The new set peg dolls I had ordered from China arrived much faster than I thought they would, two weeks must be a record, but what to do with them ……… acorn peg dolls!
I started by making a house base using plain mini craft sticks from Hobbycraft (£1), colouring the roof with a red Sharpie pen.
I used a small Christmas domino piece (painted white) that I buy especially for crafting for the shelf, because the doll would have otherwise hung over the narrower stick everso slightly and I didn’t really want that.
I then took a peg doll and gave him an acorn hat, admittedly, at first, it looked a bit big, but there again it also looked pretty cute, so I went with the flow. This autumn will now be spent looking for more acorn cups, the ones I used on this project go back at least three years and I only have a few left now.
The peg doll was then given a green felt scarf, tiny, black, flat back eyes and brown flat buttons, left over from my daughters diamond art project.
I then attached the doll to the house base with a good dollop of Aleene’s Glitter Snow. I have got through my first tub already but as I have enjoyed using it so much this past month or so I have ordered another two tubs, it’s only August, so with five months to go before Christmas I am sure I will be wanting to use it an awful lot more.
I also added the Glitter Snow around the top of the roof, the red Sharpie pen did bleed a little bit into it, but nothing a few dabs of white paint couldn’t hide.
It was then time to add the little Christmas Trees (Amazon), removing their original base and replacing it with a smaller bead to get a slightly better proportion and also trimming the bristles on the back so that the tree could be glued flat onto the house frame.
I can’t say I particularly enjoyed added all the flat back gems to the trees, it was blooming fiddly and I probably used far too much glue, but I think I got away with it.
The last thing I had to do was add a small finding on the back so that the finished decoration can be hung up on a Christmas Tree etc.
Voila, I managed to make twelve of these decorations before running out of suitably sized acorn cups, the rest were just too big.
I may however make a few more …….. if mission acorn hunting 2020 is successful.
