Wrap chunky chenille yarn around the brush instead of using faux fur, or cut out a rectangle from a fuzzy chenille sock.Use a rhinestone or a sequin for the nose.Glue mini pom poms to the handle instead of painting the dots.Use red beads instead of rhinestones for the holly berries.Add different fake berries or greenery to the hat, or even substitute miniature wooden or plastic decorations, like a candy cane.There are so many ways you can customize this paint brush Santa and make it you own! Here are some ideas: How else can I decorate my paint brush Santa? Thankfully you can’t see the back anyway! Just make sure you don’t buy brushes that have black writing on both the front and the back. The stamped black writing on the back of the paint brush still showed through the paint, even after a few coats of red paint. We used inexpensive crafter’s acrylic paint to paint the chip brush and it worked really well with only one coat! What type of paint should I use on this paint brush Santa Claus? But this craft will definitely work with any size chip brush. If you want to hang your paint brush Santa Claus on the Christmas tree I wouldn’t recommend a larger brush (unless your tree is very large!). Our brushes were 2 inches across and 7 inches tall. We used a 2 inch chip brush to make this paintbrush Santa craft. What size paint brush works best for a Santa paintbrush ornament? He’s ready to hand on the Christmas tree and will also look great as a wall hanging.If your paintbrush doesn't have a hole for the ornament hanger you can hot glue the twine to the back of the brush handle. TADA!! The Santa Claus Paintbrush Decoration is done. Displaying the Santa Claus paintbrush Decoration The final step was to cut a piece of the white felt into a whisker shape, and glue it below the fame and then add a red pom pom to finish. I cut out a piece of a silk red poinsettia flower into a star shape and added a white glitter snowflake sticker and small red plastic berry to the hat to decorate. Paint a face on the head of the Santa and allow it to dry. Thread the 1/2″ ribbon through the hole to act as a hanger and add the wooden package hanging at the top of the paintbrush. Hot glue five white pom poms on the shank of the paintbrush. Let this dry and then wrap the top of the paintbrush head with some polyester batting and then wrap this with a piece of thin green ribbon. When the paint has dried, combine the orange and white paint to paint on a face shape on the metal shank. The first step in making the Santa paint brush ornament it so start by painting the shank of the paintbrush red and the metal part and bristles white with acrylic craft paints. Snowflake sticker and piece of a silk poinsettia flower.Small wooden Christmas package hanging (I got four of these at Walmart in the mini ornament section.).Red, white, black and orange acrylic craft paint.To make the Santa Paint Brush Ornament you will need the following supplies: ( This post contains affiliate links for your crafting experience.) And now it’s time to make a Santa Paint Brush Ornament.
Learn to use your tool properly before you start any project. Please use extreme caution when using a hot glue gun. Note: Hot glue guns, and heated glue can burn. (see the Grinch ornament here, and my cute Snowman ornament can be found here.) Three paintbrushes ended up in my shopping cart and all three have now been made into cute ornaments. Then when an idea hits me, I will know that I have everyone I need on hand to finish the project without having to make a shopping trip.
I went to the Dollar Store the other day to make sure that my craft supplies are topped up. The weather has made it so that gardening is not in the cards and, although I LOVE to cook festive sweet treats, my hips keep telling me that crafting is better for my waistline!
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