DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Cone Elf Paper Craft

Set this elf out on a coffee table or the mantle as a fun Christmas decoration or put him on the top of a small Christmas tree as a tree topper.

Materials:

• printer,
• paper,
• something to color with
• scissors,
• glue.

Craft Instructions:

The directions are appropriate for an older child or adult to assemble. Don't worry too much if younger children glue the pieces a bit off kilter -- part of the fun of watching them grow is seeing their progress over the years!

• Color and cut out the pieces.
• Roll the large triangular piece and use the tab to glue it into a cone shape.
• Glue the nose onto the face using a dot of glue on the nose (this allows the mustache to stick out from the edges a bit in a slightly 3d manner).
• Glue the hat band around the top, just above the face.
• Glue the beard around the top, just below the face.  You can see how the mouth fits into the little notch in the beard.
• Glue the belt around the center, just below the buttons.
• Fold the arms in half and glue together (so they're coloured on both sides). Use a dot of glue on the top of the arms (shoulder) to position the arms near the beard, leaving them sticking out in a slightly 3d manner.  You can have them sticking straight down, reaching forward, waving, etc... however you want your elf to look!).

Craft Templates:

• Close template window when done printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Templates   (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions