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Handprint Santa Gnome Keepsake

HO HO HO! We are going to help YOU and your child make an adorable Handprint Santa & His Elves Gnome Keepsake Idea within minutes! All you need is paper and our free provided printable to complete it!

It’s going to be the CUTEST Santa & his elf gnomes paper craft you make this holiday season! Keep scrolling for ALL the details and free file!

Handprint Santa & His Elves Gnome Keepsake Idea

Handprint Santa Gnome Keepsake

We are going to help YOU and your child make an adorable, Paper Handprint Santa & His Elves Gnome Keepsake Idea within minutes!

Craft Supplies:

  • FREE HO HO HO GNOME KEEPSAKE PRINTABLE
  • Color Printer
  • Gray Cardstock Paper
  • White Cardstock Paper – two pieces
  • Light Brown Cardstock Paper
  • Green Scrapbook Paper
  • Red Scrapbook Paper
  • Pencil or Pen
  • Craft Scissors
  • Glue Stick or Tape Runner
  • optional materials for this craft – sticker embellishments, glitter, sequins etc.

Directions:

  • First things first, if you haven’t already, download and print our free “ho, ho, ho” file {listed above in the supply list} on a single sheet of gray cardstock.
  • Next up – trace your child’s hand THREE times on your white cardstock paper.
  • When done tracing, trim out each piece with your paper scissors. Each one will be a beard for your gnomes.
  • Set those aside.
  • Now grab your patterned scrapbook paper.
  • Cut out THREE large triangle hats. Two green ones for Santa’s elves and a red hat for Santa.
  • Finally – cut out a small oval nose shape, for EACH gnome, from the kraft colored cardstock.
  • Now you are ready to assemble it all together.
  • Start off my gluing down the THREE white handprint cutouts, in a row, on the gray colored cardstock paper. You want the fingertips facing downward but make sure you DON’T cover up the printed words.
  • Follow up that step by gluing down the hats {Santa in the middle} on the palms of the handprint cutouts.
  • Then glue down the oval noses to complete each gnome.
  • To finish off your Paper Christmas Santa & His Elves Keepsake, write your name in the provided space and add any other embellishments you see fit, to give it that holiday spin!
  • Then display your Christmas gnome masterpiece proudly for ALL to see!!
  • Don’t forget to snap a few pictures of your finished paper gnome keepsake on your phone and tag us on your social media sites! #gluedtomycrafts
  • PAIR YOUR FINISHED PIECE WITH OUR —> Handprint Holiday Poems

Handprint Santa & His Elves Gnome Keepsake Idea Handprint Santa & His Elves Gnome Keepsake Idea

Don’t you just love this unique Christmas gnome keepsake idea?! It’s a first seen here and a MUST DO this season!

It’s so easy but sure to be loved BEYOND this year. Just imagine when you open up that scrapbook or Christmas storage box next year & come across it again. All those memories are going to flood you! 🙂

On that note – be sure to also check out our Paper Plate Santa w/Handprint Beard craft post for another holiday themed craft idea to recreate today! You can’t go wrong with handprint beard cutouts this time of year! Am I right?

You can also find tons of crafty ideas on our Facebook page! Come give us a “like” so you never miss a new post! #gluedtomycrafts

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Handprint Santa Gnome Keepsake

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Tools:

  • Color Printer
  • Pencil or Pen
  • Scissors
  • Glue Stick or Tape Runner

Supplies:

  • Cardstock Paper
  • Scrapbook Paper
  • Embellishments

Instructions:

  • First print out our provided printable, in color, on a single sheet of white cardstock paper. You only need one print per craft.
  • Next up - trace your child's hand THREE times on your white cardstock.
  • When done tracing, trim out each piece with your paper scissors. Each one will be a beard for your gnomes.
  • Set those aside.
  • Now grab your patterned scrapbook paper.
  • Cut out THREE large triangle hats. Two green ones for Santa's elves and a red hat for Santa.
  • Finally - cut out a small oval nose shape, for EACH gnome, from the kraft colored cardstock.
  • Now you are ready to assemble it all together.
  • Start off my gluing down the THREE white handprint cutouts, in a row, on the gray colored cardstock paper. You want the fingertips facing downward but make sure you DON'T cover up the printed words.
  • Follow up that step by gluing down the hats {Santa in the middle} on the palms of the handprint cutouts.
  • Then glue down the oval noses to complete each gnome.
  • To finish off your Paper Christmas Santa & His Elves Keepsake, write your name in the provided space and add any other embellishments you see fit, to give it that holiday spin!
  • Then display your Christmas gnome masterpiece proudly for ALL to see!!
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