Today on Glued To My Crafts, I’m hoping to inspire LOTS OF HOLIDAY CHEER with our latest and greatest Christmas tutorial using wood craft sticks!
This super unique Christmas craft is a must-try! With all the supplies and directions you need right here, it’s easy to make this adorable Santa & Elf gnome in no time. They will add some much festive cheer to your home this holiday season.
The crafty fun never has to stop on our website! Especially when it comes to GNOMES!
If you have been a long time follower of mine, you probably have noticed that I’ve been on a “gnome” kick the last few months on Glued To My Crafts. It reminds me of my childhood growing up in Germany. On that note – I have a feeling I’m not “done” with this particular theme…. stay tuned because I have quite a few unique and first-seen-here ideas coming to our website! I’m just bursting with ideas!
Anyways – till then – if you would like to recreate this Santa gnome and his elves from popsicle sticks, with your child this upcoming Christmas season, we have a FREE PRINTABLE and all the directions you need to know, in the full tutorial below. It’s just matter of painting, cutting and assembling with some school glue, to create your one-of-a-kind bearded Santa OR Elf piece!
I’ll let you get to it! Happy crafting my friends!! Don’t forget to share pictures of your Santa & his gnome elves made from wood craft sticks with us on our Facebook page! I seriously can’t wait to see how you give them your own creative festive spin! #gluedtomycrafts
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This super unique Christmas craft is a must-try! With all the supplies and directions you need right here, it’s easy to make this adorable gnome in no time. He’ll add some festive cheer to your home this holiday season.
Supplies:
- Jumbo Wood Sticks
- School Glue
- Craft Paint {red or green}
- Paper Plate
- Paint Brush
- Scissors
- Scrapbook Paper
- White Cardstock Paper
- Tan Cardstock Paper
- Santa Hat Printable – on our landing page
- Crayons, Coloring Pencils or Markers
Directions:
- The fun starts here! First things first – grab three popsicle sticks {three per holiday gnome} as well as the craft paint supplies.
- Squirt your craft paint on the paper plate.
- Grab your paint brush and go ahead & paint the THREE popsicle sticks completely.
- Next up – glue the three painted sticks together to look like a triangle with the school glue.
- Set aside the triangle piece to let it dry completely.
- Repeat for each Christmas inspired gnome you want to make today.
- While that is drying, grab all your paper sheets and scissors.
- Go ahead and color in one of the mini hat shapes from the provided printable.
- Trim it out with scissors.
- Out of the remaining cardstock paper, you want to cut out a handprint shape for the beard, a large triangle for his body and of course, a small oval shape for his nose.
- To finish off the Craft Stick Holiday Gnome – go ahead and glue all your paper pieces in place, with some school glue on the painted popsicle stick shape. The larger triangle shape will go on the back of the popsicle stick shape, while all the other pieces go on the front.
- Then add other embellishments they see fit to complete the look.
- Once done, set aside to let it dry completely before displaying proudly!
- Don’t forget to share pictures with us on your social media sites! #gluedtomycrafts
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At Glued To My Crafts, we have a “knack” for stepping outside the craft box – especially around the holidays! It’s kind-of what we strive to do with our website and present to our readers, on a daily basis!
Just like today’s FIRST SEEN HERE popsicle stick Santa gnome and elf craft tutorial!
So before you leave our wonderful site, please check out our popular Snowman Sleigh, Christmas Stocking House and Christmas Tree Gnome holiday craft posts!
All three are super unique to us and sure to impress the crafty fingers that recreate them today! #gluedtomoycrafts
Craft Stick Santa Gnome
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