DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Maurice the Moose Wreath

Here is another Christmas ornament with a (French) Canadian twist!  Maurice the Moose was with me for most of my junior high and high school life, teaching me French (though I admit that I've now forgotten most of my lessons).  I did remember how to say Merry Christmas... Joyeux Noel, for those who didn't know.

Materials:

• a printer,
• a piece of paper...  .
• some crayons, paint, markers or pencil crayons,scissors,
• ribbon, string or wool, 
• glue,
• something hard as a base, like cardboard, a margarine container lid or a frozen juice can lid.

Optional materials: 

• paint, 
• Christmas wrapping paper,
• Christmas stickers.

Instructions:

• Print out the craft template of choice.
• Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.
• Cut a circle about the right size for the wreath (doesn't have to be exact) from cardboard or a margarine container lid.  Or just use a frozen juice can lid.
• Either paint the circle a Christmas colour or cover with gift wrap or coloured paper.
• Glue the wreath onto the circle.
• Glue the moose into the center of the wreath and the hat onto the moose.
• Glue the Christmas message onto the top or bottom of the wreath.
• Decorate further (as desired) with Christmas stickers.
• Attach a string, ribbon or wool as a hanger so you can hang on the Christmas tree (either by poking a hole in the base and threading the string through or by attaching well with tape).

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