Construction Paper Santa Hat with Printable Template
Whether you’re looking for a cute activity for preschool or a fun kindergarten craft to make at home, you can’t go wrong with a construction paper project! With the help of a printable template, your kids can create their very own construction paper Santa hat. All you need is the PDF, red paper, and some cotton balls to put together this quick and easy Christmas craft right now.
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This adorable Santa hat craft is the perfect way to add a little bit of fun to your holiday celebration. And since you only need two craft supplies to make it, it’s perfect for kids of any age!
No matter how old your kids — toddlers or kindergarteners — they’ll have a blast making this simple craft! And the best part is that you can put it together with just two simple supplies.
Construction Paper Santa Hat
My favorite part about this craft is that you’ll need just two simple supplies and my free printable template to make your own paper Santa hat. How easy is that?
To make your construction paper Santa hat craft, you’ll just need these simple craft supplies:
- Red paper: We used red construction paper to make our Santa hats, but you could also use red cardstock if that’s what you have on hand. Any type of red paper will work to make your own DIY hats.
- Cotton balls: Add some texture to your hats with the help of some cotton balls. In addition to cotton balls, you can also use white pom poms to decorate the top and bottom of your Santa hat.
- Santa hat template: To make this craft super easy, keep scrolling to learn how to grab my printable Santa hat template for making your own construction paper craft at home.
In addition to these simple craft supplies, you’ll also need some glue. You can use plain white school glue or glue sticks to glue the pieces of your Santa hat onto the printable template.
Printable Santa Hat Template
Before you can start making this fun Christmas craft with your kids, you’ll need to print out the template.
To make your own DIY Santa hat craft, you’ll need to print out my free printable template. To get your own, simply subscribe to my email list, print them out on cardstock, and follow the rest of the instructions for putting your craft together.
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How to Make a Construction Paper Santa Hat
Once you have your Santa hat template downloaded, all you have to do is print it out on cardstock or copy paper. After that, your kids can use it as a guide to make their own Santa craft at home or in the classroom.
The first step to making your Santa hats is to cut your construction paper into small pieces. You or your kids can use scissors to cut the paper into tiny squares. Or simply rip the paper into small squares for your kids to use to make their Santa craft.
Once you have all the paper ripped or cut, it’s time to start gluing! Add a line of glue along the bottom of the red triangle. Then, your kids can glue the paper pieces in a row along the line of glue.
Continue gluing the paper to the template until then entire red triangle on the page is filled with pieces of red construction paper.
When all the construction paper has been glued, your kids can start adding the cotton balls to the Santa hat template. Add some glue to the large white rectangle and place the cotton balls in a row until the whole rectangle is covered.
Finish making the Santa hat by adding some cotton balls to the top of the triangle. Place some glue around the center of the circle at the top of the template, then press two to three cotton balls in place.
After that, all that’s left to do is let the glue dry and your adorable Christmas craft is finished!
Construction Paper Santa Hat Craft Ideas
Your kids are going to have so much fun putting your paper Santa hat craft together! Try these decorating ideas to turn these cute hats into unique holiday crafts!
If you’re looking for fun ways to change up your Santa hat craft as you’re making it with your kids, try these ideas:
- Cut out the hats. You can take this craft idea one step further and cut out the Santa hat shape. the hats can be cut before or after they’re decorated!
- Create an elf hat. Turn this printable Santa hat craft into a cute elf hat by changing the colors of your supplies. Use green construction paper to fill the hat, then add red pom poms to the bottom and top to make it look like an elf hat.
- Use only construction paper. Adding cotton balls is a great way to add more texture to your craft. But if you don’t have any on hand, you can also use white construction paper for this section of the project. Just cut white paper into small squares and glue them along the bottom rectangle and top circle.
No matter how you choose to make these cute hats, I’m sure they’re going to be a fun art project for your kids this holiday season.
Construction Paper Santa Hat Craft
With the help of a printable template, your kids can make their own construction paper Santa hats this holiday season.
Materials
- Printable Santa hat template
- Red construction paper
- Cotton balls
- Glue
Tools
- Scissors
- Printer
Instructions
- Print out the Santa hat template on cardstock or white paper.
- Cut or rip the red construction paper into small squares.
- Glue the red paper to the center triangle on the template.
- Glue the cotton balls to the top circle and bottom rectangle on the template.
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Emily is a midwestern mom of two boys. She loves all things DIY — from home renovations to kids birthday party planning. Whether she’s making a new farmhouse craft for her home or helping her kids with a cool activity, you can bet she’s in the middle of some kind of DIY project (or three) right now!
