Santa Hat Ornament

Of all the fun Christmas craft projects you can do for your home I find the small handmade ornaments to be my favorite. The little goodies are so unique and completely yours, they don’t look like the standard round shiny ornaments you can find at the store. These are tiny Santa’s, comical snowmen, my pet dog, the favorite Christmas cookie, my own one of a kind snowflake, etc. They are a great activity for an individual or a family of ten. And even better, you can store them away and collect more and more each year, even pass some on to your children one day.

While handmade Christmas ornaments are very versatile in the shapes, sizes and materials used for this occasion I have decided to create a small clay Santa hat ornament, if you are curious to find out how just read on!

What you will need to make your own clay Santa Hat Ornament:

- Red Polymer Clay. You can get a block of it for two bucks at Joann’s, Michael’s or any other crafts store. You will need less than one fourth of the block.

- White Polymer Clay. Same applies as for red.

- A few toothpicks.

- A few sheets of printer paper. You can use other stuff to protect your work surface just make sure none of the color will transfer onto your clay.

- A knife or a crafts razor.

- Some festive string, not too thick.

- Some sort of a stubby screw driver or a different object of a similar shape. You will need this to put the hat on while fluffing the white of it.

How to make your own clay Santa Hat Ornament:

- First set up your work surface, protect it with paper or whatever else you might have decided to use and get your supplies ready.

- Break off a piece of the red Polymer clay, the amount depends on your desired ornament size so be vary of that when deciding how much you will use. Start shaping it into a sloppy cone.

- Once you have the approximate cone shape start working the top end out to shape it like the Santa’s hat (photo 1).

- Every once in a while you might need to stop working on your ornament and let the clay set a bit. This depends on a ton of factors like humidity and temperature, but the point is you don’t want the clay to become too soft and flimsy or it will be very fragile and a pain in the butt to work with!