Thread Spool Santa

Everyone you know will absolutely have to have a Santa ornament just like yours! Once they see the cute Christmas Santa theyll want you to tell them where you got it. But, watch what you say! If you tell them you made it theyll all want you to make them one, too! You wont mind, though. The cute little Santa is really easy to create when you start with a spool of thread! Use a large spool of red thread, and ideally, a spool made of white Styrofoam. The color of the spool lends itself to create a white trim on the red Santa. The Santa Claus will have a regular red suit if you use cotton thread but a shiny, sparkly suit if you use red metallic thread. If you have a spool, but no thread, simply paint the spool or color it with a red marker.

Cut a strip of black felt, foam, fabric or even paper and glue it around the middle of the spool to make Santas belt. The seam of the belt will become the front of the Santa ornament. Dont worry about creating a belt buckle; the front of the belt will be covered. Cut a piece of black felt into a heart shape that is no wider than the spool. This will be used to make Santas boots. Cut the heart in half and get rid of the pointed half. Glue the remaining half of the heart onto the bottom of the spool, leaving the uncut area sticking out beyond the spool, in the front.

Choose a Styrofoam or wooden bead or ball suitable to make the head of your Santa ornament. Choose one thats proportionate to the spool body. You can paint the ball or use it as-is. Glue the ball to the top of the spool. Glue wiggly eyes on the ball or draw eyes on with a marker. Glue on a small, red pom-pom to make a nose for Santa. Place the nose just underneath the eyes because Santa will have a really large beard! Cut a piece of red pipe cleaner long enough to reach from the buckle area, around the back of the neck, and back down to the buckle area. Apply a little glue to the back of the "neck" and push the pipe cleaner as far as possible between the bead and the spool. Glue a small, white pom-pom to each end of the pipe cleaner to finish the arms. Bring the arms around to the front and glue the pom-pom hands to the buckle area. Use cotton balls, polyester fiberfill or something similar to make a large beard. Cover the ball from one "ear" area, to the opposite side, taking it straight under the nose. Allow it to hang long so that it covers the neckline in the front and hangs down past that. Glue more cotton or fiberfill around the forehead and around to the back of the head, then back to the forehead again. This will create the fur trim on Santas hat. Cut a piece of red felt and glue it into a cone shape. If you will be hanging the Santa, fold a piece of twine, and glue the ends to the inside of the cone so that it comes out through the point of the hat. Attach the hat to the head then glue a small, white pom-pom onto the end. The cute Santa ornament is adorable, and really easy to make, and thats why youll find yourself creating more than one. With so many different things you can use to make him you probably have everything you need already at your house!