When is a card a personalized Valentine’s Day gift? When it is on top of a heart shaped candy box
with a miniature representation of the recipient. The little clothespin doll on the top of the
box is dressed up for Valentine’s Day in his tuxedo! Make one for your
Valentine this year!
You will need:
Wooden doll pin
Wooden doll pin stand
Dowel cap with 5/8” hole
Drill with small bit
Round paper clip
Heart box (you can buy it already decorated like I did for
less than a dollar, or just paint your own)
Acrylic paint, flesh, black, white, gray, and hair color of
recipient (I used yellow ochre)
Fine line sharpie markers, Black, brown, color to match eye
color in blue/brown, or green, pink
Pencil
Small paintbrush and liner brush
Glue gun and glue sticks
1.
Gather your supplies. Use a drill and a small drill bit to drill a
hole in the top center of the dowel cap about ½” down. (Head)
2.
Working with the dowel cap, (head) use the
pencil to mark the hairline and ears.
With
the small paintbrush apply hair color using the pencil lines as a guide.
Let dry and then apply flesh to the face
area.
Set aside and let dry.
Pull open the round paper clip slightly and stick in the top of the dowel cap in the hole you previously drilled.
3.
When the dowel cap head is dry, use the black
sharpie marker to make two small circles for eyes. Fill in with the proper eye color. (I used
blue) Make a mouth with the pink sharpie
marker and then outline the hairline and ears with a brown sharpie marker. This is where you can really personalize your
doll, by making glasses, freckles, etc.
4.
Working on the clothespin, use the pencil to
draw a line down the center, lapel lines, and a bow tie shape on the center
front. (See photo) Put the head on the
top of the pin to make sure that all your pencil lines will show when the head
is attached.
5.
Use the pencil lines you made as a guide to
paint the body of the tuxedo black. When
the paint is dry paint the lapels a dark grey.
Let dry. Use the gray paint and
the liner brush to make a separation line down the center and all around the
bottom area of the tuxedo jacket. Paint the shirt area white and the bow tie black. Continue painting the pants and inside the clothespin with black paint. Let dry.
6.
Use the liner brush with gray paint to make arms
and some flesh to make hands at the cuffs.
Let dry. Paint the doll pin stand black, let dry and adding a bit of hot glue, place the painted clothespin in the stand.
7.
Assemble your candy box.
8.
Add some hot glue in the dowel cap and attach to
the top of the clothespin. Attach the
clothespin and doll pin stand to the top
center of your heart box with more hot glue.
9.
Fill your box with candy or even small gifts and use the paper clip
on top to clip on your greeting card.
Did you say that you want a companion box for the
girls? Well stay tuned for upcoming
tutorial.
