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    Free Printable Christmas Elf Cut and Paste Craft

    Published: Jul 13, 2024

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    This free printable Christmas craft is a fun way for little kids to practice their fine motor skills and handwriting. It's perfect for the holiday season and can be used at home or in the classroom. I hope you enjoy this free Santa's elf craft template!

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    This post may include affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you.

    If you're looking for an easy way to keep your kids or students busy this holiday season, be sure to grab the Christmas Crafts Bundle! You'll get 10 different crafts with a total of 22 pages for one very low price.

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    This craft is a fun accompaniment to reading a book like Elf or How to Catch an Elf It's also easy to turn this elf face craft into a stick puppet for your Christmas story time activities!

    How to Catch an Elf
    How to Catch an Elf
    • Wallace, Adam (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 32 Pages - 10/01/2021 (Publication Date) - Sourcebooks Wonderland (Publisher)
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    This free printable elf cut and paste craft is a no-prep way for children to practice fine motor skills, handwriting, hand-eye coordination, and gluing skills.

    In addition to the cut and paste Christmas elf craft, each page also has space to trace the word "Elf." The craft is available in three versions - two different skin tones and a black and white coloring page elf.

    Three pages of printable cut and paste elf craft. It is available in two skin tones as well as black and white

    โ€‹Materials needed for an easy Santa's Elf craft

    This elf cut and paste craft is available in both color and black and white. There are two different skin tones so your early learners can pick whichever they prefer.

    Don't let your elf get lonely! Make sure to download this Santa cut and paste craft, too.

    To make this Christmas elf craft, you will need:

    • Your free printable (look for the row of purple arrows pointing at the download button)
    • Printer access and paper or card stock
    • Blunt tipped scissors
    • Glue stick
    • Preschool pencil or something else to write and trace with
    • Colored pencils or crayons, if you're using the coloring page version
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    Fiskars Blunt-tip Safety-edge Blade Scissors Navy blue
    • Blunt-tip Safety-edge Scissors
    • Blade Sheath Included is an Eraser
    • Accommodates right and left-handed users
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    A black and white elf cut and paste craft on top of red and pink paper with a child's hand holding ag green crayon

    My daughter likes to trace and write the word on her cut and paste worksheets before coloring or cutting out the pieces. It's easiest for little learners to write on the page while it's still intact.

    Coloring the elf face is easiest before cutting out the pieces.

    Next, cut out the pieces.

    Pieces for an elf cut and paste craft on a clipboard with a child's hand holding a glue stick

    Glue the pieces together to make an elf face. For best results, glue the hat and brim together, add the bell to the tip of the hat, glue the hair to the elf's face, then add the hat over top of the hair.

    That's it! This is a super easy, no-prep craft that your kids will be enjoying just minutes from now. Glue your completed elf face to a large craft stick to quickly and easily make a stick puppet.

    โ€‹Cut and paste Christmas elf craft template PDF file download area

    This elf craft printable is licensed for personal use and classroom use. This includes use with library activities, therapy clients, etc.

    This printable is not licensed for commercial use. You re not licensed to sell or redistribute (even for free) the print outs or files to other adults for use with their children/students. Please refer friends and colleagues to this post so they can download their own copy.

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