I was only going to do one set of peg dolls this year, but then I found some little peg trees in my craft supplies that begged to be decorated. And you can't just do a tree. A tree needs a character with it. So I found a little peg wearing a hat and turned it into a bunny. I decorated these pegs with colored pencil rather than paint for a softer look.
It's time for another puppet. I was thinking about Christmas foods and settled on the Little Debbie's Christmas Tree Cake. I don't know that I've ever eaten them but the package is rather iconic. And as I was considering them I immediately imagined one of those cakes with a face. I fashioned my puppet out of foam with knit fabric stretched over it. The stripes are made from fabric paint and the sprinkles are glitter. The mouth is a loop of elastic with a string attached to manage the movement.
I have mentioned before that I have rabbits. They don't get a lot of toys and treats but at Christmas I like to give them something special. This year I fixed them some paper twist wreaths. I took sheets of packing paper that came in packages, spread on a mixture of chopped hay and dried fruit, rolled the paper the long way, and twisted the resulting logs into a wreath shape. I'll hang these wreaths in the pens for them to tear into on Christmas. For now, they are stored in a coffee can with a fun festive sticker.
We're big gnome fans in this house so it's no surprise that I found some little gnome woodcuts in my craft supplies. I decorated this one with permanent marker, with a little bit of rabbit fur on his beard.
I found this antler headband in my Christmas things. It was already kind of cheesy with the bells but I figured we could kick it up a notch. Some gold ink designs and sequins make it delightful.
Here we are in the single digits! Christmas is fast approaching so today I have for you Christmas cookies. When I was a kid my mother would make butter cookies for us to frost and decorate while we listened to selections from the Nutcracker Suite and it was a favorite holiday tradition. We got out of the habit as we got older but have recently brought it back. This year, in addition to some traditional shapes, I decided to make some chickens. I'm especially fond of the coconut covered chickens. They remind me of silkies.
This particular set of ornaments is likely to end up in my craft sale inventory. I love the simple look and the contrast of the gold ink.
