Popsicle Santa Hats — a Simple Christmas Craft for Kids
Christmas is the perfect excuse to spend some time making simple Christmas crafts. I love this simple popsicle stick Santa hat craft because it’s perfect for kids of any age! Not only is this simple Christmas craft for kids easy to make, but it can also be a learning experience. Keep reading to find out how you can have fun and learn with this cute kid’s craft.
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Your kids will love how simple this cute Christmas craft for kids is to make. You only need three supplies, in addition to scissors and glue! To make these adorable Santa hats, you’ll need red craft sticks, cotton balls, and red construction paper. If you can’t find red craft sticks, just use plain craft sticks and paint them red. Another fun step to add to the craft!
The first step to making this Christmas craft for kids is to glue the sticks together to form a hat. To do this, ask your child to make a triangle with three craft sticks. For this step, I found that using hot glue was the best way to keep the sticks stuck together. So, I recommend that after you child figures out how to form the triangle, you use the hot glue gun to glue the sticks together. And make sure the glue is completely cool before handing it back to your child for the next step.
After the glue is dry, ask your child top place their Santa hat triangle on top of the red construction paper. Using a pencil, have them trace along the inside of the triangle. Draw a triangle for each Santa hat you plan to make.
After all of your triangles are drawn for your Christmas craft for kids, it’s time to cut. But don’t ask your child to cut directly on the line! Your paper will be too small if they cut on the line. Instead, ask them to cut above the line on each side of the triangle. For younger children, I suggest drawing a second dotted line about a quarter of an inch away from the line they traced. That will help them keep from cutting directly on the line.
Next, it’s time to glue the red construction paper triangles to your popsicle stick triangles. Regular school glue will work for this step. So your child should have no problem gluing the paper to the wood frame.
To finish this cute Christmas craft for kids, decorate your popsicle stick Santa hats! Using glue, ask your child to stick cotton balls along the bottom of the triangle. And then have them stick on on top of the triangle to top off the Santa hat.
Your kids will have so much fun putting together these Santa hats with popsicle sticks together. They’re the perfect Christmas craft for kids! I love how you come away with a cute craft. And your kids have fun building their fine motor skills and learning about shapes.
One of the best things about this cute Christmas craft for kids is that there are so many ways you can use it when you’re finished. If you add a loop of string or ribbon along the top, you can hang it on your Christmas tree as an adorable DIY ornament. Or glue a magnet on the back and hang it on your fridge during the holiday season. Add a name to the center of the hat and stick it on a gift as a cute homemade gift tag. The possibilities are endless!
More Fun Christmas Crafts:
Holiday Car Construction Paper Christmas Craft
Paper Plate Christmas Tree Craft
Christmas Toilet Paper Roll Crafts
Popsicle Stick Santa Craft for Kids
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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!
Lovely ideas. And a good craft I will say. This is actually fun and enjoyable. Kids as well as adults will enjoy it. Good post.
Love this craft! I can do this with my toddler. I love finding Xmas crafts for her
This is a fun and easy craft for our grandchildren to make for next year. Combining it with the popsicle christmas tree would make for a fun afternoon of crafting.
These are so cute and so easy to make. My daughter would love to make them.
Such a fun, easy, and adorable craft! I can’t wait until my daughter is old enough to do things like this!
These are the cutest!!
What a super cute and simple holiday craft! I love it!! You are so clever – thank you for sharing!