Christmas Paper Chains

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Skill Level

Beginner

Time to Make

15 mins

Adult Supervision

Yes

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Christmas Paper Chains

Top Tip

As an alternative to staples, you can use Super Tacky Glue.

How to Make

Christmas Paper Chains
Christmas Paper Chains
Christmas Paper Chains
  1. Using the template, cut out Santa’s hat, beard, moustache, nose, belt, and buckle.
  2. Cut a small square of red paper and stick it to the back of the beard, then stick the moustache and nose on top. Assemble the hat and belt then set aside the features.
  3. Measure, draw and cut out 1 rectangle from skin tone card and 7 rectangles from red card (25cm x 5cm).
  4. Make the skin tone rectangle into a ring by stapling the ends together.
  5. Loop a red rectangle through the ring previously made and staple the ends together. Repeat until all 8 rings are joined together.
  6. Stick the features to the paper chain, with the belt stuck on the 5th ring.
  7. Hole punch 3 black circles for the buttons and stick them to the front of the 3rd ring.
  8. To finish, cut a length of ribbon, then loop and tie it through the skin tone ring at the top of the paper chain. Repeat these steps to create the elf and snowman using the photo as reference.