This cute little fellow is all
bundled up for those arctic winter mornings at the North Pole! Help this
little cutie get warm and cozy by placing him in your lighted Christmas tree
this year.
You will need
burnt out light bulb
rubbing alcohol
acrylic paint in white and black
gold cord or ribbon
orange toothpick
shiny gold ribbon
gold chenille twist tie
finger from a child's glove
white iridescent pom pom
Fiberfil cotton batting
hot glue
scissors
black marker
Wipe bulb down with rubbing alcohol, this will help the paint adhere to the
bulb. Let dry. Paint entire light bulb with black acrylic paint except
for an hour glass shape in the front. When the black paint is completely
dry, paint the hour glass shape white and let dry. Apply a second coat. If
finish appears streaked, you can use a large paint brush or a sponge to blot
on a "stucco" look. It is not necessary to paint the socket. Allow
bulb to dry completely.
While bulb is drying, prepare hat and mittens but cutting off a finger from
a child's glove. Use the longest finger on the glove, cut a small section
for the mittens. The mittens are simply small triangular shapes. To make
the hat, put a small amount of Fiberfil into the glove finger and roll up
end for a brim. Glue pom pom to the top. You can bend the hat to one side
by bending it down and gluing in place.
Fashion a bow tie from 1/2" or 3/4" wide shiny gold ribbon (about 3"-4" in
length). To do this, lay the ribbon, shiny side down, onto your work
surface. Fold both ends into the center, doubling up the ribbon. If this
gives you the length that you want for your bowtie, then glue those ends
down to hold in place. Take a piece of shiny chenille twist tie and manipulate
it around the center of the ribbon, scrunching the ribbon together,
thus creating your bowtie. Hint: these ribbons and twist ties are found on
many premade ornaments, some with angels others with flowers.
When bulb is completely dry, pull hat over socket and glue in place. Glue
bowtie in the front at the neckline and glue mittens at the edge of the
white where the hourglass shape widens. Using black marker, dot eyes
onto face and five tuxedo buttons down the front of the bulb. Carefully
cut 1/4 of the toothpick off at the pointed end, glue in place
for beak.
With a fairly generous amount of hot glue, fasten a loop fashioned
from gold ribbon or cord to the back of the bulb. Hang!
From Our Readers
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Hi Amanda,
I went crazy last year and made more than 20 penguins for Teachers, Aunts & Sisters! We are getting ready to start in again. Thanks !!!!!!!! I've had Great Fun!!!
I did reindeer, Santa's and some cows too.
Thanks for a Great Crafting Time!!!
Cookie Burrows Backus, NY
From Our Readers
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Hi Amanda,
I chose to make this ornament for my ornament swap this year. I didn't have all of the required materials so I improvised and I think they turned out darling. Thanks so much for the idea. I love them. I used red ribbon for the bow instead
I used remanents of a black boa for the hat I used silver garland tinsel for the hanger.
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Amanda Formaro is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook and make crafts. She is the craft expert for FamilyCorner.com and Kaboose.com. You can see her crafty creations on Crafts by Amanda and her delicious recipes on Amanda's Cookin'. She is also the owner of Fun Family Crafts.
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