Santas elves work so hard each year, dont they?
Does your family have an elf-on-the-shelf tradition?
BONUS: All of our paper plate crafts for Christmas make excellent Christmas cards, too!
Have your little one autograph their name on the back with a seasonal greeting.
If youre ready to hit your elf workbench and get crafty with us, lets get started!
One plate will make your elfs face and the other will be for the ears.
Set the plates aside to dry.
Once the paper plates are dry, use one to make some iconic elf ears.
Cut out the heart and cut it down the middle, rounding off the pointy edges with your scissors.
Trace a bottle cap onto a rosy pink shade of construction paper to make some cheeks.
Draw a scalloped or wavy edge to make the elfs fringe.
Cut out this piece and set it aside.
NOTE: the hairpiece should cover about one third of the paper plate.
Choose another shade of construction paper and trace around the elfs chin to make a collar.
you could make any style of collar you like, from soft and traditional to frilly and fancy.
We went the fancy route, of course.
Now, for the elf hat.
Cut out a large triangle from a full sheet of construction paper.
Adorn your elf hat with some ribbon and a pom pom on the end.
We added a blue button to ours.
you’re free to get creative with bows and bells, too.
Now that you have all of your elf pieces prepared, have fun glueing them in place.
Use your black marker to draw a sweet nose and smiling mouth.
Your elf is complete!
Q: What kind of music do elves like best?
A: Wrap music!
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