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!

I’ve taken our go-to triangle shape and I’ve altered it a bit for the upcoming red and green themed holiday!

Keep on scrolling to see our Craft Stick Santa Gnome kid craft idea come to life within minutes! #gluedtomycrafts

Craft Stick Santa Gnome

The crafty fun never has to stop! 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 gnome Santa from popsicle sticks, with your child this upcoming Christmas season, we have ALL the supplies and 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 piece!

I’ll let you get to it! Happy crafting my friends!! Don’t forget to share pictures of your Christmas Santa gnomes 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

Santa Gnome Craft Supplies:

* Jumbo Wood Sticks {three per Santa gnome craft}
* School Glue
* Red Craft Paint
* Small Paper Plate
* Foam Paint Brush
* Kid Friendly Paper Craft Scissors
* Red Patterned Scrapbook Paper
* Green Patterned Scrapbook Paper
* White Cardstock Paper
* Gold Glitter Cardstock Paper
optional materials – Christmas stickers, glitter glue, gold rhinestones etc.

Directions:

* The fun starts here! First things first – grab three popsicle sticks {three per Santa gnome} as well as the craft paint supplies.
* Squirt your red 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.
* Cut a triangular shape, from the red patterned scrapbook paper paper, that will be placed within the popsicle stick design and be the body of the gnome.
* Out of the remaining cardstock, you want to cut out a long white beard, a green hat, gold glitter nose and anything else you can think of!
* To finish off the Craft Stick Santa Gnome – go ahead and glue all your paper pieces in place, with some school glue on the painted popsicle stick shape. The red triangle 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

PAIR YOUR GNOME CRAFT WITH —> Popsicle Stick Christmas Stocking Ornament