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Decorative paper gnomes

Instructions No. 2837

Instructions No. 2837

Difficulty: Advanced

Working time: 4 Hours

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Our round cute gnomes are simply made from paper strips. They can be shaped from thick or thin strips and decorated as you like - autumnal, wintry or even summery. A cute paper decoration that adorns any table, dresser or windowsill and also makes a great souvenir.

This is how you make the Paper Balls Secret Santa:
Print out the templates, cut them out and transfer them to the felt, foam rubber and paper. (Template A / beard + hands = felt, template B / feet = foam rubber, template C / hat + arms = construction paper) Cut out all the parts.

Cut eight 1cm wide strips with the VBS contour cutter. Punch holes in the middle and on the right and left edges with the VBS hole punch. Before punching, protect your workspace with a craft mat. Take the wire, cut it in half with the side cutters and bend one end into a loop so that nothing can slip down. Make a hole in the foam rubber feet and pull them over the wire. Then put the paper strips in the middle of the wire. Lay them evenly next to each other to form a circle. Fix them in the middle with some craft glue. Thread about 11 wooden beads onto the wire. Now take the ends of the paper strips and put them over the wire. Again, fix them with a little craft glue. When all the strips are on the wire, thread another wooden bead onto it and fix it with glue. Glue the head to the overhanging wire.

Outline the cap and the arms with a black marker and add accents as desired. Glue the hat and the beard together. Then glue on the wooden plate as the nose.

Glue the felt hands to the arms and glue them to the side of the paper ball. To make the gnomes look even more autumnal, you can glue a scatter piece to their hands.

You can vary the number and width of the strips as you like.

Material list

Handicraft paper pad "Earthy Colours"
14,80 CHF
(1 m2 = 7,91 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Contour cutter
35,95 CHF
Quantity:
VBS Scatter decoration "Sneem"
6,20 CHF
Quantity:

You need these articles in addition:

Plug wire, annealed
3,70 CHF
Quantity:
VBS Craft glue No. 182, 28 ml
3,90 CHF
(1 l = 139,29 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Craft felt, 20 x 30 cm, White
1,10 CHF
(1 m2 = 18,33 CHF)
Quantity:
Wooden beads, Ø 6mm, approx. 125 pieces, Colourful
4,25 CHF
Quantity:
VBS Foam rubber, 3 mm, 40 x 30 cm, Orange
2,50 CHF
(1 m2 = 20,83 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Hole puncher
23,40 CHF
Quantity:
Wooden platine, curved, Ø 15 mm, 20 pieces
3,40 CHF
Quantity:
VBS Assortment of pliers, set of 3
20,40 CHF
Quantity:
POSCA Marker PC-1MC, Black
5,95 CHF
Quantity:
VBS Handicraft mats
8,30 CHF
12,40 CHF
Quantity:
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