Hey hey Everyone, it's Tiffany again and I've got a bumper crop of new gnomes to share with you all!
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First off is our new little friend Dexter. We started off with a blue sock, cut it off at the heel, filled the bottom with rice, the rest with poly fill, and then tied off the top and glued his beard on. We put the hat on his head, and then I made him a pair of arms, using the top part of the sock, cut in half, with pipe cleaners for definition on his arms. I glued a bead to the end to give him a hand, and stuffed the other end into his head, before gluing it down to his body for arms. I then glued on his nose directly to his beard, and glued his hat to his nose, before adding an old pair of black glasses, that I glued down over his nose. He's a studious sort, and he enjoys hot chocolate. I made his cup with a wooden flowerpot and a candy cane handle painted red. I stuffed poly fill in the cup and glued pom-poms on top for marshmallows. Brown paint made a nice hot chocolate finish.
For the other two gnomes, I went armless, but the process of cutting the sock off is the same, just so you all know!
The second gnome, nicknamed Stretch or Dangle (You Pick!) has some lovely long legs, and a curved hat. We made a curl in his hat with pipe cleaners, and wrapped him with ribbon in different areas to add festive holiday cheer, and a cute little pom-pom to his hat. His elf legs come from Dollar Tree, and give him a mischievous look that is endearing.
The third gnome had his booties glued to his feet and Walmart snowshoes added to his feet. We call him Andri, which means snowshoes, according to Google!
The fourth gnome is our Santa gnome. We glued his booty to a pair of red and white boots, and a popsicle stick on the inside of that so that we had a thing to glue his booty too. I added greenery to his hat as well, all the better to deck the halls.
Our bonus gnome is a Christmas ornament, from a bell form from Dollar Tree. I made him different than the other ones, so this one had a different build. We took off the garland around the bell first, and then wrapped it with scrap sock. we added fairy lights to the bell form, and a wood round at the bottom to keep them in, then glued the battery pack to the bottom of the wood round so the batteries can be reached if they wear out. I glued a beard and nose, used a scrap sock with a hanger for his hat, and used a rubber band to seal it, and some hot glue to close it all off.
I hope all of you are having a wonderful Season right now, and that you're safe warm, and happy! We'll be coming into more of the Christmas season soon, and I just wanted to take this time to remind you all to remember that this is the time to remember the reason for the season, and to make sure that you are being as good to yourselves as you are to your families. I am so thankful and grateful for all of you! God bless!
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