Home in the Winter Craft

Make a winter home for Santa to visit! 

Please note: This craft takes a little time to prepare, especially with younger kids. Take some time to prepare this craft, by either marking the areas on the paper that need to be folded and cut, or folding and cutting the paper yourself, depending on the ages of the children who will be making this craft. 

Materials:

• Card stock or another hard paper
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue
• Cardboard - flat piece
• Glitter or glitter paint
• Crayons, color pencils, markers or paint 

Directions: 

1. Fold and cut a piece of card stock, following these steps: 

1. Fold card stock in half	2. Measure 1 inch margin across top along fold
3. Measure and mark 1" from edge and top	4. Cut along line made in step 3 (1" from top and edge)
5. Measure and fold 1" edges, 1" from top of page.	6. Fold edges so they over lap.

2. Lay card stock flat and draw outline for windows and door and roof.

3. Color the house. Glue the 1 inch over lapping edges (from step 1, part 6) together.

4. Take a piece of cardboard and color it green. Then either put glitter or glittery glue on the cardboard. Allow to dry. This will be the snowy ground.

5. Glue the completed house (step 3) to the snowy ground (step 4).

6. Decorate. We decided to add Santa coming down the chimney and a Christmas tree.