Paper Plate Nicholas
Make a standup St. Nicholas with a paper plate—he can even be a treat bag!
If making it with young children, cut out all the pieces; if older, print the pattern sheet for each child so they can cut out the pattern pieces and then make their own pieces.
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Materials
- Red gift / party bag, 10 x 5 inches
- 9-inch white paper plate
- Light tan construction paper for face
- Red construction paper for miter & nose
- Black construction paper for shoes
- Metallic gold paper for cross
- Wiggle eyes, 0.7-inch
- Cardstock to print pattern, if desired
Equipment
- Scissors
- Glue
- Red marker to make mouth
- Optional: 3/4-inch punch to make a nice nose
- Optional: paper cutter
- Optional: stapler
Directions
- Print pattern below on cardstock, or make pieces free-hand
- Cut out pattern
- Draw around pattern pieces on construction paper; cut out
- Cut paper plate in half
- Glue face to paper plate
- Glue cross pieces to miter
- Glue miter to top of face
- Glue eyes and nose to face
- Draw mouth
- Glue shoes to bottom of bag so they stick out the front
- Open bag; put treat inside, if desired
- Fold top of open bag down about an inch and staple or tape to secure it closed
- Glue head to top of bag
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