Supplies needed:
Santa:
* Construction Paper (we used blue for our background, but you could use almost any color - though I would steer away from white, red, black, or pink since those colors will be used to make Santa). We also used pink for the cheeks, but you could use pink puff balls, or paint/draw them in as well. We didn't have pink paint, and I didn't want to take the time to mix red/white to make pink.
* Googley eyes (or you could draw or paint in eyes as well)
* Paint. We used white acrylic paint for the beard, black for the nose, and red/white for the hat.
* Paintbrush
*glue stick (depending on what use for facial features. We used paper for our cheeks so we needed to glue them on)
Snowmen:
* Christmas ball/bauble ornament in pretty much any color except white.
* Sharpie or some other marker in black and orange.
* White paint (we again used white acrylic paint).
*Egg carton for the ornament to sit in to dry (while not necessary, makes it a lot easier)
General Supplies:
*wet paper towels and/or wipes
Some of our supplies.
Handprints made for Santa's beard.
The girls painting in the details.
Adding in the details
Painting Santa's hat.
Their completed Santa pictures. I will admit I had a hard time letting S just put her cheeks and eyes where she wanted. I think we ended up with a decent compromise. ;-)
For the snowmen, you simply put white paint on your child's hand and then have them hold onto the ornament. Carefully take the ornament away and set in the egg carton to dry.
Our handprints in the egg carton to dry.
Our handprints in the egg carton to dry.
I then used a small orange marker and added a triangle "carrot" nose to each snowman (finger). I used the black marker to draw in eyes, buttons, and mouths.
A's finished snowman family.
S's ornament.
S's snowman family.
I also wrote their names and the month/year on each ornament.
The Santa was inspired by a post on Pottery Barn Kid's Google+ page.
The Snowmen were inspired by a post on the "Little Bit Funky" blog.
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