“Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Clause, right down Santa Claus lane…”
Welcome guests with a DIY Santa Sleigh “that’s filled with toys for boys and girls again”.
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This fun DIY Santa sleigh is made from a sheet of 3/4″ plywood and a 1×3 board. You’ll need to dust off your jigsaw to cut out all of the pieces, don’t worry there is a free printable template for the sleigh. It makes a great DIY Christmas decoration and/or a photo prop for the kiddies!
I put pre-lit present decorations in my sleigh and it puts off a cheery glow at night.
How will you finish your DIY Santa Sleigh? The body of my sleigh is painted in Rustoleum Apple Red, trim is Rustoleum Metallic Gold and the runners are in Decoart Chalky Finish Carbon. I cheated with the gold pin stripe and used gold glitter washi tape!
You can grab the FREE printable pattern along with the step by step tutorial on Ryobi Nation.
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If you want to add some reindeer to your sleigh, grab the free printable pattern here.
*This post is brought to you by Ryobi, all opinions are my own.
I printed the sleigh pattern but there is no printable pattern for the Cut Diagram for the bottom of the sleigh?
Hi, sorry it’s in the 3rd step. There isn’t a pattern for the bottom and front, they are rectangles cut to this size: “Also cut 1 front 16 ½” x 10” and 1 bottom 16 ½” x 25 ½”.”
What a fantastic idea! I love it! Thanks for sharing.
I love the sleigh and the sleigh rides sign by your door. Did you make the sign too?
Thank you, yes I did 🙂
These are beautiful projects! I really want to make the sleigh. Do you happen to have a tutorial for the sleigh ride sign?! I love that too!
I haven’t posted it yet, hopefully soon 🙂
How did you attach the runners
I attached them with screws to the supports and the sleigh. https://www.ryobitools.com/nation/projects/santa-s-diy-wood-sleigh
Hi, Do you have a dxf file for the sleigh?
I’ve made a few of these from your webpage…They are fun to build, but… I’ve not been able to cut the sleigh runners to match the contour of the sleigh side. What is the secret?
Hi I live in Scotland and would love to make this for the kids that pass my home to go to and from school. Every year I try and make my garden bright and christmasy for them. Could you please do a plan for the runners of this sleigh.
Thank you so much
Regards
Theresa
The runners should be on the pdf.
id love to see you make a santa for 2019
How do you protect the plywood from splitting?
Hello to you from Denmark
i have now Make the Santa Sleigh it was A great Job
and 3 Funny Reindeer found On another Page
it is possible to send pictures to you so others can see the result
Yes! Please email pictures to amy at hertoolbelt dot com
Great idea and the reindeer as well! Thanks for posting, this is going to be a project for my sons and me next week!
Hi from the Netherlands, I can’t find the pattern and tutorial. I get a 404 error.
I would love to make this Sleigh.
Thank you in advance
Kind Regards,
Linda
Sorry Ryobi changed their link structure. This should be the correct link https://nation.ryobitools.com/nation/how-tos/santa-s-diy-wood-sleigh