Give a DIY Santa Boot for Christmas!

by Country Design Style-Jeanette

I had the joy of being a Santa elf for a Secret Santa blog tour last week. I pick the talented and creative Nancy from Artsy Chicks Rule. So I put on my little elf thinking cap. I needed something creative that fit Nancy's beautiful style. Something useful for the holidays. It needed to be a Christmas decoration. I wanted something I could add a little of me and and little of Nancy. Plus easy to ship.
In my mind, Santa has extra large big toes. So I started from there and made a Santa Boot Chalkboard.

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Items for the cuff.

I started drawing a boot. I'm not an artist. I just kept scribbling until I got the shape I wanted.

Then I used carbon paper to transfer the boot to a piece of MDF {medium density fiberboard} it's great for chalkboards.

I clamped the MDF to my worktable and used a narrow blade in the jigsaw to cut out the boot.

Now to add a little of me and a little of Nancy to the cuff. I added pieces of trim and a spindle plus seashells and beading. This is the layout photo.

I painted the boot in chalkboard paint and the cuff white.

Then I glued on the cuff items using wood glue.

Here's the finished Santa boot chalkboard. I have a download of the boot shape it you would like to try your hand at jigsawing. It's an easy pattern.

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Hannah V on Dec 01, 2014
How cute!

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- Country Design Style-Jeanette on Dec 01, 2014
  @Hannah V Thank you Hannah!
  
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Miriam Illions on Dec 01, 2014
Wow, neat!

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