Instructions: Die cut Christmas tag friends

With these instructions, with motif dancers, Motif paper, scissors, Fineliners, an Ink Pads and Handicraft glue you will surely succeed in recreating the funny Christmas pendants "Friends"!

Here's how it's done

The basic shapes of all Christmas tree tags are punched out using motif punches.

For the individual figures you need the following Craft Punch:
Snowman - Craft Punch Circle 5 cm
Penguin - Craft Punch Circle 5 cm, oval 3.8 cm
Reindeer - Craft Punch Circle 5 cm, circle 2.8 cm, oval 2.5 cm
Snowwoman - Craft Punch Circle 5 cm, circle toothed 2,5 cm
Santa Claus - Craft Punch Circle 5 cm
Female bear - Craft Punch Circle 5 cm, circle serrated 2,5 cm, oval 2,5 cm, heart 8x9 mm

For the various figures, first draw hands, caps, bows, faces and feet as well as other accessories such as belts, beards or bows on a piece of Paper , cut them out of Craft cardboard sheet and finally glue all the pieces together Handicraft glue together.

Extra tip:
Wipe over the edges of the individual paper forms with a brown or white Ink Pads This gives them an optical depth.

Draw with a black Fineliners eyes and mouths. Use a white opaque touch-up pencil to draw any other contours as details.

Snowwoman

Punch out the body (Ø 5 cm) and the apron with serrated edge (Ø 2,5 cm) with a Craft Punch , cut out the hair bow, turnip nose, hands, apron tape, glue everything on, draw the face.

Santa Claus

The body (Ø 5 cm) and the face (2 .5 cm) are punched out. Cut out the cap, beard, hands, feet and belt. The rivets simply with the Pearl Paint on pen.

Mother Bear

For the muzzle an oval, the bib of the apron a toothed circle (cut in half), for the ears hearts are punched out. Cut out the belt. The eyes with the Pearl Paint on the pen, draw the mouth with a red felt-tip pen.

Reindeer

The body is as usual a 5 cm circle. Punch out belly (2,8 cm) and face (2,5 cm), cut out antlers, nose and belt, rivets and eyes with the Pearl Paint on pen.

Snowman

Punch out the round body. Cut out & glue on the hat & hat brim, belt, hands and turnip nose from Craft cardboard sheet , draw the face with black Fineliners

Penguin with cap

For the " tailcoat" a white circleis punched out and cut. Glue this onto a black circle. Cut out fins, beak, wings, cap and eyes. Paint the eyes with black Fineliners

Little Miss Penguin

The beak and fins are also punched out in the Penguin Fräulein

Extra tip

Have the courage to create your own figures from punched out parts! For figure crafting from Paper it is worthwhile to have different sizes of motif holes in stock, the more varied the possibilities of your own figures.