Hi ho, my dear crafty friends! Did you happen to catch our Popsicle Stick Gnome kid craft tutorial from the other day?

Well – continuing on with the fun theme of Christmas and gnomes smashed together, today I’m sharing an EASY Paper Plate Bearded Christmas Gnome Kid Craft! #gluedtomycrafts

Like always and what you have learned to expect from Glued To My Crafts, the supply list for this craft is really inexpensive and pretty easy to find. I bet you have most to all of them already in your house, so all you need to do is pull them out and create {so no excuses!}

My favorite part of this craft is that you can easily change out the color of the gnome’s hat so he can reflect your style or maybe even holiday!

So what are you waiting for? Let’s make some adorable GNOMES together so we don’t end up on the naughty “crafter” list this year! Make this easy craft for your child today!

Happy crafting, my friends!!! #gluedtomycrafts

Paper Plate Bearded Gnome Supplies:

* Large Paper Plate
* Scissors
* 12×12″ Scrapbook Paper {in Christmas colors if you can!}
* Tan Cardstock
* White Cardstock
* School Glue
* Stapler
* Snowflake Paper Punch

Directions:

* First things first – the beard of the gnome. Go ahead and take your large paper plate & cut it in half. Keep one half for the craft today and save the other for another day {like for our Paper Plate Snowman Sleigh – Kid Craft tutorial!}
* Along the curved edge of the paper plate half cut 1 inch long strips, that are really close together, until you get to the other side of the paper plate {make sure to not go all the way through the paper plate and accidently cut your plate in half} If your child needs help on this step and doesn’t know where to cut, you can draw some lines with a marker and have children cut each line.
* When you are done cutting the paper plate and making his beard, curl a couple of the strips up and down to give it some texture and some flair. Set aside.
* Now grab your choice of color in scrapbook paper, tan cardstock and white cardstock.
* Cut out a LARGE triangle from the scrapbook paper. This will be the Christmas gnome’s hat.
* Next, out of the tan cardstock, cut out a large oval shape for his nose.
* Finally – for a holiday/winter look, punch out a snowflake from the white cardstock for his hat.
* To finish off the Paper Plate Gnome craft, staple the triangle hat to the paper plate beard.
* Follow that up by gluing the nose and snowflake pieces in place.
* Then let it all dry completely before displaying proudly.