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Santa's been up all night - delivering Christmas presents to millions of children across the world. So it's
no surprise that he looks a little googly eyed!
You will need:
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First, take a large piece of cardboard box card, and in pencil or pen, start to design a Santa. Start with his big hat, give him a round jolly face, a bulbous nose, a smile and a big bushy beard. You don't need to do the eyes because you'll be taking care of them later. |
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When you're happy with your design, you can colour it in. You can do this with whatever materials you like,
but because you're using plain cardboard box card, it's a good idea
to paint it, as this will get the colours looking really bright. Start by painting the hat red. |
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Next, use white for the beard and the for the hat bobble! |
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Streak some grey into his beard and eyebrows. |
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Then how about a nice cartoon-like pink for the face? |
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Finally, fill in the background with some light blue. |
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When you've finished painting you'll have something that looks like this. And when it's dry you can pick out some of the detail using a thick, black marker pen. |
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To make the googly eyes you'll need two ping pong balls. Using a pen, draw a small circle for a pupil, and then a slightly bigger circle around it. |
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Then, using a small brush, paint the coloured part of the eye (the iris) a nice blue. Painting out from the middle gives it a more realistic effect. |
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Streak in some lighter and darker shades, flicking out from the pupil. |
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Paint the pupil black and just leave a little circle for a speck of light! |
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Then, if the paint the other ping pong ball in exactly the same way, you'll have two googly eyes! |
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Now to make sure the eyes stay on Santa's face. Use a teaspoon to gently push a dent where the eyeballs should go. Just circle the spoon around to make a nice round dent, being careful not to rip the card. Make both eye sockets in the same way. |
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Then, place the eyeballs in the dents and give it a quick wiggle! |
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But spare a thought for Rudolph... he's got to pull Santa's sleigh all night! |
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You can do any character you like! Try it yourself! |