Santa Gourds~ Five More Completed

I now have a total of 15 Santa gourds for the Holiday market in December. On to a new project!

 

"Snow Babies"

 How silly are these? I love these little characters and decided to call them Snow Babies.

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Five Completed-Five More to Finish!

 These Santa Gourds require a lot of time and patience waiting for paper clay and then paint to dry but I managed to finish five of them.

Ten More Santa Gourds in The Works

 Now that the 90-100 degree heat has passed I started working on some more gourds. It may take longer for them to dry in this humidity we are having but I am patient.

Little Snowman Gourd Ornaments

 I thought I would try something new today with the smaller gourds. I made these four little guys to hang on a Christmas tree. They are sitting in red caps just for the photo shoot.

Santa Gourds

 I am having a lot of fun making these Santa Gourds. They are still a work in progress but I wanted to share them at different stages. I like the antique look of these Olde Time Santas.

Little Snowman Cone Ornaments

Here are some cute little chubby cheeked snowmen made of sculpted paper mache faces on a little gourd. They are sitting in paper cones decoupaged with red and white candy cane tissue paper trimmed with antique lace. They have a tiny bell stitched on the end of their black felt hats.

Santa Peppermint Candy Buckets Finished

 A lot of work went into these little candy containers. I painted some cardboard tubing a dark forest green, made some wire handles then decoupaged a "North Pole Candy Co. Peppermint Parlor Sweets & Drinks" advertisement label on the front. I made little pillow Santa dolls which sit in the bucket and will hold a red organza ribbon tie bag filled with peppermint candies. 

Santa Candy Containers

 I just finished these Santa candy containers using empty paper rolls wrapped in a vintage "Santa's Candy Shop" advertisement. They each have a red plug on the bottom for sweets and a paper mache Santa on the top.