Make not one, but TWO Terra Cotta Pot Christmas Characters for your tiered tray with just a few Dollar Tree Supplies. This Terra Cotta Pot Gingerbread and Snowman are easy to make, and cute as can be!
Welcome back to Day 13 of our 2nd Annual Manda Panda Countdown to Craftmas! 24 days of Christmas Crafty inspo from 12/1-12/24.
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Terra Cotta pots are so fun and versatile to craft with. In fact I just made an adorable Terra Cotta Pot Nativity Set that looks just darling with these Terra Cotta Gingerbread and Snowmen!
You don’t have to stop at the Gingerbread and Snowman tho, you could make a Santa, Elves, Reindeer, Grinch, or whatever other Christmas Characters you can think of.
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Supplies Needed to Make a Terra Cotta Pot Gingerbread & Snowman
- Mini 2″ Terra Cotta Pots
- 2x 25mm wood beads
- 16-20mm wood bead
- Twine
- Paint: Black, White, Tan/Brown, Pink, Orange
- Buttons
- Silver jingle bell
- Red plain homespun fabric
- Hot glue gun
How to Make a Terra Cotta Pot Gingerbread & Snowman
I made these Terra Cotta Pot Christmas Characters on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.
These are soooooo super easy to make, you don’t even need a tutorial but I’ll give you one anyway.
First things first, paint your terra cotta pots and your wood beads. For the Gingerbread you’ll paint one larger wood bead for the head, and two smaller wood beads for the arms. My beads were 25mm and 17mm and I mixed up a light brown color using dark brown and white.
Go ahead and glue them onto your Terra Cotta Pot using hot glue, and then take a small white paint brush and make the white squiggles around the head, arms and bottom of her body. Use a fine tip Sharpie to draw on her face, and dry brush some pink for her cheeks.
For the Snowman, you will just need to paint the larger bead for the head since he doesn’t have arms.
Just like you did for the gingerbread man, use a sharpie and draw on his eyes and mouth, a thin paint brush for his orange carrot nose, and dry brush some pink cheeks.
Tie a fabric shoestring bow and glue to the top of the gingys head, and then glue on a couple buttons and she’s done!
Tie a strip of fabric around the snowman neck as the scarf, and wrap a small square around his head for a hat, and tie off the top with twine. Glue a small jingle bell for decoration and Voila! Terra Cotta Pot Gingerbread and Snowman!
How darn cute do these look with that OH DEER sign we made in the background?!
Are you going to make a Terra Cotta Pot Gingerbread & Snowman? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.
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Until Next Time…
Stay Crafty San Diego!
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