Festive Paint Brushes

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Decorate some paintbrushes that can then double as Christmas tree decorations and a special homemade gift.

This Christmas craft ticks many Christmas boxes. The kids will be kept busy, the tree will have some new decorations, and you will have a present for that hard to buy for older person who will appreciate the time and love spent on their gift.

Follow the instructions, and watch the video below, on how to make Father Christmas, an elf, and trusty Rudolph.

You will need:

Resene test pots – Alabaster (White), Metallic Gold (Gold), Noir (black), Red Berry (Red), Bingo (Green)
Scissors
Resene test pot brush
Small paint brush
Hot glue gun
Paint brush to decorate
Small Red & Green pompoms
Large red pompom
Googly eyes
Gold Pipe cleaners (x2)
White felt
Holly decoration
Christmas Ribbon

Check out the video as well as the step by step instructions below.

Santa Brush

Step 1
Paint two coats of Red Berry on handle only. Let it dry in between coats.

Step 2
Add a pattern to the Santa’s hat using Alabaster and paint two small Noir eyes near the bottom of the ferrule of the paint brush. Now glue a small red pom pom under the eyes for Santa’s nose.

Step 3
Cut a small bit of felt to fit the majority of the ferrule, cut vertical lines up to make a fringe, glue it on so you can just see the eyes. Glue the holly decoration to the hat and finally thread a piece of ribbon through the top, tie it up.

Rudolph Brush

Step 1
Paint two coats of Metallic Gold on handle only, let it dry in between coats.

Step 2
Glue two googly eyes on to the Ferrule at the top, underneath glue a big red pompom.

Step 3
Take one gold pipe cleaner and wrap it around the handle, take the second one, cut it in two smaller pieces and join to the existing pipe cleaner, cut and shape the pipe cleaners to your desired length and shape to make the reindeer antlers.

Thread a piece of ribbon through the top, tie it up and you are done.