Homemade Santa Mask

To Make With Your Toddler

This santa mask is an easy and fun Christmas craft project to do with your toddler. It can also double as a puppet, depending on the age of the child.

I made this Father Christmas mask with my 3-year-old son.

It is also suitable for 2-year-olds. As you can see from the photos, my son's friend - who had just turned 2 - also joined in.

The idea of a mask was completely new to her, but she took part quite happily and got a lot out of the session.

What You Will Need

• 19cm diameter paper plate
• Drinking straw
• Printout of Santa picture (see below)
• PVA glue and sticky tape
• Cotton wool
• Glitter (sprinkle tubes avoid mini avalanches - see below)

Preparation

Print off the Santa picture. Go to coloring-page.net to download the Father Christmas image.

Draw round the picture using the plate. Cut out the circle and glue it to the plate. Glue around the edge of the upside of the plate - this way the paper will stick smoothly across it.

Decorating The Mask

Beard Put the glue on the beard part of the face - older toddlers will want to help or do this themselves. Stick cotton wool on.

Hat Glue glitter to the hat, either all over or in shapes. It is best to use tubes of glitter that you sprinkle, rather than with a simple cap that allows the glitter to pour out in a mini avalanche of craft mess/stress.

Look around your nearest craft outlet for extra things to decorate the mask even more. The silver ball on the end of this hat came in a pack of 10.

Experiment with other Christmas characters - see if you can make a reindeer or elf mask!

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