St. Nicholas Figures to Make

The patterns and instructions for most of these projects are in easy-to-print PDF files.

To print patterns

Click on a picture below, then click the Adobe print icon:
If you have trouble downloading the file, right-click on the image below and choose "Save target as..." to save it. Then open the PDF with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free from Adobe's website) and print it following the tips below.

Patterns may be printed for use with non-profit groups making art and craft projects. For all other uses, please request permission from info@stnicholascenter.org. Thank you.

Paper Plate Nicholas	Pom Pom St. Nicholas	Paper Saint Nicolas from France
St. Nicholas Stand-up Click for PDF	St. Nicholas (made from cardboard tube) Click for PDF	Easy Cut-and-Paste St. Nicholas, either face or full-figure
Saint Nicholas Spoon Saint	Origami St. Nicholas Click for PDF	Print St Nicholas Stand-up or ornament Color or black & white
Turn Chocolate Santa into St. Nicholas	Bright Stand-Up St. Nicholas 2 designs!	St. Nicholas Tootsie Pops (2 designs)
St. Nicholas Cut-out Click for PDF	St. Nicholas Roll-Up Click for PDF	Stand-up print or color St. Nicholas
Clay Pot St. Nicholas Click for PDF	St. Nicholas Laminated Ornament	Svaty Mikuláš (Window Decoration) Click for PDF
St. Nicholas Clip-ons (3 designs) Click for PDF	Byzantine St. Nicholas Clip-ons (3 designs) Click for PDF	Dress St. Nicholas Color, cut & glue Click for PDF
St. Nicholas Scene Print in color or b/w	St. Nicholas from a Pringles can Click for PDF	Make a St. Nicholas 3-D Picture! Click for PDF
Make Lego St. Nicholas—2 ways!	Turn Playmobil Santa into St. Nicholas	Pumpkin St. Nick
Apple St. Nicholas Click for PDF	Origami Saint Nicholas	St. Nicholas Color & Cut Out Play Set - Three sheets Click for PDF
Figure to Print & Color	Peg St. Nicholas

The clay pot, stand-up, cut-out, window decoration, clip-on, and paper tube St. Nicholases were designed by B. A. Kissinger* | Copyright © 2002 St. Nicholas Center
May be printed for use with non-profit groups making art and craft projects. For all other uses, please request permission from info@stnicholascenter.org

St. Nicholas Roll-up from Sint's Kleur-en Spelletjes Boek, WH, the Netherlands

St. Nicholas Play Set designed by Jeanne Hebbelynck, Belgium ca. 1950

St. Nicholas from a Pringles can is from Jo Clausen, Aquinas School, Woodbridge, Virginia.

Book cover

*Barbara Kissinger's latest book, Christmas Past, Pelican Publishing, 2005. Richly illustrated with more than two hundred images from her extensive collection of Christmas memorabilia, the text gives Christmas celebration history and customs from around the world. Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.ca or amazon.uk.

Tips for accurate PDF printing

For Adobe Reader 7.0
In the Adobe Print dialog box, check these boxes:

Check these two boxes: Auto-Rotate and Center & Choose Paper Source by PDF page size

For Adobe Reader 8.0
If you are having trouble printing, try clicking on "Advanced" then "Print as Image."

For older versions
In the Adobe Print dialog box, make sure the boxes for Shrink oversized pages to paper size and Expand small pages to paper size are NOT checked. (In some versions the option is Page Scaling: NONE, click to find Fit to pages and Shrink large pages.)