Guaranteed easy way to utilize old rags and other scrap materials at home by turning it into amazing and economical christmas gift decors. Making christmas decors out of old materials.
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Today, Christmas holiday is nearly coming and every single day seems to be more symbolic and getting exciting most especially to all kids who are counting each days and waiting for the so called "aguinaldo" ( its a Filipino tradition of giving gift by the way).Indeed, children around the world are just the same when it comes to Christmas. A very common denominator that parents and relatives will not be bombarded of the kind of gift that they will going to give. Gifts should not always expensive and glamorous as it is every year. You can give a different and unique gift that has more meaning to them since Christians believers believe the essence of true Christmas is all about love.By the way, I'm a Muslim and Islam so forgive me if I have written wrong information about Christmas. Christmas for us is what we call it "Ramadhan" where we perform our sacrifice every (9) ninth month of the Islamic calendar. In this month, we offer our divine faith to Allah.We do fasting and offer prayers then after a simple yet meaningful celebration called "Eidl Fitr"-a feast of breaking the fast.We do offer prayer, time with family and a humble prepared foods.Whether you're celebrating Xmas and mine is Ramadhan, the good cause for all of us is we should always love one another because God loves us.
Just to shift things, today I wanna share what I already did in the past few months and this might give you a fundamental idea on how you can turn your old things into a useful and personalized Christmas gift decor.
For the Snow Man
What you need is your old magazines or newspapers, Scotch tape,tissue paper,scissor,old paints ( I recommend water-based paints because this is more economical),glue/paste (what I did, I used leftover 50mg cornstarch pack and dissolved it in boiling water),paint brush and candle,sticks/dried branches(use for snowman hands)
For the Santa Claus face:
All materials that are mentioned above is needed.So you'll just add cotton, extra red and white cloth and plastic cups ( to be use for Santa's eyeglasses). Then you're ready to go!
Below are some photos taken during the actual demonstration.
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| Figure A. almost done Santa Clause face figure,red Santa hat not yet attached |
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| Figure B. beard finishing touches with the use of cotton |
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| Figure C. putting together the cotton to Santa's jaw |
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| Figure D. finish product (snow man) |
How to do it?
Doing this is simply by making a paper mache.
Tear newspaper into strips. HINT: always make the last layer of mache with white computer paper or paper towel so that painting is easier. It takes FAR less paint. If you don't do this, consider priming the project with white acrylic paint before you let the kids at it with the poster paint.
Make paper mache paste.Of course there are many different options available but on this activity I used flour or cornstarch.
COOK METHOD: 1 part flour to 5 parts water... boil about 3 minutes and let cool (my favorite! it's the cheapest method and is nice and smooth).
Make a model for Santa Clause facial structure( which is kinda hard) Snowman is more easier and wont really consume time.You'll just need to make a not so perfect round ball shape.One for the top part (which is the head) and the other ball for the body.
Cover your project with no more than 4 layers of paper mache. Let dry COMPLETELY. Once again cover with no more than 4 layers. Continue this process until it's as solid as you want it. Then you can now add water-based paints to the it's surface.
For Santa's face, I guess you should try to look for the Santa Claus face photo on the internet so you could have a model (person who has a God given talent in artistry just dont mind this).haha
Santa Claus eyeglasses,get the old plastic cups and cut in horizontally. Make two and attach it together.
And lastly, be creative as much as you can.Learn how to design and personalized your own snowman and Santa Claus.
For Paper Mache procedure click HERE
Thank you and Happy Holidays.
