Rocking Santa Card Craft Worksheet for Preschoolers
This rocking Santa card craft has children ages 3-5 cut out individual shape pieces and assemble them onto a folded card base, combining scissor control with an early understanding of how folding creates movement, since the 'rocking' effect comes from the card's fold. Following the assembly steps in order also reinforces sequencing and attention to visual instructions.
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Christmas Activity Book for Preschool & Kindergarten: Festive Counting, Crafts & Coloring
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- Topic:
- Christmas Crafts
- Skills:
- Christmas Activities (Culture & Festivals): Christmas-themed matching, coloring, and craft activities. Scissor Skills & Cutting (Fine Motor): Practice cutting along lines and shapes. Arts & Crafts (Art & Craft): Creative art and craft activities.
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- Page 8 of 17 in Christmas Activity Book for Preschool & Kindergarten: Festive Counting, Crafts & Coloring.
How to use this worksheet
Help your child cut out each piece of the Santa design, his body, hat, beard, and any other details, along the printed lines. Fold the card base along the dotted line first so it stands up and can rock back and forth. Glue each cut-out piece onto the card in the correct position to build the complete Santa image. Once the glue has dried, gently rock the finished card to see Santa move.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Crayons or Markers
Extension activities
- 1Have children decorate the back of their Santa card with a Christmas message.
- 2Encourage children to create other Christmas characters using the same fold-and-rock technique.
- 3Write a short list of who the card is for and deliver it in person.
- 4Add cotton balls to Santa's beard for extra texture.
- 5Compare how the card rocks differently depending on how sharply it's folded.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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