• Our Free Newsletter
• Christmas Crafts
• Santa Prints
Stitch up this trio of Appalachian Santas
Personalize this Sweet Santa
Build these Reindeer planters and fill with plants or presents
What a hostess in this Santa Apron and Hat.
Santa Nutcracker
Santa Waterblobe
Santa Slippers
Santa Chair Covers
|
Santa Crafts
- Signs
Small wooden signs are easily made. Base coat in red, green, or antique gold
and sand the edges for a warn look. Finish with a light stain.
Drill 2 holes in each upper corner to hang with a
wire or attach a picture hook on the back.
Tie on a torn piece of fabric or hot glue an
appropriate miniature for further embellishment.
I use a fine brush to do my lettering but you may want to try some of the new paint pens.
Sign Ideas:
Dear Santa, Define Good
I believe in Santa
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Santa Collector
Dear Santa, I Can Explain
Santa Stops Here
- Paint around a plate 'Cookies for Santa'
- Santa Star
- Pony Bead Santa
- Door Decoration Santa
- Knit this Santa shelf sitter
- Knit this Santa Hat
Painting Santa
Stitching Santa
For Kids
Decorate with Santa
- Create Yard Art with this Santa Plan
- To a Pine wreath add a large Santa head peeking out
Ornaments
- Some years ago I used a
Sculpey Push Mold
 to create Santa's face on pieces of driftwood ornaments.
A similiar technique could be used on pinecones, shells, or clay pots. Some other ideas can be found:
a Santa Bell
a candy cane
a doll
a morning after Santa
- Santa Ornament
- A simple Santa can be painted on a variety of objects - thimbles, funnels, star shapes, oval shapes,
miniature pots, balls, shells, bells, light bulbs,
cinnamon sticks, wooden spoons, rolling pins,
candle sticks, or paint brushes. Use your favorite
shade of red and add snow texture paint to a basic
face. See our pattern for suggestions.
- Get out Your Uncle Sam patterns for a Patriotic Santa
- Wooden St. Nick Ornament Pattern
- I painted some brushes a few years ago and they were big sellers.
I used the pastry type brush found in Grocery or craft stores.
They are about 2 1/2 inches wide and have a pre drilled hole in the
handle. They were about $0.79 each. I started by painting the handle red
then I wrapped the metal band with some peach fabric and painted
that as the face. I kept the bristles of the brush as is for the beard and I painted a moustache the same color as the bristles to bridge the face and beard.
I topped him off with a thin strip of off white "fur" as a hat trim over the top of the face and the bottom of the handle.
They turned out really cute.
- Paint a miniature fence white, drill a hole at the top of each end for a hanging wire, hot glue a miniature cardinal, and a miniature Santa hat to further embellish.
- Or paint a wooden spool with a Santa head.
- Corn Cob Santas - Remove corn kernels and let the cob dry out or use dried Indian corn.
Using a clay of your choice- sculpture (or use a mold) the face
directly on the cob to fit the size of the cob and allow to dry.
Insert, with a touch of glue, a small "eye ring" to the top of the cob.
Paint the face, eyes, and cheeks as desired.
Use decorative paste to form a beard & mustache.
Paint paste white if necessary.
Use Sno-Tex for the trim area & pompom of hat area.
Allow to dry and spray with sealer.
Finish by threading a length of jute or raffia through the eye ring as a hanger.
this procedure can also be used for driftwood, or pinecones.
- Smashed red soda cans can be painted with a Santa face and then embellished with a beard (torn muslin, mop strings or doll hair) and a hat.
For Fun
Links
|
