Santa Helpers...

 

Snow is in our forecast this week, so no suprise my thoughts were certainly sweeping towards some Santa Helpers.  Now these took some practice, especially the very teenyweeney ones, there are only 1 inch tall, less than 1/4 head and santa hat...The others, tall ones on a stick perfect to put on a christmas cupcakes are 5.5 inches tall and then the middle size ones, 2.5. 

Again, I searched for awhile to find the perfect  video, that showed you every step. These will be perfect to place on cards, in cards and even on tags, they are the perfect size and along with some tiny buttons from Shellysbuttonsandmore 

This one is so tiny, I wanted to place a tiny button tree so you could get an idea of size...

Link here for a collection of tiny buttons at shellysbuttonsandmore.

Shelly has many teeny weeny buttons, perfect for these Santa Helpers..

This collecion with hearts and snowmen 

and star buttons are 2.5 inches tall.

* medium size Santa Helpers

You certainly don't need a lot of paper 

to make these, but you do need to be patient...

snowman and stars buttons..link here.

Here all made in red polka dots, a contrast in sizes...

largest is 5.5 right down to that wee one which is less than an inch.

I love these on some sucker sticks, found these at Michaels...

you place them in the folds with a little glue dot..

lovely idea to place in cupcakes

I have made  quite a few, usually a few dozen in each size...

I have boxes filled now, these will be perfect for some unique

gift giving over the holidays..

And as I have been in the Christmas mood, I convinced my darling hubby to pick up  2-   8 foot  (2 x4) tallest one is six  foot and other two  are 4.5 and 4 foot candles.

( with leftover wood, he made a T shape stand and drilled all the pieces together...) 

I painted them with red Tremclad paint, it is an oil that is perfect for outdoor weather, drilled some holes on the top and dipped the nails in wood glue and painted the flames

yellow and smudged with a rag some red paint for inner flame.

( soft yellow paint for background flame, let dry then add your red flame with a rag dipped into paint) 

He cut the wick flames with a jig saw, I just drew the flames on paper and he used that as a template.

Total Cost with gingham bow $25.00 

( already had the paint)

Effect = PRICELESS. 

They are in our parlour until the day after Halloween, and outside they will be in our front garden, from the street they look wonderful, matching our red door.

And  here is the Video on how to make these Santa Helpers..

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now you can certainly add faces, but I preferred to keep them blank...

adding some shellys buttons to dress them up..

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