DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Santa Claus Face Paper Craft

Thanks to Richard for the advent calendar idea -- here's his suggestion:  Last year I found picture of Santa's face, the size of an 81/2 by 11 piece of paper.  When we printed it, it had 25 circles on the beard. Each day the grands took great delight in gluing a cotton ball in each circle. On christmas day, the last one completed Santa's beard. I would love to find one for this year.

Materials you will need are a printer, paper (I prefer white construction paper or another heavier paper), glue, cotton balls and something to color with
 

• Print out the template of choice (either with or without circles).
   
• Colour pieces, as necessary.
   
• If using this as an advent calendar, each day of December, have the child glue a piece of cotton ball onto one of the circles OR if using this as a one day craft, have the child fill the beard with cotton balls.
   
• When I do cotton ball crafts, I usually have the children tear each cotton ball into 3 or 4 pieces before they begin gluing.
     
• Close the template window after you've finished printing to return to this screen.
   
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

Template 1 (without circles)   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 2 (with circles)        (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable Version of these instructions