clause puppet by tracing, cutting, and pasting the patterns. Do the same for the elf puppet.
