Turn Santa Faces into St. Nicholas

Use our miter folding directions to make miters to transform different Santa items into St. Nicholas!

The popcorn tin and cocoa cone were from Target in 2013. Each year brings different Santa face products from different sources.

Santa Faces — Turn Santa Face items like gift bags, popcorn tins, cocoa cones, or other tins into St. Nicholas with our folded miters

Materials

Light-weight, crisp red paper, for large squares
Pacon Fadeless Art Paper, 48-inches wide by the roll or by the length in educational or art supply stores or Hallmark Flip It Reversible Gift Wrap 40-inches wide x 9 yards,
or regular red wrapping paper roll for smaller squares
Gold paper or poster board

Equipment

Instruction sheets for each person

Directions

Measure the diameter of the chosen Santa face object
A ratio of around 4.8 x the diameter works well (there is some flexibility as the sides may be folded in differing amounts
For example, the popcorn tin (10½-in diameter) is shown with both a larger miter made from a 48-inch square, in the photo above and from a smaller 40-inch square below;
The gift bag, 5 ½x6½-inches), used a 20-inch square
The 3½-inch tin used a 16-inch square
The cocoa cone, a 8½-inch square, slide the cocoa info card under the back of finished miter
Cut a square of the needed size
Print the step-by-step instruction sheet for each person
The red side represents the right side; the light side represents the wrong side of the paper
In step 5, fold the corners in to fit your object; it may help to measure one-half the distance around and mark that in the middle to guide your folding (this determines the size of the finished miter)
It may help to make it a little larger, then increase the fold until it fits,otherwise, if made larger, earlier folds will show
After folding the miter, decorate it with a cross cut-out
It is a little tricky at first, but once you've got it, they are simple to make

General Instruction PDF
Step-by-step Instructions PDF

Instructions 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.