Paper Christmas Wreath Craft

Your child will be cutting on lines to make the strips, but adult assistance will be needed to cut the paper plate and to staple the looped lines to the plate.

• What you will need
• Instructions for making the paper wreath
• More Christmas scissor cutting practice

• 6-8 Sheets of colored construction paper, printed with the cutting lines (download the printable here).
  
• A paper plate
• Scissors (for your child)
• A stapler (for you)
  

Step 1

Have your child cut out the strips along the lines. I cut the sheets of paper in half, so the paper was not too unwieldy for my child.

There are a LOT of lines, so it's fine to take a few sessions to do this, or have more than one child cut out the lines!

Step 2

An adult needs to cut out the center of the paper plate.

Don't worry if the edges are a little jagged, they will be hidden by the strips of paper once they are attached.

Step 3

Loop each strip so the edges meet, and staple them to the plate as shown. An adult needs to staple the strips

• Tip 1: The strips need to be attached right next to each other in the same row.

Step 4

Layer the next row in front of the previous one, keeping the edges of the strips at right angles to the hole.

• I alternated the colors in each row.

• This is what the space between each row of strips should look like if you lift it up.

Finishing It Off

For the very last row, you will need to lift up your first row to staple the loops behind it.

The finished wreath hanging on our wall! My daughter was so proud of this!

It was a lot of cutting for her, but we did it over a few days and it was a great way for her to strengthen her hand muscles.

If you like this Christmas craft, but want to have the template and the instructions in an accessible format, then check out my Free Christmas Cutting Printables!

Or get a whole lot more Christmas scissor crafts for kids  here...

This paper Christmas wreath craft is one of many Christmas cutting activities in this printable resource! Only 2 or 3 of the activities are found on my website, the rest are exclusive to the e-book!

There are 17 different nativity-themed scissor crafts, all with photographed instructions and a variety of templates - over 40 templates in all!

Suitable for a range of skills - from preschoolers who are just learning to use scissors, all the way to early elementary kids who need more practice with their scissor skills.

Photos and instructions for every activity!

View my Christmas Scissor Cutting Printables now!