How to make a paper Santa face
Paper Santa Face: try all 15 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor Santa face from four squares: a round face, a red hat with a white pompom and a long white beard. Draw the eyes and nose to finish it. A Christmas card decoration.
- You need
- One 4.5 in square of cream paper, one 4 in square of red paper that is white on the back, one small white square, one 5 in square of white paper that is white on the back, glue and a pen.
- Start
- Use a cream square for the face, a red square a little smaller for the hat, a very small white square for the pompom and a white square a little bigger than the face for the beard. Start the face and the pompom colored side up, and the hat and the beard white side up with a corner pointing up. Paper that is red on the back and white on the front works for the hat.
- Tips
- Fold the corners of the face and the pompom behind by the same amount so they are round.
- Glue a little cotton on the hat's brim and the beard for a fluffy Santa.
Draw Santa’s face
Glue the pieces together. Draw two dot eyes and a small round nose on the cream face between the hat and beard. The finished Santa face, with its red hat, white pompom and long white beard.
Step-by-step diagrams
Steps 1–6
- 1
Fold the face's top corner behind
Fold the top corner of the small square behind, a little way in, so its point is cut off and the face is round.
- 2
Fold the face's right corner behind
Fold the next corner behind the same way.
- 3
Fold the face's bottom corner behind
Fold the next corner behind the same way.
- 4
Fold the face's left corner behind
Fold the next corner behind the same way.
- 5
Fold the hat in half
Fold the bottom corner of the red square up to the top corner, making a red triangle with its point up.
- 6
Fold the pompom's top corner behind
Fold the top corner of the small square behind, a little way in, so its point is cut off and the pompom is round.
Steps 7–12
- 7
Fold the pompom's right corner behind
Fold the next corner behind the same way.
- 8
Fold the pompom's bottom corner behind
Fold the next corner behind the same way.
- 9
Fold the pompom's left corner behind
Fold the next corner behind the same way.
- 10
Fold the beard's left edge in
Fold the upper left edge of the white square to the middle line, so the top corner becomes the point of a kite.
- 11
Fold the beard's right edge in
Fold the upper right edge to the middle line too.
- 12
Square off the beard's end
Fold the bottom corner behind, along the line where the two folded edges end. The beard is a triangle with a square end.
Steps 13–15
- 13
Put the hat on the face
Set the red hat on the top of the face, its base across the forehead.
- 14
Put the pompom on the hat
Set the small white pompom on the point of the hat.
- 15
Put the beard on the face
Turn the beard upside down, so its point is at the bottom, and set it over the lower half of the face.
- ✓
Finish
Glue the pieces together. Draw two dot eyes and a small round nose on the cream face between the hat and beard. The finished Santa face, with its red hat, white pompom and long white beard.
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