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Ho, ho, ho! Someone’s stuck in the chimney today! Guess who?
Santa Claus! Santa Claus!
Cough cough, cough cough, cough cough! The chimney isn’t very clean, is it?
He better find a way out of there somehow!
We hope he finds a way out of there, guys, and we hope he makes it in time to bring everyone Christmas presents.
Anyway, this is a silly situation, plus it’s a super fun and memorable Christmas craft to make, don’t you agree?
Let’s go!
How to Make a Santa in the Chimney Pop Up Card
What you need:
- red cardboard
- red paper
- white paper
- drag
- glue
- split pin
- black marker
- white marker
- light orange paper
- black paper
- pencil
- eraser
- ruler
- brown paper
Step by step instructions
A card
Fold the red cardboard in half.
Draw a rectangle measuring 7 cm x 10 cm.
Cut out a rectangle. We are making the roof – the base of the card. It needs to open and close.
Draw horizontal lines 1 cm wide. Use a pencil so you can erase the lines later.
Draw parallel vertical lines 1cm wide.
The squares you see now will serve as guides for our roof tiles.
Use a white marker and start drawing the first row of tiles.
Make sure they are the same size.
Continue with the second row of bricks…
… until you fill in all the squares.
Erase pencil marks.
Use scissors to cut the edge of the roof as shown.
Now use a black marker to outline the white tiles.
Then, using a black marker, sketch out the front of the card (the edges).
Chimney
To make the chimney, first you need to draw and cut a 5cm x 4.5cm rectangle from red cardboard.
Mark a 1 cm wide section on this rectangle (as shown).
Fold.
Draw some bricks on the chimney with a white marker. There is enough space to draw five rows of bricks.
Use a black marker to outline the bricks.
Using a black marker, outline the entire chimney (edges).
Apply a little glue to the fold of the chimney…
…and glue the chimney to the roof.
Chimney cap
Chimney capDraw a 2.5cm x 6.5cm rectangle on red cardboard and cut it out.
Use a black marker to outline the outline and then draw a white rectangle close to the black line.
This piece will be used as the chimney cap.
Place the chimney cap over the chimney, then push the split pin through both the cap and the chimney.
Separate the two pin ends and test to see if your mechanism is working properly.
The lid can be opened and closed without any problems.
Santa’s Feet
Santa’s FeetCut two red rectangles.
On a piece of white paper, draw and cut out two pieces of “sponge”.
Draw and cut out two black boots.
Glue these three pieces together to form Santa’s legs.
Glue the “styrofoam” pieces to the red rectangle ends and add the boots underneath the “styrofoam” pieces.
Open the chimney cap and glue the legs to the back of the chimney.
The boots and some parts of the pants will stick out like this.
Isn’t it funny to see Santa’s legs sticking out like this?
Pop-Up Mechanism
To create the raised part on the inside of the card, draw a rectangle measuring 2.5cm x 10cm.
Cut it out.
Divide into 4 equal parts, each 2.5 cm.
Now fold them to form a square.
Apply a little glue to the end of the pop up piece…
…then, glue the pop-up paper piece to the center of the card.
Santa Claus
Santa ClausDraw and cut out a white beard and mustache, a small light orange circle – a nose and a red Christmas hat + a white circle for the top of the hat and a piece of “styrofoam” for the bottom of the hat.
Glue them together. Take the mustache and glue them to the beard, then add the nose on top of the mustache and then glue the hat on top of the nose.
This will be Santa’s head. We won’t see his eyes because he is upside down and his hat is covering them.
Glue the head to the pop-up piece.
Santa’s Hands
Santa’s HandsOn the red paper, draw two hands (make them slightly different), and on the black paper, draw two gloves.
On a white sheet of paper, draw two “sponge” sections.
Cut all these pieces out.
Then glue them together.
Now attach them to the pop up fabric behind Santa’s head.
Christmas Bag
On brown paper, draw Santa’s Christmas gift bag and cut it out.
Put a little glue on the thinnest part of the bag and stick it to Santa’s mitten so it looks like he is holding it.
Use a white marker to write a Christmas wish inside the card and draw a few small snowflakes.
All has been done!
What a funny craft, right?
Hohoho!
Wish everyone Merry Christmas!
We hope you enjoy today’s project!
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