Supplies for Making Santa Claus Ornaments

Series Summary

Holiday decorations differ around the world from lights to ornaments to garlands to trees. Even among these decorations, there are different themes including angels, stars, Santa and his reindeer, cartoon characters, snow, religious symbols, and other individual themes. Decorating your home for the holidays gets you ready for the season, and decorative accents make your home look great! Holiday décor dates back to the year 1835 when the first use of the phrase “Christmas Tree” was recorded. The tradition of the decoration of the tree is believed to have originated in Germany and has spread to the Western world over the centuries.

Video Transcript

" Hello my name is Cindy Glover and on behalf of expertvillage.com I'm going to show you how to make a Santa ornament. Materials for your Santa ornament that you will need are toilet paper roll, 4 pipe cleaners, a hole punch, elmers glue, a pair of scissors, a piece of red construction paper cut to the size of the toilet paper roll. Also boot and make sure that you cut 2 for each foot or if you cut on the fold with one cut you'll have boots to cover both sides of the pipe cleaner which is what you want to do. The same with mittens for each of his hands and once again if you cut on fold then you are just cutting 2 instead of 4. A piece of cotton, a blue or black small piece of ribbon and a little piece of yellow for his belt buckle, a piece of string to hang him on the tree but, there is also another way by hooking Santa's arm you could hand him because he will be light weight, he will be just hanging from the bottom branch of the tree. Or you would want a piece of yarn or string or ribbon to hang him as a ornament."