Today we’re doing a hot chocolate craft! Which is perfect because of the colder weather that’s now here. Kids of all ages will love this super fun and simply hot chocolate craft. It’s a budget-friendly craft that uses minimal craft supplies, which is always a plus. And the best part is, you can make this paper hot chocolate craft at home or in the classroom.

Hot Chocolate Craft

Younger kids and older kids alike will have so much fun making this hot chocolate craft. It’s an easy paper craft that is perfect for the cold winter weather. Who doesn’t love hot chocolate?

Plus, it’s great fine motor skills practice as there is plenty of coloring and cutting! And kids can be creative while they decorate the paper hot cocoa mugs. So, without further ado, let’s make this super cute hot chocolate craft!

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Related: We have 38 mesmerizing winter crafts for kids!

Supplies Needed For This Paper Hot Chocolate Craft

• Printable Snowman Coloring Pages
• Scissors
• Markers
• Glue Stick
• Elmer’s Glue
• Glitter
• Construction Paper

How To Make Your Own Paper Hot Chocolate Mug

Step 1

Trace out your hot chocolate mug on your colorful construction paper. We used red and green.

Cut out your mug and carefully cut out the paper from the handle.

Step 2

Color and cut out your snowmen.

Craft note:

You can print your snowman at 50% in the advanced printing settings which enables you to print a smaller snowman. Don’t worry, we’ll use the excess white paper.

Step 3

Trace an oval on the brown construction paper. This is your cocoa. You can always trim it up to make it smaller.

Craft Note:

Put your brown construction paper over your cup. You’ll see how wide you need the cocoa to be and you can mark it on the brown paper.

Step 4

Use the glue stick to glue on your hot cocoa and your snowman.

Step 5

Using the white paper, trace rounded rectangles. This will be your marshmallows, cut them out.

You can also trace a candy cane shape, add stripes, and color them in and cut it down to fit your mug.

Step 6

Glue your marshmallows and/or peppermint stick to the cocoa.

Step 7

Since the snowman template had snow on it, we dabbed it and our mug with Elmer’s glue and then added white glitter to look like snow! And now you’re finished!

How To Make This Hot Chocolate Craft Your Own

Like all our crafts you can change up the craft to better suit your child’s needs. You can change things on this hot chocolate craft like:

• Using cotton balls for marshmallows.
• Gluing on real marshmallows.
• Tracing and adding whipped cream.
• Gluing on crushed up candy canes.
• Using cardstock or cardboard for a heartier cup.
• Painting on the hot chocolate and toppings.
• Adding stickers or pom poms to decorate your cup.
• Use white pom poms as marshamllows.

Our Experience With This Fun Hot Chocolate Craft

This was a great activity I think. We had a lot of fun making this hot chocolate craft. And what I love about this craft is yes, it needs some adult supervision, but unless your kids are really small they can easily do a lot of this craft themselves.

This cocoa craft would be create paired with a themed book or added just to your winter activities curriculum, or if you’re just looking for a fun winter craft idea. It can even be used as a letter c craft!

We love hot cocoa in our house. Every winter I set up a hot cocoa bar so we can enjoy a cup of hot cocoa often. I think that’s why this fun hot cocoa craft was so enjoyable to us! And it’s a cheap and easy craft if you follow the step-by-step directions.

More Great Winter Crafts For Kids From Kids Activities Blog

• Learn how to make fluffy snow slime with shaving cream!
• Download and print our winter activity pages to keep your kids entertained for hours!
• These easy winter painting ideas are perfect for kids in preschool – and a fun way to get creative.
• We have the best Frozen themed activities for those cold winter days.
• Our January coloring pages were created with kids of all ages in mind.
• Print this winter matching game for an easy card game with little kids.
• Try our Christmas cupcake liners crafts and activities!
• Check out this super fun candy cane craft this season!

More Hot Chocolate Activities From Kids Activities Blog

Why not have some hot chocolate while you make your hot chocolate mug craft?

• Make a homemade hot cocoa mix recipe to make or give as a gift this holiday.
• Move over crockpot hot chocolate! We’ve got these Costco is selling chocolate drops to make a quick cup of cocoa!
• Strawberry hot chocolate is a sweet twist on this tradition.
• Now that you have your cocoa it is time to make this hot chocolate charcuterie board.
• Want to make the cutest gift? Make these delicious hot chocolate bombs for your friends and family!
• This hot chocolate mug cake is a really fun and tasty treat.
• These hot cocoa cupcakes are as yummy as they sound.
• And don’t miss the hot chocolate cookies!
• Want to see more yummy Christmas food? We have a ton of recipes!
• Check out this copycat Starbucks hot cocoa mix! So good.
• Make your own homemade salted marshmallows to go with your hot cocoa!
• Check out these Christmas crockpot recipes, so yummy!
• You should try this warm milk and honey with vanilla recipe.
• We love this chocolate mousse recipe!

How did your hot chocolate craft turn out?