Looking to keep your kids busy over their holiday break? Inspire some Christmas creativity by making masks of different holiday favorites, from Santa to an adorable Snowman. Several of these masks can be made from paper plates, and others use easy-to-assemble craft kits. Once they have made their masks, encourage the kids to come up with their very own Christmas play to perform for the family!
Making a jolly Santa Claus Mask is as simple as a white paper plate and polyester fiberfill stuffing for his beard. Start by cutting out a half circle inside the paper plate. Then cut a red triangle from a piece of cardstock to make Santa's hat. Glue the hat to the top of the paper plate. Glue fiberfill around the rest of the plate to make his fluffy beard. Give Santa a red nose and rosy cheeks with a few pom-poms, and decorate his hat with pom-poms as well. Finish your mask by gluing a large wood craft stick to the back to use as a handle!
Mrs. Claus looks sweet with her wire rimmed glasses and holly in her hair. Start by cutting a half circle out of a white paper dinner plate. Glue polyester fiberfill stuffing to the top of the plate for her hair. Create a pair of glasses by bending black chenille stems into two circles and a frame. Glue the ends of the glasses to the backside of the paper plate. Use pom-poms to create a nose and rosy cheeks for Mrs. Claus. You can also add holly to her hair by bending green chenille stems into leaves and adding three red pom-pom berries. Finish the mask by gluing a wood craft stick to the back.
This DIY elf hat craft kit makes it easy to transform your little ones into elves! Just peel and stick the foam embellishments and letters onto the foam hat. No glue or scissors is required, making this a simple craft for all ages. Finish by running the plastic cord included in the kit through the holes on each side of the hat.
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Combine a white paper dinner plate and white paper dessert plate and you have a snowman! Just cut the inside out of the dessert plate and glue it to the top of the dinner plate. Cut a hat out of black cardstock and make a scarf out of two strips of red cardstock, fringing the ends with a pair of scissors. Use pom-poms for buttons and holly berries for his hat. Bend green chenille stems for the leaves. Finish by gluing a wood craft stick onto the back.
This reindeer antler headband craft kit has all you need to make a cute pair of reindeer antlers. The kit includes 12 headbands so you can make enough reindeer to lead Santa's sleigh! Just use a hot glue gun on low setting to attach the foam pieces to the headband. Finish by gluing on the two velcro included in the kit to make the antlers easy to take on and off.
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