It is late Christmas Eve and miniature Santa has just left tiny toys by the fireplace for good little girls and boys.
He made sure to sample the gingerbread cookies and glass of milk before he left. You can even see his nibble marks on one of the cookies.
Tutorial: How to Make Santa's Fireplace
Begin by assembling the sides and back of the Narrow Victorian Fireplace. Leave off the top, top interior tier and front.
Paint all the surface with black gesso. You can omit the interior top tier. Also don't worry about painting between the two interior walls.
Mix black gesso with modeling paste and spread on interior back and aides of the fireplace. Use an old credit card and an old pencil to create the brick pattern. Let dry.
Place the front of the fireplace in position and adhere with strong glue. Repeat the brick making process for the exterior of the fireplace.
Cover the fireplace with a light gray paint.
Paint each individual brick with assorted colors of paint including burgundy or brick, brown, red and a dark yellow.
Touch up any grout with the light gray paint.
Cut the back and head off an old Santa ornament and insert into fireplace. Adhere with strong glue.
I decided to dry brush some gray paint onto the interior back wall of the fireplace so that it was easier to see Santa's boots.
Cut out wood-grained paper for the top and sides of your mantel. I aged the paper using brown and black inks. Glue it onto the fireplace.
Cut stockings from felt, add miniature candy and adhere to the mantle.
Add tiny logs and glue in place.
Cut a bite out of some wooden gingerbread and adhere to a dollhouse plate. Drop some white paint into a dollhouse glass. Add all of these to the top of the mantle.
Cut a rectangle from an upholstery sample to use as your base. Add miniature toys, wreath and tiny vintage games.
Thanks for stopping by the blog. I hope this inspires you to make your own miniature Christmas scene. -Betsy
Great Stuff
Strong adhesive
Black gesso
Modeling paste
Acyclic paint
Upholstery sample
Miniature toys
Bottlebrush wreath
Dollhouse dishes and candy
Wooden gingerbread men
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