Turn Chocolate Santas into the Real St. Nicholas!

We’ve updated this page with new Santas! Madelaine Chocolate has a nice ornament Santa (3/4 oz) that makes a special St. Nicholas ornament. Russell Stover’s new design needs a different size pattern. So, we’ve added new pattern sizes—surely there is one to fit whatever Santa you choose.



While working with children talk about the real St. Nicholas. For suggestions, see Things to Talk About While Making St. Nicholas Projects or tell various St. Nicholas stories.

PDF with instructions and 7 miter patterns (printing tips)

Chocolate Santa:

Russell Stover Candies Chocolate Santa:

Thompson Candy Company Chocolate Santa: Russell Stover Candies, 2011 design Solid Chocolate Santa: Madelaine Chocolate Company Solid Chocolate Santa: Madelaine Chocolate Company Hollow chocolate Santa:

Russell Stover, new in 2019

Materials

Foil covered chocolate Santa, one for each child

There are many available chocolate Santas; we offer patterns to fit many of them; sometimes you need to adjust just a bit

There are many available chocolate Santas; we offer patterns to fit many of them; sometimes you need to adjust just a bit Thompson Candy Company, 4 1/8 inches tall (1.75 oz)



Russell Stover Candies, 4 3/8 inches tall (1.75 oz)



Madelaine Chocolate Company, flat ornament, 4 inches (3/4 oz)



Madelaine Chocolate Company, solid, 4 1/8 inches (1 oz)



Thompson Candy Company, 5 ½ inches tall (3 oz)

Choose miter pattern to fit your chocolate Santa

Pattern #1: for larger figures, Russell Stover, new in 2019, and Pez dispensers



Pattern #2: Madelaine flat ornament Santas



Pattern #3: New Russell Stover Santa



Pattern #4: smaller Santas



Pattern #5: solid flat Santas



Pattern #6: ALDI Choceur, Madelaine solid

Pattern #7: for large figures, Lindt Santas Cut miter pattern out of card stock

Increase or decrease pattern, if necessary, so it fits your chocolate Santa

Print page 2 on card stock to make easy-to-use templates.

If working with a group, make a template for each person

Increase or decrease pattern, if necessary, so it fits your chocolate Santa Print page 2 on card stock to make easy-to-use templates. If working with a group, make a template for each person Gold metallic chenille stems

7½-inch piece for smaller Santa, 8½-inch for larger

7½-inch piece for smaller Santa, 8½-inch for larger Red metallic foil card stock (sometimes called metallic foil board) or metallic foil paper

Cut a rectangle for each child, 5x3-inches for smaller miter, 6x3½-inches for larger

Cut a rectangle for each child, 5x3-inches for smaller miter, 6x3½-inches for larger Metallic cross stickers

(for online sources, see sidebar)

Equipment

Pencils

Scissors

Mini stapler, fastens the miter more securely than gluing

Mini glue dots or tacky glue

Directions

Draw around miter pattern on wrong side of red card Cut out miter Fold miter at sides Staple back together, matching point and lower edges Bend gold metallic chenille stem piece into a crozier Place miter on head; secure with a bit of glue Use a mini-glue dot or blob of tacky glue to attach bishop’s crozier/staff onto the figure’s left hand

Voila! Santa is now the real St. Nicholas!

PDF with instructions and miter patterns in 7 sizes

Copyright 2007, 2011 © St. Nicholas Center

Patterns may be printed for use with non-profit groups making art and craft projects. For all other uses, please request permission from info@stnicholascenter.org. Thank you.

Use Choceur Santas from ALDI to make affordable Nicholases with a group; pattern #5 will fit these little Santas

To print patterns

Click on file link above, then click the Adobe print icon:



If you’re having trouble downloading the file, right-click on the image below and choose “Save target as…” to save it. Then open the PDF with Adobe Reader (free from Adobe’s website) and print it following the above tips.

Patterns may be printed for use with non-profit groups making art and craft projects. For all other uses, please request permission from info@stnicholascenter.org. Thank you.

More Santas turned into St. Nicholas

Lindt Russell Stover Solid Pez Santa Solid flat Storz

Less expensive chocolate

Palmer Solid, pattern #7 Palmer chocolate lollipop, pattern #1, adjusted Palmer Crisp Kringle, pattern #3, adjusted

Godiva, Russell Stover, Thompson

Tips for accurate PDF printing

For Adobe Reader 7.0

In the Adobe Print dialog box, check these boxes:



For Adobe Reader 8.0

If you are having trouble printing, try clicking on “Advanced” then “Print as Image.”

For older versions

In the Adobe Print dialog box, make sure the boxes for Shrink oversized pages to paper size and Expand small pages to paper size are NOT checked. (In some versions the option is Page Scaling: NONE, click to find Fit to pages and Shrink large pages.)

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