Spool Santa Claus

Create a fun Christmas tree ornament using a spool of red thread for Santa's body. It's fun, easy, and each one you make will have a personality all it's own! Add to the collection by creating some of your own variations - how about Mrs. Claus, Reindeer or a few Elves? Make a bunch - they make great holiday gifts.

Materials:

• Coats Dual Duty Plus® All-purpose Thread, 1 large 300 yard spool (Art. 210), red; also thread to hang ornament.
• 1 1/2" Styrofoam or wooden ball
• Moveable eyes
• Pom Poms - 3 white 6.5 mm., 1 red 5mm
• Chenille Stem - 1 red
• Jingle Bell - 1 10mm
• Felt scraps: red,black
• Polyester fiberfill
• Quick drying craft glue or hot glue gun

Instructions:

1. CUT hat from red felt and feet from black using patterns shown as guides. Cut a 1/4" x 4 1/2" strip from black felt for belt.
   
    
2. GLUE feet to bottom of spool. Glue belt around center, overlapping ends. Glue ball to top for head.
   
    
3. ARMS: Shape a 6" piece of chenille stem around top of spool, under back of head. Glue in place. Shape arms so that they are slightly curved.
   
    
4. FACE & BEARD: Rub a little make-up blush or lipstick on the cheeks of Santa. Glue eyes, red pom pom nose, and fiberfill hair and beard to ball.
   
    
5. HAT: Glue long edges together to form cone. Fold tip down, glue. Glue white pom pom to end of hat. Glue hat to top of hair.
   
    
6. HANDS/BELL: Glue ends of chenille stem to belt, approximately 1/2" apart. Glue bell to center of belt, glue white pom poms on either side of bell.