Today’s Crinkle Paper Santa Belly kid craft idea is going to be the EASIEST art project you conquer with your child this holiday season!

All you need is some red shredded paper, sandwich baggies, cardstock and a little creativity to make it come to life. Keep scrolling for the full how-to tutorial and recreate your own creative Santa piece today!

HO HO HO! It’s Stacey coming at you once again with another crinkle paper craft idea for the littlest crafters in your home!

At Glued To My Crafts, I absolutely LOVE the thought of sharing a cheap and super easy craft idea. It’s one of my goals I strive for EVERY post I hit publish on.

Through the many years of building my craft website, I have learned that not only do I not like spending tons of money on every kid craft idea I do share but neither do my lovely readers.

Some of my most popular tutorials have either involved nearly free or very inexpensive materials to complete the craft. I often enjoy hitting up my local Dollar Tree for my supplies because I DON’T feel guilty about filling up my cart with the materials I use. I can imagine you like that feeling as well!

So what if you told you that today’s crinkle paper Santa belly craft idea is NEARLY on the free spectrum AND it only has about THREE easy steps to it. Would that get you super excited?! Plus it’s great for ANY day of the month, leading up to the BIG Christmas holiday! From a snowy day you spend indoors, to a good story time activity maybe at a holiday party – this craft will fit the winter theme to a “T!”

Many of us already have plastic sandwich bags in our pantry right now {especially during the school and holiday season} and with one quick trip to the dollar store for some red, shredded crinkle paper {aka – what makes Santa’s belly nice and fluffy} you will be well on your way to pulling this idea together in no time. Just stuff the bag with the red paper and customize it to make your Santa friend come to life!

So my dear friends, why not up-cycle a few handfuls of that “messy” paper that you will probably “stuff” into your holiday gifts this year and make some awesome Christmas paper pieces to share instead?! I’m plugging this as toddler friendly craft {because it’s really easy for their little hands} but older kids would probably enjoy this idea as well!

Find all the crafty details below! Happy crafting my friends and may your afternoon be extra creative with the help of us! Don’t forget to share pictures with us on your social media sites, like our Facebook page! #gluedtomycrafts

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Crinkle Paper Santa Belly Craft Supplies:

• Sandwich Baggie {the ziplock kind – one per Santa belly craft}
• Red Colored Shredded Crinkle Paper {Dollar Tree is perfect!}
• Black Colored Cardstock
• Gold Colored Cardstock
• Kid Friendly Paper Scissors
• School Glue or Glue Stick
• completely optional – embellishments like small stickers, bows, glitter etc.

Directions:

• First things first – grab ONE sandwich baggie per craft and your red colored crinkle paper.
• Open up the baggie.
• Stuff the sandwich baggie with the red shredded paper. Just a handful inside the bag, until it’s nice and full.
• Now seal off your baggie at the top. Set it aside.
• Grab your black and gold colored cardstock paper and craft scissors.
• Cut out a long rectangle piece for Santa’s belt from the black cardstock.
• Out of the gold cardstock, cut out a square “buckle” for the bely.
• To finish off the Plastic Baggie and Crinkle Paper Santa Belly craft, glue the TWO paper pieces to one side of the stuffed baggie.
• Add any other embellishments you see fit.
• Then display your paper Santa belly for ALL to see and don’t forget to share a picture with us on your social media sites! #gluedtomycrafts

Make it your own – instead of using crinkle paper, think of other ways you can “fill” up your baggie. Grab large red colored pom poms, crumbled up red tissue paper, fabric scraps – let those creative juices soar as you make your craft come to life in a unique way!

Learn how to easily transform ordinary craft supplies into creative art projects that shine this Christmas season! We have you covered with unique ideas!

Before you leave, check out our unique to us Paper Plate Christmas Camper – Kid Craft, Broccoli Stamped Winter Tree – Kid Craft and Popsicle Stick Reindeer Gnome – Kid Craft posts!