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This is a fun craft for all ages using the cardboard tube from toilet paper and gift tissue paper. Use a marker to make Santas with different expressions! Happy holidays!
Total Time: 30 minutes
Supplies:
- red tissue paper
- glue
- cardboard tube
- string
- cotton
- markers
- scissors
![Cardboard Tube Santa Claus Ornament - supplies](https://img.thrfun.com/img/169/850/cardboard_tube_santa_claus_ornament_m7.jpg)
Steps:
- To make Santa's hat, cut a piece of tissue paper so it fits around the cardboard tube. Fold the edges inward.
![Cardboard Tube Santa Claus Ornament - cut tissue to fit around tube for hat, fold in edges](https://img.thrfun.com/img/169/851/cardboard_tube_santa_claus_ornament_1_m7.jpg)
- Put glue on the folded sections.
![Cardboard Tube Santa Claus Ornament - put glue on folded sections](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Wrap the tissue paper around the tube about half an inch down from the edge. Secure the other glued portion all the way up. Repeat this step on the bottom to make Santa's jacket. Attach halfway down the tube.
![Cardboard Tube Santa Claus Ornament - glue in place for hat and repeat at bottom for suit](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Start pressing the top of the tissue paper together to make his pointed hat.
![Cardboard Tube Santa Claus Ornament - press the top of the tissue paper together to make the hat](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Take a piece of string and fold it in half. Glue the ends inside the cardboard tube and pull the looped end out from the top of the hat. Glue the pointed tip of the hat shut against the string.
![Cardboard Tube Santa Claus Ornament - glue string loop inside the tube coming up through the top of the hat](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Draw whatever facial features you like on the bare cardboard tube.
![Cardboard Tube Santa Claus Ornament - add facial features](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Put some glue down on the edges of his hat, the top of his hat, and around his beard area.
![Cardboard Tube Santa Claus Ornament - add glue at the top of hat, around the base of hat and on face for beard](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Pull apart some cotton to fluff it up and place it on the glue.
![Cardboard Tube Santa Claus Ornament - add cotton](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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