Last Updated on December 8, 2025 by Amanda Leemis
Celebrate the Christmas season with The Best Nutcracker Craft for Kids! Use your favorite colors and create your very own nutcracker! Check out some great nutcracker books and watch a clip with your little ones of an incredible ballet performance! Print your free nutcracker cutouts below!
The Nutcracker Craft for Kids!
The Nutcracker is a magical ballet about a little girl named Clara who gets a special toy nutcracker for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, her nutcracker comes to life! Together, they go on an adventure filled with dancing snowflakes, the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy, and the Land of Sweets. It’s a story full of music, dancing, and holiday magic! Check out this great Nutcracker clip to watch with your preschoolers!
Materials Needed: glue stick, scissors, markers, tissue paper squares, free cutouts
Step 1: Print your nutcracker cutouts onto cardstock paper. Next, use scissors to cut out your pieces.
Step 2: Use markers or crayons to color in your craft pieces. Next, use a glue stick to paste your cutouts to the paper plate.
Step 3: I added two Dot Dot cheeks to my nutcracker! Next, crunch up your tissue paper squares and paste them to the paper plate. Make your nutcracker’s hair as crazy as you want!
Holiday Nutcracker Craft
That’s it! Your craft is complete! I added a touch of glitter to my nutcracker for fun. Be sure to hang your nutcracker that needs a bit of holiday cheer!
The Best Nutcracker Books for Preschool
Take a look at some great Nutcracker books for preschool! Discover sugar plum fairies, the Rat King, beautiful snowflakes, and more! Read The Nutcracker, The Nutcracker (musical book), and The Nutcracker (pop-up book). Being a ballet dancer myself, this is one of my favorite posts!
Click below to print your free Nutcracker craft cutouts!
Fun Christmas Activities for Preschool!
We hope you enjoyed this Free Nutcracker Craft for Preschool! Be sure to check out all of our Christmas Crafts to celebrate the season. Head to the entire Preschool Crafts Library for tons of fun and learning!
Where are the patterns for the nut cracker? They do not show up in link
Cheryl! Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I just fixed the problem and when you click the link now, the cutouts should show up!