DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Nutcracker Toilet Paper Roll Craft
This is an easy color, cut and paste paper craft that uses a toilet paper roll as a base to create a nutcracker Christmas craft. It's easy enough for kindergarten and preschoolers to make with some help from mom and for grade school children to make on their own. The nutcracker craft makes a lovely Christmas decoration sitting on a dresser or on the fireplace mantle.
Materials:
- a tp roll
- a printer
- a piece of paper
- some crayons, paint, markers or pencil crayons
- scissors, and
- glue.
Craft Instructions:
- Print out the craft template of choice.
- Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.
- Glue the rectangle onto the tp roll.
- Glue the belt over top.
- Glue on the head, legs and arms.
- We glued the legs on so it looks like he's sitting down.
- Attach a string, ribbon or wool as a hanger if you want to hang on the Christmas tree.
Printable Craft Templates:
- After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
- If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
• In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
• Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog
Templates (color) or (B&W)
Printable version of these instructions
