Create your magical Secret Santa world: step-by-step instructions
Step 1: Design the base of the Secret Santa door
Glue the craft blocks together
Glue 14 craft blocks together on the long, narrow sides using handicraft glue. Once the glue has dried, glue more craft blocks crosswise to the edges to create a small bowl.
Leave to dry and paint
Leave the glue to dry well. Turn the bowl over and paint it with white craft paint. Also paint the entrance door and the fence in your preferred colours. Draw lines on the Secret Santa door with a white marker to create optical tiles.
Step 2: Decorate the Secret Santa door
Attach the back and chain of lights
If you like, glue three more craft blocks to the back of the door and add a chain of lights. Leave the door open a little so that it looks as if Tomte has left the light on.
Attach the door and fence
Glue the door to the pedestal using handicraft glue. Attach the fence around the platform using hot glue. Cut out an entrance with the side cutter.
Step 3: Create the decorative gnomes from terracotta pots
Paint the terracotta pots
Paint two small terracotta pots with white craft paint and leave them to dry.
Make the elf hats
Print out the stencil for the hats and transfer it to felt. Cut them out and glue them together with hot glue. Cut off a piece of the faux fur cord, form a beard and glue this to the terracotta pot too. Attach a wooden bead as a nose and fix the felt hat in place. Don't forget to attach a small jingles!
Step 4: Design the scenery
Standing decoration
Stand some miniature Christmas trees on the pedestal. Stick the mini Scandi gnomes onto a wooden box and place them on the pedestal. Arrange miniatures such as a bench and a table on it too.
Decorate the table
Decorate the table with more small terracotta pots, a miniature colouring palette, a miniature pencil box and the miniature set with scissors and tape measure. Use your other items such as felting, wooden balls and jingles for further decoration.
Add additional details
Place some snippets on the floor and the miniature shovel. Stick a wooden ball next to the entrance door and hang a mini lantern from it.
Step 5: Add the final touch
Present the craft kit
Print out the photo of the VBS craft kit "Scandi Gnome" and stick it onto a piece of cardboard. Cut out the message from Tomte and add it to your miniature craft scene.
Conclusion: Bring the magic of gnomes into your home
You have now created a magical Secret Santa world that will put your family and friends in the Christmas spirit. Each of these steps brings you closer to the goal of a detailed and lovingly designed Secret Santa door that emphasises Tomte's magical presence in your home.
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