Print, colour, and make a set of 6 Cone Santa & Friends Nesting Dolls. This is a cute DIY toy kids can make and a Christmas decoration in one! It’s also a great, hands-on way to support learning about 3D shapes.
Isn’t Santa the best? He pulls off a miracle every single year. He also looks a lot like a cone, which is why he makes a great cone -shaped craft.
But Santa doesn’t do it alone. He’s more of a cherry-on-top kind of guy, with a cookie-baking wife, Mrs Claus, keeping him going.
Not to mention magical, hard-working elves, flying reindeer and animated snowmen.
His support crew are at least as important as Mr Claus himself, so of course they are all included in this printable set of nesting dolls. The cone-shaped characters stack neatly on top of one another, just like Russian Babushka dolls.
To be clear, this is not in order of importance. Every Christmas character is special.
The finished set of North Pole cone dolls becomes a fun, stack-away DIY toy to inspire imaginary play. They also look festive on the mantelpiece!
Aren’t they cute?
This would be easy to set up as a collaborative craft for a group of kids or family to make together.
Card stock works best, but paper will also work for this craft.
Age suggestion: 6+, but younger kids can make this with adult help.
Are you ready to get crafting?
How to make a set of Paper Cone Santa dolls
You will need
- White card stock
- Markers for colouring
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- The paper cone Santa & Friends template, available in our printables store and also on ETSY
How to
Print the paper cone templates out.
Colour the characters.
Cut the shapes out.
Roll and glue each template into a cone shape. This can be fiddly with the smaller cones, so younger kids may need some help.
Ho ho ho, this Christmas crew are off to spread holiday cheer!
More Christmas DIY Toy Ideas
- Make a paper cup Christmas village with our free template
- Here’s a super-cute Washcloth snowman
- Create paper Elf-on-the-shelf characters, with or without photos
