Crafty Christmas Countdown: 5

 When I found this ornament at the dollar store, I knew it had crafty potential. Especially when I realized that the deer was attached to the wreath with a simple wire twist.

I set the deer aside for a future project, leaving me with a wreath of copper glitter antlers. The antler shapes begged for a nature theme but I wanted to be something offbeat. And since I've been a bit fascinated with opossums lately (there's definitely an opossum sock puppet in my future) it was the perfect fit. I made one larger mama opossum and five babies out of pompoms and pipecleaners with some glass beads for the mama's eyes. To make the wreath a bit more festive I added some tinsel pompoms.

Crafty Christmas Countdown: 6

 On a trip to Bronner's Christmas Village, I spotted these weird Christmas rubber chickens.

Now, if you know anything about me you know I'm a fan of all things weird. I'm also kind of cheap and couldn't bring myself to spend that much on a little rubber chicken. So I figured I'd make my own. While I couldn't find rubber chickens that small I did find this fabulous sunglasses chicken at the dollar store.

 

I considered painting it yellow or beige like a regular rubber chicken but decided green was more festive. I did make the feet and beak orange and added red accents with some glitter to make it more festive. And then, as a nod to the original, I added a wreath around it's neck.

Crafty Christmas Countdown: 7

 It's been a busy week, so I just have a quick one for you today. It's my annual Christmas farm display. I didn't add much this year. The dad is loading a box of gifts into the back of his truck to take into town for a toy drive and some farm hands are wrangling an oversized pipe cleaner garland.

Crafty Christmas Countdown: 8

 I finally got my Christmas cards made! Good thing I deliver them by hand. This year I went with variations on a single basic design, drawn with colored pencil. For my verse, I chose James 1:17.

Crafty Christmas Countdown: 9

 We're in the single digits, friends! So I think it's time for what has become one of my favorite Christmas crafts: peg dolls. I've started picking a character from a Christmas movie or cartoon and representing them in peg doll form. This year I picked my favorite from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: Aunt Bethany. I added Uncle Louis as well, mostly because I wanted to paint his toupee.

 

Crafty Christmas Countdown: 10

I bought these little tobogganers a while back with intentions of enhancing them but then never had the right ideas of what to do with them. Since I'm just doing weirdness at work, I figured anything goes. So I added some furry fleece, gem stones, pipe cleaners, and foam.

Crafty Christmas Countdown: 11

 In my quest to decorate my cubicle with weirdness, I doodled this Christmas tree. It only seemed fitting to make him a reality.