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Home » Christmas Crafts » Santa Paintbrush Ornament

Santa Paintbrush Ornament

November 28, 2018 By Jamie Dorobek 3 Comments

I’m kind of obsessed with our Christmas tree this year! I teamed up with Home Depot for their 2018 Holiday Style Challenge, and used their pastel colored, shatterproof ball ornaments as a jumping off point for a whimsical, vintage inspired tree. I incorporated three generations of handmade ornaments with the sparkly, pastel balls I purchased from Home Depot this year.

I was inspired to make Santa paintbrush ornaments from walking the aisles of Home Depot. The holes in the paintbrush handles are perfect for adding a ribbon, and those paint brush bristles were screaming Santa’s beard!

After a quick Pinterest search, I realized I was not the only one who has ever thought of the turning a paintbrush into a Santa. Suzy’s Artzy Crafty Sitcom made this whimsical Santa Claus paint brushes and My Creative Days made some adorable elf paintbrush ornaments. I bought a few paint brushes and set out for my plan to make super simple, modern Santa paintbrush ornaments.

Here’s what you need to make a Santa paintbrush ornament

  • Large paint brushes
  • Craft paint brushes
  • Skin tone paint
  • Red paint
  • White paint
  • White felt
  • Sharpie marker
  • Ribbon
  • Scissors
  • Hot glue gun

paint brush Chrsitmas crafts

How to make a Santa paintbrush ornaments

These little paint brush Chrsitmas crafts are the perfect addition to your Christmas tree. I think they would make a great addition to a teacher’s gift too!

Step 1- Paint

Use a small paintbrush to paint the top of the handle red and the bottom of the handle a skin tone color. Don’t worry about the metal part holding the bristles in, that will get covered with white felt. Also, don’t worry about the line between the red handle and Santa’s face, it also gets felt. Give the bristles of the paintbrush a quick coat of white paint.

Step 2- Cut felt

Each Santa paintbrush ornament needs three pieces of felt. Two of the pieces are simple rectangles. I made the rectangular pieces long enough to wrap around the entire paint bush. The mustache is the most fun to cut out! Cut a third rectangle, fold in half, and cut a fun mustache shape. Oh and don’t worry, all mustache’s are different!

Step 3- Hot glue

Once everything is cut out, heat up that hot glue gun! You’re almost done! Simply glue the 3 pieces of felt to each paintbrush.

Paintbrush Santa Ornament

Step 4- Add eyes

I made these Santa as minimal as possible, so adding Santa’s face could not be easier! All you have to do is use a Sharpie marker to make two dots for eyes directly above the mustache. Voila! Santa’s face comes alive!

Step 5- Add ribbon

Any skinny ribbon works for this step! Simply, cut a peice of ribbon about 8 inches long, slide it through the hole in the top of the paintbrush and tie it in a knot. Hang it on your Christmas tree and admire!

DIY santa paintbrush ornament

My grandmother made the strawberry ornaments out of walnuts many years ago. I love that 3 generations of handmade ornaments are hanging side by side on my Christmas tree this year!

DIY Santa paintbrush ornaments

If you love these DIY Christmas ornaments, don’t miss these posts:

  • PVC pipe snowman ornaments
  • Ugly sweater ornaments
  • 3D spheres made out of old holiday cards
  • Toddler made ornaments
  • Orange peel wreath ornaments
  • Family tree ornaments

Filed Under: 1 Hour C.R.A.F.T.'s, Christmas Crafts

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Comments

  1. Are Fusion says

    December 20, 2018 at 1:11 am

    And this is a grjeat idea since these paint brushes comes in many sizes so anyone can vary the faces of Santa.

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