The holiday season is here, and it’s the perfect time for festive fun and creative activities! We’ve created a brand-new holiday activity for kids: Face Drawing Fun! This exciting activity features 8 outline images of popular Christmas characters. Each character has an empty face so kids can draw their eyes, noses, and mouths. Plus, they can color the characters to make them even more festive. Let’s dive into this fun holiday activity and see why your kids will love it!
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Meet the Christmas Characters:
You can meet 8 Christmas characters with this activity. Additionally, some of these characters you may have seen in real life and some you may have heard of in stories. However, now let’s see what these characters are.
Santa Claus:
We dedicated the first page of this activity to Santa Claus. Because he is the Christmas character that children love the most. Santa’s face is blank here, but children will easily recognize him because of his Christmas hat and beard. So children complete the face of your beloved Santa Claus. And color it
Snowman:
Christmas is the cold season. So children like to make snowmen out of snow in winter. So here we bring you a snowman from another activity page. The snowman here wears a Christmas hat and a vignette scarf.
Gingerbread Man:
The Gingerbread Man is a children’s favorite Christmas cookie. So here is the gingerbread man. Complete the face of this gingerbread man. And color it
Elf:
Children have often encountered this character in Christmas stories. And these little elves help Santa to make the children happy. So complete and color the elf’s face beautifully on this activity page.
Rudolph:
Rudolph is Santa’s favorite reindeer. So children have heard stories about him. Anyway, today we’re going to draw Rudolph a pretty face.
Angel:
Children have heard of angels in Christmas stories, right? Also, about good angels helping good children. So with this activity, you can draw and color a beautiful angel face.
Kid Boy:
On this page is a little boy wearing a Christmas hat. Draw a nice happy face for him.
Kid Girl:
This is a little girl wearing a Christmas hat. This girl is also ready for Christmas. So draw a beautiful face to her.
Each character is drawn with an empty face, giving kids the chance to create their unique expressions. It’s a fun way to let their creativity shine!
Why Kids Will Love Face Drawing Fun:
This activity is suitable for children of all ages. But we prepared this for kindergarten-age children. And we made it more kid-friendly and more fun. Now let’s see why this activity is more engaging for kids.
- Creative Freedom: Here children can draw different faces of each character. For example, they can draw Santa a kind smile, Rudolph a cute one, and a snowman a funny face. Children will try to draw these faces to match the characters as well as draw them differently. Therefore, it sharpens their creativity.
- Colorful Fun: After drawing the faces, children can add colors to the pictures. It makes children more excited about the activity. Therefore, they can traditionally use the appropriate colors for those characters. Otherwise, to create their own unique design.
- Imagination Boost: Drawing and coloring these characters naturally develops children’s imagination. One reason is that children try to imagine those faces and draw them. The other is being alone in the activity with these characters. Then the children create poems and stories with those characters. Hence, all this leads to the development of their imaginative thinking.
- Skill Building: This activity supports the development of children’s various skills. The main thing is to develop motor skills. That is, developing fine motor skills in children while drawing and coloring. And hand-eye coordination is another skill developed in children. Attitudinal, linguistic, and imagination skills also lead to the development of children through this activity.
- Holiday Spirit: Every activity page here has a festive feel. So, with this activity, children’s minds will have feelings about Christmas. Children are also able to engage in fun activities during Christmas.
Fun Ideas to Make It Extra Special:
Would you like to provide more learning opportunities for children with these Face Drawing Activity pages? So try to implement these ideas.
Storytelling Time:
After the face painting activity, you can direct the children to this experience. Give the children the opportunity to create a new event or story about each character. You can also ask them various questions about it. You can also ask them various questions about it. For example, who is Santa laughing with? Who does Angel help? Ask them simple questions like where is Rudolph going? Through that, children get the opportunity to think about different things.
Crafty Extras:
In this Face Drawing activity, children have to complete and color the faces. But it doesn’t stop there, the children here can be given more activity opportunities. For example, you can take sticking cotton balls. Cotton balls can be stuck to Santa’s beard, and snow around other winter figures. Or you can style these pictures by gluing pieces of colored paper and pom-pom balls. Also, guide the children to draw the whole body as only the face is shown here.
Group Activity:
This is a great opportunity to teach children how to work cooperatively in a group during this activity. Children are directed to do this activity in cooperation with friends or family. and leads to entertaining conversations.
Holiday Cards:
You can use the perfect finished Face Drawing activity pages as a Christmas card. Paste it on a card write your wishes and give it to your loved ones. This is also a good opportunity to practice good attitude habits like sharing and loving.
Christmas Game:
You can turn this face-drawing activity into a game. So, create various creative opportunities for it. You can draw faces with different emotions. Then, show the children how to identify them. Or draw a face with the feelings you say.
Tips for Parents:
Here are some tips to help make the activity even more enjoyable:
- Encourage Creativity: Let kids know there’s no right or wrong way to draw the faces. Their ideas are what make the characters special.
- Join the Fun: Sit down and draw alongside your kids. They’ll love sharing the activity with you.
- Keep It Simple: Use supplies you already have at home. The focus is on having fun, not perfection.
- Celebrate Their Work: Praise their efforts and display their drawings proudly. It’ll boost their confidence and make them feel proud.
