DIY Wooden Garden Gnome
I never thought twice about the garden gnome craze but when I needed to decorate my yard during the stay at home order, suddenly making one from scrap wood was a great idea!
I had a board in the basement that looked about the right size.
I cut one end of it with the jigsaw to resemble the pointed hat of a gnome.
No jigsaw?
You can cut an easy triangle hat.
I used painter's tape to separate the hat from the body of the gnome and painted the hat red and the body dark grey using craft paint.
I had a 1" wooden ball knob in my craft supplies that I nailed and wood glued to the board for a nose.
The balls with a flat side work best.
When the grey and red paint dried I painted the beard and the nose with white craft paint.
On the beard I let the brush strokes fade off at the bottom to look like real hair.
Next I used a stencil with a small pattern to stencil a design and create the look of a wool hat on this gnome.
When everything was dry I attached the gnome to a 1" x 1" wooden stake and sprayed it with a matte sealer for protection.
I stuck him in a plant in my yard and he just looks adorable!
And no, it is not your imagination he would make a great Santa for the holidays!!
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This was such an easy project and looks so cute, I think I may have become a garden gnome fan!
I also may be making these for the craft fair in November!
I can see why people fall in love with these little guys, I am definitely going to need to make a few more!
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