Father Christmas Air Dry Clay Ornament Part 2

When your clay ornament is completely dry, you can paint it to make it look like Father Christmas.

Painted Father Christmas clay ornament

You will need:

An apron (Acrylic paint will stain your clothes and is hard to wash out)
Acrylic paints (We recommend Primo acrylic paints for beautiful quality and vibrant colours)
Paint brushes
Baby wipes
Kitchen roll
Old scrap paper

Tips:

Lay out scrap paper to work on as acrylic paint will stain and is difficult to wipe off once dry. We recommend wearing an apron and having wipes and kitchen roll to hand to clean up straight away if there are any spillages.
If you have created this ornament with younger children, we recommend using washable paints. You can seal the colour into the ornament later on once dry, using a clear varnish. If there is any risk of the paints going near little mouths, don't use it, or let a grown up do the painting part.
Start painting with paler colours first.
Paint the fingers white as they will be Santa's beard.
The tip of the thumb will also need to be white for the bobble at the end of his hat.
The bottom of the hand needs to be painted red for his hat. Before you paint the red, paint a small line of white for the fur about the bottom of his hat.
The middle of the hand will be Santa's face; You will need to mix a tiny bit of red paint into some white paint to create his pink face.
Once the paint has dried, you may wish to use a clear varnish to coat your ornament and seal in the paint.
When everything is dry, you can add more detail using Sharpie markers. Create an outline around the white areas to make them stand out more.
Use some ribbon or twine to thread through the hole so that you can hang your ornament; Tie a knott next to the edge of the ornament and then tie a loop from there to use to hang on the Christmas tree.

Christmas Tree clay ornament