Santa Advent Calendar

The kids will love helping Santa’s beard grow with fluffy cotton balls. By the 25th he will have the full monty!

To make: Cut Santa’s face from white craft paper. Add texture with colored pencil. Cut pink cheeks, eyes, and nose from construction paper; glue to the face. Cut the hat from red and white craft paper; glue to the face. Glue a large cotton ball at the point of the hat. Cut a long beard shape from white craft paper. Write the dates of the month leading up to Christmas on the beard. Hang the calendar and set a bowl of cotton balls and a bottle of glue nearby.

Paper Plate Christmas Tree Craft

You'll soon find that you can make almost anything with paper plates. Just cut one into thirds and layer on top of one another. For the ornaments and garlands, use pom-poms and ribbons.

Handprint Santa and Reindeer Craft

Your kids can use their hands for more than just cutting and gluing paper with this project. Have them trace their hand on a sheet of paper to create Santa's beard and Rudolph's antlers!

Paper Plate Santa Claus

Your kids will love making this adorable googly-eyed Santa, complete with a pom pom nose and white mustache.