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Christmas Craft Projects - Elf Ornament
Equipment: Coping saw with #20 blade; Clamp; Drill with 1/8" bit; Fine sandpaper; Pointed paintbrush;
Turpentine, tracing paper, pencil, scissors; Scrap wood.
Materials:
Plywood (1/16" thick) or cardboard
Enamel paint or poster paint and shellac for cardboard: black, flesh, white
and assorted colors
Silver or gold glitter
Silver or gold cord for hanging.
Directions:
1. Trace elf front and back patterns below.
2. On wrong side of tracing, go over lines again with a soft pencil.
3. Lay front pattern, right side up, on plywood or cardboard and trace over
lines again to transfer.
Note: To protect table when cutting, use scrap
wood clamped to edge of table, letting it extend 1/2" beyond
edge.
3. Clamp traced plywood to table and carefully saw around outline of elf;
sand edges to remove splinters which may pull off surface.
4. Drill hole at top of elf at point indicated on pattern.
5. Transfer back pattern to back of cut-out. (Cut cardboard with single-edge
razor blade.)
6. Pencil in features so they may be easily followed when painting.
7. Clean enamel from brush with turpentine. Be sure brush is free from
turpentine before applying paints, to prevent "bleeding".
8. Paint faces and hands flesh color. Paint features black. Paint rest of elf
as shown in photo or as desired.
9. Paint all lines and outlines with black paint. Leave stars until last.
10. Paint stars white: apply silver glitter to stars while paint is still
wet. (If using poster paint, shellac elf and star; let dry and apply glitter
with glue.)
Pattern
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