A Gallery of Gnomes (a craft for mom and kiddos alike)

I recently hosted a Gnome Party for my little ones and the kiddos in the neighborhood. It was an afternoon of Gnome festivities. We searched for hidden gnomes, ate gnome vittles, played gnome soccer, and created these adorable little gnome fellows (a big hit with even the littlest kids!).

Here's what you need: a round bead for the gnome head, a gnome body (I used this one for guy gnomes, this one for gal gnomes), a base, craft paint colors of your choice, craft glue, a felt tip marker, and a small circle of paper (a chance to put those odd sized scrapbook paper scraps to work!). This particular gnome gal doesn't have any hair, but the other gnomes created that day did. This is what we used for gnome beards, and gnome hair. It worked splendidly.

I had the little ones paint their wood gnome pieces first. We let them dry completely, then glued them together. We then cut a little snippet of yarn for the gnome beard and hair, and glued the "do" to the gnome head. Using a fine-tipped permanent marker in black, little gnome faces were drawn. Lastly, we made a small cone from the paper circle to create the jaunty little gnome hat. We glued the hat to the gnome head (gnomes can't lose their hats now, can they?), then admired our gathering of gnomes. These gnomes are minute! Seriously, they are no taller than 2 inches - including the hat!

I'm thinking I will make a bunch of gnomes in holiday regalia, snap a photo, then use the photo to make gift tags. Maybe I'll make such a post closer to the holidays. Gives you something to look forward to, no?

Hopefully soon, I'll get around to posting a photo (or two), and the directions to the little gnome gift I made for the gnome guests. Even more suspense!