Christmas Paper Chain Characters Craft for Kids

Place all your craft supplies on a clean table. Choose the paper colors you want to use for Santa, the snowman, and the reindeer. Cut several long paper strips for the chains and keep the remaining paper for faces, hats, scarves, antlers, buttons, and other decorations. Preparing everything first makes the craft much easier to assemble.

Before making the chains, cut out the decorative pieces for all three characters. For Santa, prepare: - Face - Red hat - White hat trim - White beard and mustache - Pink nose and cheeks - Black belt - Gold buckle - Black buttons For the snowman, prepare: - White face - Black top hat - Orange carrot nose - Black eyes and smile dots - Brown twig arms - Blue scarf - Black buttons For the reindeer, prepare: - Round brown face - Dark brown antlers - Brown ears with pink centers - Black eyes - Red nose - Pink cheeks - Green bow - Decorative red collar - White buttons Keep all the pieces grouped together so they do not get mixed up.

Cut several equal strips from red paper. Take the first strip, form it into a circle, and glue the ends together. Thread the second strip through the first loop before gluing it into another circle. Continue until you have a short red paper chain. Add Santa's black belt and gold buckle to one of the middle loops.

Glue Santa's face to the top of the red chain. Add the red hat, white trim, beard, mustache, nose, cheeks, and facial details. Attach a short ribbon loop behind Santa's hat so the craft can be hung. Make sure all the pieces are firmly glued before lifting it.

Cut several equal strips of white paper. Create linked loops in the same way as you made Santa's chain. Once the chain is ready, prepare the snowman's face and accessories. Glue the black hat onto the head, then add the eyes, orange carrot nose, dotted smile, and pink cheeks. Keep the brown twig arms, blue scarf, and black buttons ready for the next step.

Attach the snowman's decorated head to the top of the white paper chain. Glue the blue scarf below the face. Add the brown twig arms to the sides and place the black buttons down the front. Finally, glue a ribbon loop behind the hat for hanging.

Cut several equal strips from brown paper. Create a chain by linking and gluing the paper loops together. Next, assemble the reindeer face. Glue the antlers behind the round brown head. Add the ears, eyes, red nose, cheeks, and a small smiling mouth. Prepare the green bow and decorative collar.

Glue the completed reindeer face to the top of the brown chain. Attach the green bow underneath the face and add the red decorative collar. Glue two white buttons onto the upper brown loop. Attach green ribbon behind the head so the reindeer can be hung.

Once all three characters are completely dry, hang them together. You can display them: - On a classroom wall - From a Christmas tree - On bedroom doors - Across a mantel - On a holiday bulletin board - In a craft room Hang Santa, the snowman, and the reindeer at slightly different heights for a more playful Christmas display.