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Santa Plant Stake

Santa stakes out your garden when you display this Christmas paint craft project!

This project features these great brands:

  • FolkArt Outdoor Paint Logo
supplies

FolkArt ® Outdoor™ Acrylic Colors - Wicker White, 2 oz. - 1610

Number Needed: 1 $2.99
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FolkArt ® Outdoor™ Acrylic Colors - Engine Red, 2 oz. - 1614

Number Needed: 1 $2.99
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FolkArt ® Outdoor™ Acrylic Colors - Yellow Ochre, 2 oz. - 1623

Number Needed: 1 $2.99
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FolkArt ® Outdoor™ Acrylic Colors - Licorice, 2 oz. - 1640

Number Needed: 1 $2.99
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FolkArt ® Outdoor™ Acrylic Colors - Warm White, 2 oz. - 1656

Number Needed: 1 $2.99
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FolkArt ® Outdoor™ Acrylic Colors - Yellow Citron, 2 oz. - 2471

Number Needed: 1 $2.99
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instructions

Other Supplies

Oval plaque, Wood rectangle, Flat wood stake, Wood glue

Instructions

Santa

  1. Use Santa template to trace Santa face onto oval plaque.
  2. Make flesh color by mixing small amounts of Yellow Oche and Engine Red into Warm White; paint face.
  3. Paint beard, mustache, eyebrows, trim and pom-pom on hat with Wicker White.
  4. Make gray by mixing small amount of Licorice with Wicker White; paint highlights on all white areas.
  5. Paint hat with Engine Red.
  6. Paint eyes and dashed around edge of plaque.
  7. Highlight eyes and nose with Wicker White.

HoHoHo Sign

  1. Paint wood rectangle with Yellow Citron.
  2. Pencil in “HoHoHo” until you are happy with the placement of letters.
  3. Paint letters and dashes around sign with licorice.
  4. Paint dots between dashes and highlights on letters with Wicker White.

Stake

  1. Paint stake with Wicker White.
  2. Paint stake with diagonal lines using Engine Red. Glue Santa face and sign to stake with wood glue.

Disclaimer: The information found in each project is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, nor results guaranteed, nor is freedom from any patent to be inferred. Since we have no control over physical conditions surrounding the application of information herein contained, Plaid Enterprises, Inc. disclaims any liability for untoward results.

Important: Please be sure to thoroughly read the instructions for all products, paying particular attention to all cautions and warnings shown to ensure the proper and safe use of the product.

Copyright: All Rights Reserved. No part of this Project may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing, except for your personal use, except by reviewer, who may in reviewing this project, quote brief passages in a magazine or newspaper.

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