Kathy Zengolewicz

Here is what you will need to get started:

• One lightbulb, using a burned out bulb will work
• Acrylic paints in red, white, flesh toned, black and blue (you can use paint markers or plain markers for the blue eyes, black eye shape and beard highlights
• paint brushes
• rubbing alcohol or an ammonia window cleaner
• white or red chenille stem or pipe cleaner for the hanger
• scrap material for the hat
• A jingle bell or pom pom for the end of the hat
• scrap white material for hat trim
• hot glue or craft glue

First, clean the lightbulb thoroughly with the alcohol or window cleaner. This will take off any grease or fingerprints and help the paint to adhere to the bulb.

Pain the bulb white, let it dry and give it a second coat. When the second coat dries, paint an oval for the face area with the flesh toned paint. Let it dry thoroughly.

When that’s dry, paint the facial features by copying for the photo. Add white whiskers around the face to create a large mustache. Add a thin red line right below the mustache to form the lips. Add two red circle shape for the cheeks.

Use either black paint, paint marker or plain marker to make an outline of the eyes. Also, add some faint black lines in the mustache and beard to define the shape.

Next, take a scrap of red felt and cut in a triangle to make the hat. You can get 12 x 12 pieces of felt in the craft store for about 75 cents. Stitch up the felt and sew a jingle bell or glue a pom pom on the pointed end of the hat, then trim with a piece of white material.

Twist the chenille stem around the bottom of the metal base, on the bulb, above the face then twist the two ends together to form a hanger. Push the hat down and glue in place.

Once the glue is dry you can hang your Santa on your tree. Enjoy!

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Or, you can make a non-traditional Worry Doll Angel ornament.

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Sprittibee has some great pictures of the finished project as well so make sure you comment on how beautiful they are!

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Christopher Radko has also teamed up with the Dave Thomas Foundation (gotta love them) and debuted a gorgeous ornament at Macy’s. A portion of the sales got to benefit foster children.

And, one of my favorite stores in Michigan, Bronners, offers European-Made ornaments, Legends, Symbols and Traditions, New Parents Ornaments, Personalized Ornaments, and just plain ole Santa Clause…

We have this one…

What is really great is that Bronners also has ethnic pride ornaments. So, we have plenty of Russian ornaments like the flag, dancers, a Russian custom ornament, a Matrioshka Doll, and a Russian Father Christmas. AJ loves to look at them on the tree.

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