Split Pin Nutcracker Craft (FREE Printable)

Whether you’re a fan of the Nutcracker ballet or just want a fun Christmas craft to make this holiday season our split pin nutcracker craft is a great choice.

This printable craft is free to download and you’ll find the the whole design on one page, meaning it’s perfect if you want to print multiple copies for making in a group.

I love the way that you can make this nutcracker craft move and I hope that you will too!

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Split Pin Nutcracker Craft

When I was younger I loved watching the Nutcracker ballet at Christmas.

With characters like a King Rat it might not sound like the most obvious choice for a Christmas show for kids but once you’ve seen Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy you understand why this show is a Christmas classic.

This year I’ve seen more and more nutcracker decorations in the stores and I think that this nutcracker craft would be a great one to make with your kids.

If you like this design you can also find it in our nutcracker template and build a nutcracker craft, both of which are free to download.

Craft Supplies Needed

• Nutcracker craft PDF printed onto white cardstock
• Coloring materials – markers or coloring pencils
• Split pins
• Plasticine / playdough
• Pencil
• Glue
• Scissors

How To Make Your Nutcracker Craft

Start by printing your template onto white cardstock or thick paper. While in theory you can use normal printer paper it’s far more at risk of tearing when you move your nutcracker’s limbs and no one wants that to happen.

Grab your coloring pencils or markers and color in all the parts of your nutcracker’s body as well as well as their drum, drumsticks and hat.

Carefully cut out all of the different parts using scissors and glue the head, hat and body together.

Next make the holes in your nutcracker for the split pins to go, you can see marks on the printable for where this should be.

To make the holes put your template piece onto a ball of playdough or plasticine and push the end of a sharp pencil through it. Remove the pencil and the hole is now ready to have a split pin pushed through it.

Insert the split pins into the arms and legs to connect them to the main body so that it looks the same as the illustration on the printable.

Glue the drum straps onto the back of the drum and fold the tops of the straps to hook over your nutcracker’s shoulders and glue these down.

Finally glue the drumsticks in his hands and your craft is finished and ready to play with.

More Free Printable Christmas Crafts

We’ve shared tons of free Christmas printables designed to help you have fun with your child during the holiday season without having to spend a fortune.

You’ll find tons of things that you can try at home, in classrooms or preschools from printable gift tags to a buildable nativity theatre but these are some of our most recent and favorites that we’ve shared.

If you’ve enjoyed making this craft then why not add our split pin elf craft to your collection?

This sweet design also comes with a candy cane or present that your elf can hold.

Like any sensible person I love Santa and here you can grab this free printable Santa’s workshop craft.

Color, cut out and build this craft and you can even peek inside to see Santa and one of his elves.

Finally this snowman card has three different designs for you to choose from and color and with it’s 3D design it will really stand out from the crowd.

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