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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.