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For this project you will need:
- 5 cm wooden arched disk
- red felt, white curly hair or garland
- 7 mm half wooden bead
- acrylic paints in black
- white and red
- jingle bell
- red thread and needle
- pin backing
- hot glue gun
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Instructions:
1. Trace a circle 17 cm in diameter onto a piece of red felt. Follow the pictures above to proceed with the hat.
Cut the felt in quarters.
Place glue along 1 straight edge.
Fold over other straight edge to form a cone shape and hold until dry.
2. Slip hat over the top of the disc and glue in place.
3. Glue nose on the face.
4. Use the hot glue and glue the garland/ hair around the hat rim. Now glue the garland or hair along the face and under the nose. You may need an additional small piece for the area under the nose if it is bare.
5. Dot black for the eyes and when the paint is dry, dot a smaller white spot on the eyes.
6. Dry brush red paint on the nose and cheeks.
7. Sew jingle bell to the top of the hat.
8. Hot glue the pin backing to the backside of the pin.
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How to Saw Wood Out Using a Scroll Saw
This tutorial demonstrates cutting along the outside edge of a piece. This example of a leaf hows how to handle sharp angles. Otherwise sawing with a scroll saw is easy and fun. Most pieces you will be cutting have smoother and gradual curves and longer lines to cut. Please work in a well ventilated room when using a scroll saw and avoid inhalating fine dust particles if possible. Wear a paper mask if you can.It is highly recommended to wear safety glasses or goggles to prevent eye injury from flying wood pieces or breaking saw blades. When sawing, avoid putting your fingers too close to the blade. If you have the necessity to remove excess cut away pieces that have fallen off, turn the machine off before doing so. Always use both hands when cutting the wood. Work with larger pieces and when cutting out a small piece, see that you have enough material to get a good grip on. Rather waste a bit more material.
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How to Dry Brush Wood
Drybrushing is one of many painting techniques and is easy to learn. It is very effective in shading or highlighting your painted items. Thus giving them a more realistic look. Color plays an important role in dry brushing. You may choose a light contrast for a dark color or a dark contrast for a light color. After practicing on a few pieces, you will discover which colors work best with each other. Consider the item you are painting and what color it is. Important is to dry brush the item with a contrast color and yet the contrast color should also enhance the color of the item you are painting. For example, let us choose the color white. An obvious contrast would be a darker shade. Depending on what you are painting, a shade such as light brown, grey, blue look well on white. On the other hand the color black can only be shaded with a lighter color. You may choose grey or white. When painting with other colors, you may choose lighter or darker shades. For example the color green can be shaded with a darker hue or a lighter hue depending on the effect you would like to create. Important is to experiment. The more you practice, the more secure you will feel about shading and highlighting. Not only can you dry brush wood but also plaster of Paris castings, pappmaché boxes, and other painted items.
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How to make templates and patterns tutorial
Find useful tips about how to create templates and patterns to use for all of your wood crafts. Learn how easy it is to make permanant templates that can be used over and over again for all of your craft projects.
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Wood Crafts on Christmas-Projects.com
If you like woodcrafting, then you will find lots of fun ideas here to paint and to cut out with a scroll saw.
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