Paper Clay Santa!

Several years back, I was experimenting with paper clay and created several snowflake Christmas ornaments. Some I gave a coat of varnish to as a finishing touch and others I didn't. With the final bit of clay left in the package, I hand modeled a Santa face.

For several years, it sat untouched in the box with the snowflakes as one of those ideas that never resulted in a finished project. But, while on a roll with making some Christmas ornaments, I took a new look at it. I got out the water color kit and gave it some color. Then, I gave it a coat of Mod Podge for some stability as I found the paper clay snowflakes that didn't get a final varnish did start to crumble after a few years. Also, water color does need something to make the colorfast. 

As the eye sockets were just indentations, I did build them up into eyes with a bit of paper-mache' technique. Then, with the help of a felt tip marker to do some delicate details it was done. One last coat of Mod Podge finished it off. 

I thought it was cute, but the grand-kids vetoed it from the Christmas tree last Christmas. Oh well, maybe they'll like it this year or next. Maybe it was too much of a reminder that Santa's eyes were on them!