Our latest Holidays Dogs In Sweaters tutorial is going to give you the WARM FUZZIES! No special knitting skills required! Keep scrolling to see how I made these Popsicle Stick Dogs In Holiday Sweaters come to life within minutes!
Craft Stick Holiday Dogs In Yarn Sweaters
This is truly a “first seen here” Craft Stick Dogs In Sweaters kid craft idea! Just in time for the winter season we will heading into soon. I’ve even included a FREE SAINT BERNARD DOG HEAD PRINTABLE to get you started even faster today!
Wouldn’t these cute craft stick and yarn dogs be great for some pretend puppet play this afternoon? Maybe even turn them into ornaments! You could even have an ugly sweater contest during your holiday parties and really dig out the random craft embellishments!
So enough chit chat from me… I’m sure your mind is racing and you are ready to get to it! All the instructions for this Saint Bernard dogs in holiday sweaters craft idea, as well as the free file, can be found below! And if you need any help, what-so-ever, please feel free to reach out to me!
Don’t forget – I wanna admire your creations so please be sure to snap a few pictures along the way and tag us on Facebook or use our special branded #gluedtomycrafts hashtag for us to see!
Happy crafting my friends!!! Hopefully your crafty plans are amazing because of this creative holiday art project idea you found on Glued To My Crafts just now!
PAIR YOUR DOGS IN SWEATER CRAFT WITH —> Paper & Washi Tape Bear In Sweater
Craft Supplies:
* Jumbo Popsicle Sticks {3 per holiday dog craft}
* Mini Popsicle Sticks {2 per holiday dog craft}
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Dark Brown Craft Paint
* Foam Paint Brush
* Small Paper Plate
* Free Holiday Dog Head Printable {GRAB IT ON BOX.COM}
* White Cardstock Paper
* Color Printer
* Paper Craft Scissors
* Kraft/Brown Colored Cardstock Paper
* Thick Craft Yarn {think red and green holiday colors!}
* Black Sharpie Marker
optional materials – holiday stickers, glitter glue, rhinestones etc.
RELATED POST —> Popsicle Stick Bears In Sweaters
Directions:
* First things first – get the glue gun hot and ready.
* Assemble the base of your holiday dog by gluing THREE jumbo popsicle sticks and TWO mini popsicle sticks together to look like a fence door {3 next to each other and the mini popsicle sticks across to secure in place.}
* Allow it to dry completely. Repeat for each dog friend you want to make today. The free printable will allow you to make FOUR dogs at once.
* When the popsicle stick shape is dry enough to touch, grab your craft paint, paint brush and small paper plate.
* Squirt some craft paint on the paper plate.
* Paint the popsicle stick shape you just made, completely brown.
* Set it aside, again, to allow it dry completely.
* Now grab your brown cardstock, printed dog head printable, your Sharpie marker and scissors.
* Out of the brown cardstock, cut out two small, half circle paws for your dog.
* Use the black Sharpie marker to give the paws some dimension with some drawn on “claws.”
* Set those aside.
* Out of the dog printable, pick a head and cut it out.
* Go ahead and secure your paper pieces, in their designated spot, to your painted popsicle stick shape with the glue gun.
* Now grab your craft yarn and the glue gun again.
* Take one end of your yarn and hot glue it to the back of your popsicle stick dog body shape.
* Start wrapping the yarn SEVERAL times around the popsicle stick base, until you have the look you like.
* When ready, cut the yarn and use the hot glue gun again, to secure the loose end to the back of the popsicle stick base.
* Add any other embellishments you see fit. Maybe some small rhinestone details or a little dab of glitter glue!
* Then let it dry completely before displaying proudly!!!
* Don’t forget to snap a few pictures of your finished popsicle stick dogs in sweaters creations to share with us! #gluedtomycrafts
RELATED POST —> Popsicle Stick Penguins In Sweaters
MAKE IT YOUR OWN TODAY: although we are offering a free printable for our readers to use to recreate this Saint Bernard craft idea, don’t feel limited if you don’t have access to a printer. You can always free-style your dog head out of colored cardstock or pull out your Cricut maker!
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Just check out our Christmas Trucks, Christmas Fairy House and  Polar Bear Card craft posts, that hundreds of people have been recreating this winter season! All of which are instant creativity at your fingerprints and would pair nicely with today’s “dogs in sweaters” craft idea!
Popsicle Stick Holiday Dogs In Sweaters
Instructions:
- First things first - get the glue gun hot and ready.
- Assemble the base of your holiday dog by gluing THREE jumbo popsicle sticks and TWO mini popsicle sticks together to look like a fence door {3 next to each other and the mini popsicle sticks across to secure in place.}
- Allow it to dry completely. Repeat for each dog friend you want to make today. The free printable will allow you to make FOUR dogs at once.
- When the popsicle stick shape is dry enough to touch, grab your craft paint, paint brush and small paper plate.
- Squirt some craft paint on the paper plate.
- Paint the popsicle stick shape you just made, completely brown.
- Set it aside, again, to allow it dry completely.
- Now grab your brown cardstock, printed dog head printable, your Sharpie marker and scissors.
- Out of the brown cardstock, cut out two small, half circle paws for your dog.
- Use the black Sharpie marker to give the paws some dimension with some drawn on "claws."
- Set those aside.
- Out of the dog printable, pick a head and cut it out.
- Go ahead and secure your paper pieces, in their designated spot, to your painted popsicle stick shape with the glue gun.
- Now grab your craft yarn and the glue gun again.
- Take one end of your yarn and hot glue it to the back of your popsicle stick dog body shape.
- Start wrapping the yarn SEVERAL times around the popsicle stick base, until you have the look you like.
- When ready, cut the yarn and use the hot glue gun again, to secure the loose end to the back of the popsicle stick base.
- Add any other embellishments you see fit. Maybe some small rhinestone details or a little dab of glitter glue!
- Then let it dry completely before displaying proudly!!!
- Don't forget to snap a few pictures of your finished popsicle stick dogs in sweaters creations to share with us! #gluedtomycrafts
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