Far left, you can see that I've sealed the bottom of my tube with a cardboard end and painted this black. Center, I also added a bit of faux fur trim to Santa's cuffs with a glue gun. Right, I dabbed on a couple of layers of different shades of red to mimic the red velvet texture of Santa's hat. I used grey, tan, ivory and white to drybrush his beard. |
- jingle-bell
- cardboard tube
- faux fur trim
- acrylic paints: red, yellow, black, flesh, white, ivory, pale blue, brown
- acrylic varnish
- velvet fabric scrap
- needle and red thread
- hot glue and hot glue gun
- scrap cardboard
- scissors
- pencil
- cotton batting stuffing
- wire or ribbon hook for hanging
- Trace around the end of your cardboard tube on top of a piece of scrap cardboard. Cut this circle out and glue it onto one end of your tube. Let dry.
- Draw and then paint a Santa figure onto the cardboard tube. Make sure that the sealed end is the base of the figure.
- Stuff the tube to the top with cotton batting stuffing.
- Measure the circumference of your tube by wrapping a piece of yarn or thread around it's end. Cut this to size. Now lay this piece of yarn out straight on top of your velvet fabric scrap. Cut out a tall narrow triangle adding approximately 1/4th for a seam allowance to it's circumference. This triangle should be about the length of your cardboard tube; it's measurement doesn't need to be exact. The triangle doesn't need to be perfectly drawn. It will look cute even if it is not perfect.
- Sew up the two longest sides of the velvet triangle with the two ends facing together. Leave the shorter end open. Turn the triangle inside out. Whip stitch a small bell the it's end.
- Glue the open end of the triangle to the open end of the tube with hot glue.
- Varnish the paper tube and let it dry.
- Now measure and glue the faux fur trim and hot glue this piece over the edge of Santa's hat.
- Attach a ribbon or wire hook through the velvet hat for hanging.
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