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    Free printable 3D Christmas decorations

    This cute festive printable is FREE to download and comes with three pre-coloured and three ready-to-colour Christmas Characters.

    printable 3D Christmas decorations of an elf, reindeer and santa.

    These free printable 3D Christmas decorations are the perfect size for little hands. Just print them out, grab some scissors, glue and coloured pencils and off you go!.

    full sheet of colour and black and white printable 3D Christmas decorations

    Let's meet the characters.

    a hand holding a pyramid santa decoration with an elf and reindeer in the background.

    The Christmas Elf

    elf 3D printed christmas decoration view in colour.

    Like any good Christmas Elf, this one is ready to help make lots of presents and pack them on to Santa's sleigh, ready for Christmas!

    elf 3D printed christmas decoration view in black and white.

    He has pointy ears and rosy cheeks and a lovely festive smile. What colour will you choose for his outfit?

    Rudolf the Christmas Reindeer

    Coloured reindeer ready to be printed and cut.

    It's everyone's favourite reindeer, Rudolf! Complete with a love shiny red nose.

    Black and white reindeer which can be cut out, coloured in and assembled.

    Don't forget to colour in and attach Rudolf's antlers! And what colour will you make his festive hat?

    Santa Claus himself!

    Full colour Santa Claus which can be cut out and stuck together to create a 3D Character.

    What Christmas craft would be complete without the big man himself, Santa Claus aka Father Christmas?

    Black and white Santa which can be printed, cut and coloured in.

    With a big white beard, warm smile and rosy cheeks, all that Santa needs is his classic red outfit - or will you choose a new colour for him this year?

    More ways to have fun with your printable Christmas characters

    A sheet of A4 paper which has the 3 characters; Santa, elf and reindeer all coloured in with pencils and ready to be cut out and assembled,

    Use them to act out a Christmas story

    2 hands holding 2 3D christmas characters coloured in pencil.

    Finger puppets are always fun, and everyone gets to easily participate in the story. What does an elf sound like? What does a reindeer sound like for that matter!

    Add some scenery with a simple sheet of A4 paper on a table, and with a few markers turn it into anything from the North Pole to the roof of your home.

    Get crafty with your characters

    Crafty coloured in and decorated characters; elf, Santa and reindeer.

    A quick glance in your craft box will give you plenty of inspiration but why not try:

    • Some glue and glitter would make for a very fancy Santa Claus hat and shiny buckles/bells.
    • Green, red and brown felt and glue is a great way to jazz up clothes and Rudolph's fur.
    • Cotton wool and glue will make for an excellent fluffy beard or fuzzy hat trim.
    • Shiny belt buckles and bells can come from tin foil too. Do you have any chocolate that has been wrapped in foil? It might be a fun colour.
    Close up view of the 3D character creations coloured in with pen.

    Use them as festive dinner table place markers

    A4 paper with the coloured in characters each with a selected name in demonstrating how they can be used for table settings.

    Simply add name labels to their tummies to make for fun markers with a personal touch.

    Display them as mantlepiece decorations

    Decorated characters that can be used as mantlepiece decorations including an elf, reindeer and santa.

    The kids will be proud of their creations, so why not make them pride of place on the mantlepiece?

    Use them a Christmas tree decorations

    The 3D coloured elf with added creations on the Christmas tree.

    Thread string through the top and pop them straight on to the branches of the tree as extra-special homemade decorations.

    3D Santa which has been decorated and sat on the Christmas tree.

    If you pack them away carefully, you can use them every year!

    3D coloured in and decorated reindeer sat on the Christmas tree.

    Make nesting dolls

    Nesting the three characters inside each other. Santa is on the inside, then the elf with the reindeer on the top.

    As they're all the same shape and size, these printable Christmas characters are super stackable!

    If you make all three characters, you can play a fun memory game to see if you can remember the order you stack them in. Print more to keep the challenge going even further!

    Make original characters

    If you're looking to introduce a few characters that are completely your own creation, you can print out the template again, cut the characters out and then simply draw your own design on the reverse and then glue it inside out.

    Get the printable

    Finished 3D colour printable flat on the A4 sheet of paper ready to be cut and assembled.

    To download these as a printable, just click here or on the image below, and let me know if you came up with any of your own games!

    You get a two page PDF, one in black and white and pre-coloured, which you can print out or use as inspiration for your own colouring!

    Colour and black and white templates for the three characters.

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    1. Judy Brady says

      December 05, 2018 at 7:14 pm

      I am having the grandkids over for Christmas crafts and lunch with Santa. These are definitely on the to-do list! Thank you so much for sharing these adorable characters!

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      • Emily Leary says

        December 14, 2018 at 1:47 pm

        Wonderful! Enjoy!

        Reply
    2. Colette says

      December 21, 2016 at 9:24 am

      That's my morning sorted nicely thanks Emily!

      Reply
    3. Dianna says

      November 23, 2016 at 7:15 pm

      Thank you for sharing this! We are excited to do Christmas crafts this year and this will be our first one.

      Reply
    4. Nina Lewis says

      December 04, 2015 at 2:00 pm

      I just saw this on Pinterest. These are absolutely darling! I\'ve pinned and will print these out so that my grandkids can color them at our family Christmas party.I have a link party that I invite you to share this with. It\'s Party in Your PJs at GrandmaIdeas.com. I think that my readers would love this as much as I do. (You can pin several of your ideas.)

      It runs until Sunday at midnight. I hope that you\'ll have a chance to drop by.

      Warmest regards,
      Nina

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