Are you looking for a fun activity to do with your grandchildren at a family Christmas party?
One with minimal preparation, minimal mess?
Here’s an idea that is easy for those grandkiddos to make.
It’s also inexpensive on grandma’s pocket book and easy to prepare for.
(Isn’t that what life is all about — doing things the easy, cheap way?)
This little felt Santa is such a cute little fella. Isn’t he just the cat’s meow?
You can use him as is for a decoration.
Or, you can stuff him to the gills with candy. Then, you can give it to your grandchildren or to neighbors, to friends, or the random checkout clerk at Safeways.
You could also use it for a random act of kindness and have your grandchildren make a flock of them to leave in the mailbox for their mailman, give one to the paper boy, or someone on the subway.
Here are some pictures of what he looks like.
Here is the pattern for the Santa. All you have to do is cut out the pieces of felt. Cut a slit in the back piece so you can put candy inside the Santa. Glue the edges of the front and back together using a hot glue gun.
Don’t glue the bottom of the front and back pieces together. You need to put in the bottom piece.
Glue the bottom piece of felt to the front and back pieces making sure the you glue the boots at the bottom at the same time.
Glue on the ‘hair’ and mustache.
Add googly eyes and a small red pompom for a nose and your Santa is already for stuffing with candy through the slit in the back. (This Santa pictured here is sewn together. But, for what it’s worth, I think that it would be much faster and easier to hot glue the pieces together. Remember, do it the easy way!)
Or, you could make this Santa and put in stocking stuffers like lip gloss or nail polish or a bracelet and give it to your granddaughters. Or stuff it with a Matchbox car or pocket knife or a whistle for grandsons.
I also made a pattern for a Christmas tree. But, I didn’t have any green felt so I couldn’t make one. (Well, I could have waited to make this post until I got the green felt and made the tree. But, I didn’t want to wait that long.) So, here’s a pattern for a Christmas tree. I think after seeing the Santa that you smart grandmothers out there can figure out how to glue the tree together.
To decorate the tree, you can glue rick rack for a ‘garland’ or use glitter glue. You can glue mini-pompoms on as decorations or sequins or whatever else catches your fancy.
Have a great time making this Santa and Christmas tree with your grandchildren.
