All you need to create a Santa Sleigh that the children can use for hours of pretend play or filling up with presents, is a cardboard box, scissors or craft knife, and red paint. I used a standard A4 cardboard box, which will fit one child in, but you can use any size cardboard box you have available.
Lay the cardboard box out flat. Draw a basic sleigh shape on the long side. Repeat on the other side. Draw a straight line going across the front and back of the box, matching up with the sleigh shape on the sides of the box.
Cut out.
Paint the sleigh red.
You might like to paint the runners a different colour, or to outline the edge of the sleigh in gold. This one above is very basic, but you could go to town and add bling with stick-on gems and glitter glue, to make it pretty and fancy. You might also like to paint the inside of the sleigh, but I just left it as it was, and this did not deter the children from having lots of fun with it and pretending to be Santa or the reindeer pulling the sleigh.
Have you tried making your own Santa sleigh from a cardboard box? I love hearing from people who read these posts, so please do leave a comment. I would love to see what you create. Feel free to post photos of your sleighs below in the comments.
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