Movable Paper Doll Christmas Photo Craft

Are you ready for the cutest craft of the year? Let’s make this moving paper doll Christmas photo craft!

You can let your child choose “Make Your Own Elf”, “Make Your Own Santa” or “Make Your Own Reindeer”, either way this craft will turn them into a great Christmas character.

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Christmas is the most magical time of the year and a great time to create magical memories. It’s a time to create keepsakes for the whole family to cherish, and this photo Christmas keepsake is one that will be treasured for a long time. Print out one (or all) of our templates, snap a photo of your child and together turn them into a festive looking elf, a jolly reindeer or even Santa himself.

How to make a paper mobile for Christmas photos

What you need:

• one or more of our doll models
• drag
• staples/paper clips or glue (you can buy paper clips at most office supply and craft stores)
• glue
• coloring supplies if printing black and white version
• your child’s headshot

Step by step instructions

Start by printing out the template. We have 3 holiday characters to choose from, all available in black and white and full color, and in two sizes. So choose the one (or all) that best suits your needs.

Paper is generally not suitable for making this type of doll, unless you plan to laminate the paper doll once it is finished (or laminate multiple pieces if making a doll that can be moved).

Start by cutting out all the pattern pieces. While Santa and Elf are fairly easy to cut out, the reindeer (while very cute) are the hardest to cut out, so if you’re working with younger children you’ll probably need to help them out. However, they’re great for a parent-child crafting session to build memories.

Once all the pieces are cut, we can move on to the next step.

Assemble Christmas paper dolls

All the dolls are assembled the same way, with the reindeer having the most “extra parts”.

If you are making a moving doll, the first thing you need to do is punch holes in the arms, legs and body (through the small points indicated).

Older children can use a split pin to make the hole, while younger children we recommend using a more easily operated tool such as a skewer (under adult supervision). If you have a large split pin, a single hole punch can also do the job.

You can also skip the split pin part and just glue the arms and legs to the body.

You will need 4 split pins for each doll. Push the first split pin through one of the holes in the body.

Turn the doll over and push the split pin through the hole in the required body part (arm or leg).

Open the split pin to secure.

Do the same with the remaining 3 body parts.

Apply glue to the photo or the part inside the dotted lines and then stick the photo to the body.

For Santa, glue Santa’s head and (if applicable) beard onto the photo.

For Elf, attach the hat to the photo.

And for the reindeer, put a red nose on their nose…

And the antlers have ears on their heads.

Done.

You can turn yourself into a goblin

Or Santa Claus himself

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