Elvira
01-16-2008, 06:04 PM
Santa Head (Small)
(1 bleach bottle makes 2 heads)
Materials
1 white bleach bottle
2 balls white yarn
Glue gun or white glue
Scissors
2 google eyes
Approx 41 white pipe cleaners
Red felt
Flesh colored felt
1 gold bell or red pompom for his hat (whichever you choose)
1 red 1/2 inch pompom for nose
Nail
Lets prepare for the face.
1. Remove the label from the bleach bottle.
2. Use Exacto knife to cut the bottle in half. Cut lengthwise, so each half has half of the handle.
Lets punch some holes in the face.
TIP: I found heating the nail on the stove makes things fast and easy as it melts through the plastic like butter. Be sure to wear gloves or wrap the end, as the nail will get hot and you don't want to burn yourself.
1. Punch 7 holes about 1/2 inch apart, 1/2 inch from the edge, down the sides of the bottle.
2. Punch 10 holes across the bottom of the bottle about 1 1/4 inches from the bottom
3. Punch 16 holes across the middle of the bottle directly under the bottom edge of the hat.
Lets build a hat.
1. Using the red felt, cut 2 triangle pieces. 9 1/2 inches at the base of the hat and 15 inches in height.
2. Put the triangles together and sew along the long edges. Flip the sewed side in. wa la! We have a hat!
3. Attach your bell or pompom to the tip of the hat on the finished side. A few stitches will hold this in place.
4. Glue the hat in place along the side to side seam line on the outside of the bottle hiding the handle of the bleach bottle under the hat.
Lets grow some hair and a beard.
The easiest way I found to do this is to build a pattern. How I did this was I found a cardboard box (something flexiable but won't deform) and cut squares/rectangles out and wrapped the yarn around it, getting the exact hair length needed everytime.
We need our finished loops to be:
Quantity - Size
10 - 12" loops
2 - 10" loops
2 - 9" loops
2 - 8" loops
3 - 7" loops
2 - 6" loops
2 - 4" loops
2 - 5" loops
16 - 2 1/2" loops
1. Cut out your cardboard square/retangles to length.
For example : we need a 12 " loop you will cut out a 12" square/rectangle. The width is not important it can be anything, just make sure you have enough cardboard to hold a fair amount of yarn when winding. The length will be 12" . You will only need one piece of cardboard in this length and label it with a felt pen I labeled mine **** 12" x 10 **** That tells me, I need 10 pieces of the 12" loop. Simple enough! You can do this for all your pattern pieces to make things easier in the future if you decide to build another one.
2. Now you should have all your pattern pieces cut out. 9 in total. Labeled and ready to go.
3. Take your first pattern square and begin winding the yarn around the cardboard. Remember we are wrapping the length. Try to set the loose end slightly over the center of the cardboard pattern to make things easy when we tie it off. This helps make the finished hair piece look more tidy, rather than loose ends hanging. We will wrap the yarn until we have 20 loops. Count as you wrap. Once you have completed the 20 loops, cut your yarn away from the ball making sure once again, your loose end is slightly off center of the pattern. Carefully slide the loop off the cardboard (bending the cardboard slightly helps remove the loop). Once you have removed it from the cardboard, find the center of the loop and secure it with a pipe cleaner and twist tight. Be sure to not trim the pipe cleaners, we will need the length later for attaching the hair. What you see now is basically 2 smaller loops with a pipe cleaner in the center. If you see this, you're doing fabulous!
4. Continue until you have all your required loops completed. 41 pieces total.
5. Keep your piece of hair in piles with their pattern piece so you know what length they are.
Now we have everything prepared and ready to assemble.
1. Take your flesh colored felt, and cut it to fit between the bottom of the hat and the holes on the bottom and sides.
2. Attaching the hair and beard.
Insert one of the 2 1/2 inch loop pieces in each of the 16 holes under the bottom edge of the hat. Twist the ends together in the back.
Starting with the 4 inch loop going down the sides, put first the 4 inch then 5,6,7,8,9,and finally the 10 inch loops in each of the 7 side holes on each side of the face. Twist the pipe cleaner in the back to the loop pipe cleaner beside it. This will hold the hair in place all around the face.
Now insert the ten 12 inch loops in the ten holes across the bottom.
3. Glue on the nose. (pompom) 2 1/2 inches from the edge of the bottom of the hat and 4 3/4 inches from the side edges.
4. Glue the two google eyes above and to each side of the nose. (or whatever you prefer)
5. Cut a circle of red felt 1" in diameter for the mouth and glue 1/2 inch below the nose
Applying the moustache.
There is 2 ways you can finish off the moustache. I will explain both and you decide which way you would like to do it.
The way I did it as in the picture.
Punch a hole under the nose between the nose and mouth. Insert one of the 7 inch yarn loops here for the mustache. Take each end of the moustache and twist. Pull it out away from the mouth and angle up a wee bit. If you like how it looks mark with a pencil on the felt and punch a hole on each side to attach the moustache. Attach a pipe cleaner to each end of the moustache and feed through the holes. twist in the back to secure.
Another variation is to:
Punch a hole under the nose between the nose and mouth. Insert one of the 7 inch yarn loops here for the mustache. Hang the moustache down leaving it loose and more full looking. If you like how it looks mark with a pencil on the felt and punch a hole on each side to attach the moustache. Attach a pipe cleaner to each end of the moustache and feed through the holes. twist in the back to secure.
Optional.
6. You can add cheeks if you like as well. Cut 2 circles of red felt 1" in diameter glue to each side of the nose.
WA LA! Santa is created!
(1 bleach bottle makes 2 heads)
Materials
1 white bleach bottle
2 balls white yarn
Glue gun or white glue
Scissors
2 google eyes
Approx 41 white pipe cleaners
Red felt
Flesh colored felt
1 gold bell or red pompom for his hat (whichever you choose)
1 red 1/2 inch pompom for nose
Nail
Lets prepare for the face.
1. Remove the label from the bleach bottle.
2. Use Exacto knife to cut the bottle in half. Cut lengthwise, so each half has half of the handle.
Lets punch some holes in the face.
TIP: I found heating the nail on the stove makes things fast and easy as it melts through the plastic like butter. Be sure to wear gloves or wrap the end, as the nail will get hot and you don't want to burn yourself.
1. Punch 7 holes about 1/2 inch apart, 1/2 inch from the edge, down the sides of the bottle.
2. Punch 10 holes across the bottom of the bottle about 1 1/4 inches from the bottom
3. Punch 16 holes across the middle of the bottle directly under the bottom edge of the hat.
Lets build a hat.
1. Using the red felt, cut 2 triangle pieces. 9 1/2 inches at the base of the hat and 15 inches in height.
2. Put the triangles together and sew along the long edges. Flip the sewed side in. wa la! We have a hat!
3. Attach your bell or pompom to the tip of the hat on the finished side. A few stitches will hold this in place.
4. Glue the hat in place along the side to side seam line on the outside of the bottle hiding the handle of the bleach bottle under the hat.
Lets grow some hair and a beard.
The easiest way I found to do this is to build a pattern. How I did this was I found a cardboard box (something flexiable but won't deform) and cut squares/rectangles out and wrapped the yarn around it, getting the exact hair length needed everytime.
We need our finished loops to be:
Quantity - Size
10 - 12" loops
2 - 10" loops
2 - 9" loops
2 - 8" loops
3 - 7" loops
2 - 6" loops
2 - 4" loops
2 - 5" loops
16 - 2 1/2" loops
1. Cut out your cardboard square/retangles to length.
For example : we need a 12 " loop you will cut out a 12" square/rectangle. The width is not important it can be anything, just make sure you have enough cardboard to hold a fair amount of yarn when winding. The length will be 12" . You will only need one piece of cardboard in this length and label it with a felt pen I labeled mine **** 12" x 10 **** That tells me, I need 10 pieces of the 12" loop. Simple enough! You can do this for all your pattern pieces to make things easier in the future if you decide to build another one.
2. Now you should have all your pattern pieces cut out. 9 in total. Labeled and ready to go.
3. Take your first pattern square and begin winding the yarn around the cardboard. Remember we are wrapping the length. Try to set the loose end slightly over the center of the cardboard pattern to make things easy when we tie it off. This helps make the finished hair piece look more tidy, rather than loose ends hanging. We will wrap the yarn until we have 20 loops. Count as you wrap. Once you have completed the 20 loops, cut your yarn away from the ball making sure once again, your loose end is slightly off center of the pattern. Carefully slide the loop off the cardboard (bending the cardboard slightly helps remove the loop). Once you have removed it from the cardboard, find the center of the loop and secure it with a pipe cleaner and twist tight. Be sure to not trim the pipe cleaners, we will need the length later for attaching the hair. What you see now is basically 2 smaller loops with a pipe cleaner in the center. If you see this, you're doing fabulous!
4. Continue until you have all your required loops completed. 41 pieces total.
5. Keep your piece of hair in piles with their pattern piece so you know what length they are.
Now we have everything prepared and ready to assemble.
1. Take your flesh colored felt, and cut it to fit between the bottom of the hat and the holes on the bottom and sides.
2. Attaching the hair and beard.
Insert one of the 2 1/2 inch loop pieces in each of the 16 holes under the bottom edge of the hat. Twist the ends together in the back.
Starting with the 4 inch loop going down the sides, put first the 4 inch then 5,6,7,8,9,and finally the 10 inch loops in each of the 7 side holes on each side of the face. Twist the pipe cleaner in the back to the loop pipe cleaner beside it. This will hold the hair in place all around the face.
Now insert the ten 12 inch loops in the ten holes across the bottom.
3. Glue on the nose. (pompom) 2 1/2 inches from the edge of the bottom of the hat and 4 3/4 inches from the side edges.
4. Glue the two google eyes above and to each side of the nose. (or whatever you prefer)
5. Cut a circle of red felt 1" in diameter for the mouth and glue 1/2 inch below the nose
Applying the moustache.
There is 2 ways you can finish off the moustache. I will explain both and you decide which way you would like to do it.
The way I did it as in the picture.
Punch a hole under the nose between the nose and mouth. Insert one of the 7 inch yarn loops here for the mustache. Take each end of the moustache and twist. Pull it out away from the mouth and angle up a wee bit. If you like how it looks mark with a pencil on the felt and punch a hole on each side to attach the moustache. Attach a pipe cleaner to each end of the moustache and feed through the holes. twist in the back to secure.
Another variation is to:
Punch a hole under the nose between the nose and mouth. Insert one of the 7 inch yarn loops here for the mustache. Hang the moustache down leaving it loose and more full looking. If you like how it looks mark with a pencil on the felt and punch a hole on each side to attach the moustache. Attach a pipe cleaner to each end of the moustache and feed through the holes. twist in the back to secure.
Optional.
6. You can add cheeks if you like as well. Cut 2 circles of red felt 1" in diameter glue to each side of the nose.
WA LA! Santa is created!