Dough Clay Santa
Make your own jolly Ole St. Nick for the Christmas tree this
year out of dough clay (salt dough).
Spread cheer
to all in the house....Ho! Ho! Ho!
Sculpting Design
2. Roll a ball for the head. Join the head to the body by
slightly wetting the area they will connect. The water will act as glue.
3. Use tear drop shapes for his arms and attach on each side
of his body. Having the narrow end of the tear drop connect to his shoulder and
the large end will hold his hand.
4. Roll a small coil and place across body, above the slit and
ending on the sides where hands will be. This is for creating fur on Santa's
coat.
5. Roll two pea size balls of dough for Santa's hands and
attach with water.
6. To shape his boots take a piece of dough slightly larger
than the head, pull into two equal sized pieces for boots. Roll the dough into
a large tear drop shape, and turn bottom end out for the foot. Join boots to
pants with a drop of water.
7. For his beard put some dough in a garlic press and squeeze
out 1/2 to 3/4 inch of strands. Cut off carefully with knife and place on bottom
part of his head. Make a little space for his mouth, as seen in the examples.
Screens and strainers make beards as well.
Squeeze out more dough for his hair and place on the sides of
his head, try bringing the hair down to meet his beard.
8. For Santa's hat first roll a long tapered coil. Join the
wide end of the coil to top of head with water. Add a short coil where the head
and long end of the hat meet.
Drape the narrow end of the long coil over the side and roll
a pea size ball for the end to complete Santa's hat.
Baking Your Design
Bake your Santa at 200 degrees for estimated 120 minutes.
Dough should be hard all the way through. Remember you can use a pin in the
thickest parts to create pin holes to prevent puffing.
Painting
& Varnishing
After the Santa is baked and cooled you are ready to paint. You
can use food coloring or acrylic paints to add your color. Let your paint dry
and then seal with varnish.
Spray 2 to 3 layers of varnish on both sides of your Santa
after your paint has dried making sure the entire piece is covered. Allow your
varnish to dry and add a ribbon.
Santa Wrap Up
This is just one way to make a dough clay Santa ornament for Christmas;
we would love to hear your thoughts and see your Santa.
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