Buddy the Elf Craft
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Every year, during the month of December, we snuggle up with hot chocolate and popcorn to watch our favorite Christmas movie – Elf.
If you’re looking for a fun craft to tie into your movie night or you just need another fun craft to do this holiday season, you don’t want to miss this toilet paper roll Buddy the Elf craft.
It’s a simple craft that you can add to your homeschool Christmas activities.
Buddy the Elf Craft
The best part of this craft is the free printable template. In fact, there are three of them.
One version is a black and white craft template. Your kids can use their favorite coloring medium – crayons, colored pencils, or markers – to color in the template pieces. Then, they can cut and paste the template pieces on their cardboard tube.
You could also use the black and white template as a template to cut out construction paper pieces to make the elf.
The other templates offer kids two color choices for their Buddy the Elf craft.
What You’ll Need
- construction paper
- printer paper
- pencil
- ruler
- scissors
- markers
- glue
- elf template (found at the bottom of this post)
How to Make a Buddy the Elf Craft
To get started, gather your supplies and print your preferred template (at the bottom of this post). Cut out all the pieces to make your elf craft.
Glue the pom pom to the hat, and then glue the hat’s trim to the bottom of the hat.
Glue the elf’s belt and collar to the coat.
Glue the eyes to the top of the face. Then, use a marker to draw the mouth and cheeks.
Glue the elf’s face around the tissue paper roll.
Glue the hat around the top of the tissue paper roll allowing it to extend above the top of the roll.
Glue the elf’s coat to the bottom part of the tissue paper roll aligning the bottom of the coat to the bottom of the tube.
Finish by glueing the ears to either side of the tissue paper roll.
PRESCHOOL BOOKS ABOUT Christmas
Fill your book basket with a great collection of books about Christmas. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.
If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.
Bear Stays Up for Christmas – Bear’s friends are determined to keep Bear awake for Christmas! So they wake Bear up and have him help them find a Christmas tree, bake cakes, hang up stockings, and sing Christmas songs. Bear stays up—by discovering that giving is one of the best Christmas presents of all!
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – Meet the Herdmans—they lie, cheat, and love to give clonks on the head. They are, without a doubt, the worst kids in the history of the world. So no one is prepared when this outlaw family invades church one Sunday and decides to take over the annual Christmas pageant.
Christmas in the Big Woods – Christmas has come to the Big Woods of Wisconsin! Laura and her family are excited to celebrate. When Laura’s cousins, aunt, and uncle arrive, they spend their time together eating sweets, playing in the snow, and reading. Their holiday celebrations are full of simple joys.
TEACHING RESOURCES
These handmade, adorable Christmas finger puppets are perfect for Holiday party favors or any play day!
This Paint-by-Sticker Christmas Art Book includes everything you need to create ten sticker paintings on study card stock. Plus, all the pages are perforated—making it easy to tear out each finished work to frame and share!
Buddy the Elf Craft
Try this toilet paper roll Buddy the Elf craft with your kids this holiday season!
Materials
- Colored paper
- Printer paper
- Toilet paper roll
Tools
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions
Use the PDF templates to cut out the pieces to make the tissue paper roll elf.
Glue the pom-pom with the hat and then glue the hat’s lace on the bottom of the hat.
Glue the elf’s belt and collar with the coat
Glue the eyes on top of the face. And then. use a marker pen to draw the mouth and cheeks.
Glue the elf’s face around the tissue paper roll.
Take the hat, and glue it around the top of the tissue paper roll.
Glue the elf’s coat on the bottom part of the tissue paper roll.
Finish it by glueing the two ears on both sides of the tissue paper roll.
