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Ho Ho Ho! With paper plates, paint, lots of glue and cotton balls kids will love making our fun cotton ball Santa craft. We've found that it can be hard to find a good Santa Claus craft that younger children can do which is what inspired this craft. It has a bunch of fun textures with and makes a great exercise in following directions. Your children will love the end result and it makes a great homemade Christmas decoration.
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STEP 1
Turn the paper plate upside down and paint it in the flesh tone of your choice. Set the plate aside to dry.
STEP 2
Cut a hat shape out of red craft foam and glue a cotton ball to the tip of the hat and then glue a line of cotton balls along the bottom of the hat.
STEP 3
Once the paper plate is dry, glue the bottom of the hat to the top of the paper plate.
STEP 4
Glue a "beard" of cotton balls along the outside edge of the paper plate.
STEP 5
Glue two googly eyes onto the plate near the hat.
STEP 6
Glue a pink pom pom under the eyes as a nose.
STEP 7
Cut a cotton ball in half and glue above the eyes as eyebrows.
STEP 8
Cut a cotton ball in half and pull it slightly to form a mustache. Glue under the nose.
STEP 9
Use the red marker to draw a smile under the mustache.
