DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Winter Mittens Paper Strip Craft

Winter is such a nice season because you get to cozy up in warm mittens and fluffy scarves! My favourite part of winter is bundling up so I just couldn't resist making a mittens craft... *giggle*

This craft is very simple and very fun. The paper strips add a neat pattern and allow children to be super creative. Plus... the cotton balls make for a very fluffy pair of mittens!

Materials:

• paper & printer,
• colourful construction paper,
• glue,
• scissors,
   
• Optional: cotton balls
   
• Optional: string

Craft Instructions:

• Print out the template or draw your own mittens on plain paper. 
• Cut out the wooly brims of the mittens but leave the rest of the template intact.
• Cut out several strips of colourful construction paper.
  • Try to use at least two colours in order to make a pattern. 
  • They don't all need to be the same width so don't worry too much about making perfect strips. 
• Flip the paper with the mitten drawings upside down.
• Use a glue stick to glue the construction paper strips on the mittens in a pattern.
• Flip the paper back over so you can see the template line and cut out the mittens.
• Now glue the brim of the mittens onto the pattern part of the mittens.
• Using white glue, stick cotton balls to the brim of the mittens.
  • You may have to split the cotton balls up into smaller pieces.
• Glue a piece of string to the bottom corner of both mittens like they are connected.

Craft Templates:

• After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
• If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
  • In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
  • Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog

Winter Mittens    (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions