Kitchen Helpers

PATTERN

Instructions

Preparation
Painting will be done on solid color or a simple print fabric. Trace and transfer pattern onto fabric pocket.
Painting Instructions
Gingerbread Man
1. Apply color as follows: Gingerbread Man: Terra Cotta. While wet, shade with Dark Chocolate and highlight with White. Rouge cheeks with Calico Red. Holly: Christmas Green. While wet, shade with a small amount of Black. Berries: are made with the tip of your brush and Christmas Red. Add nose in the same way.
2. Add details with a Liner Brush as follows: Use White for frosting along head, neck, hands and feet. Use Christmas Red for the button-hearts. Paint the eyes, mouth and the veins in the holly with Black. (A good black fine or very fine permanent marker may also be used.)
Santa
1. Apply color as follows: Hat and coat: Christmas Red. While wet, shade with a small amount of Black and highlight with White. Face: Flesh Tan and rouge cheeks with Christmas Red over the mustache area. Nose: Flesh Tan and add a small comma stroke highlight mark on top. Eyes: White. When dry, add a dot of True Blue. Allow to dry, then add another Black dot on top of the True Blue. Add a tiny comma stroke of White in the bottom left of the blue area. With Black and the Liner Brush, add eyelashes. lips: a mixture of Christmas Red + White. Highlight with a tiny White comma stroke. mouth: a mixture of Black + White to make a dark grey.
2. When dry, stipple on fur and hat pom-pon. With a Liner Brush and White, pull out lines for Santa’s mustache, beard and eyebrows. Buttons and belt are Black with a White highlight. Belt buckle and snowflakes are Glorious Gold.
Tin Soldier
1. Apply color as follows: face and hands: Flesh Tan. While wet, shade with Dark Chocolate and rouge cheeks with Christmas Red. Add Black dots for eyes.
2. Hat and jacket: Christmas Red. While wet, shade with a small amount of Black. Highlight with White. Pants, collar and hat visor: Bright Green. While wet, shade with Christmas Green and highlight with White. Flag and heart on hat: True Blue. While wet, shade with Ultra Blue Deep and highlight with White. Belt and boots: Black, add a white highlight.
3. Add details with a Liner brush as follows: Antique Gold - Shoulder pads, stars and flagpole, belt buckle, band on hat and buttons. Black - hat strap and cuffs on sleeve. White - bands on chest of jacket.
Snowman
1. Apply color as follows: Snowman: White. While wet, shade with a small amount of True Blue. Hat: Black. Hatband: Cadmium Yellow; highlight with White. Scarf: True Blue. While wet, shade with Ultra Blue Deep and highlight with White. Add fringe at the ends of scarf with a Liner Brush and True Blue. Tree trunks: Terra Cotta. While wet, shade with Dark Chocolate. stars: Cadmium Yellow.
2. Shape Christmas trees with a Liner Brush and Christmas Green. Dot with White.
3. Add details as follows: dots of Black for eyes and buttons. Christmas red dots for nose. smile and twig arms are done with a Liner Brush and Black or with a Black permanent fine marker.
Finishing Instructions
Assemble potholders and sew on the painted contrasting “pockets.” (Refer to photograph for placement.) Sew on buttons and tie on cookie cutters. Print recipe cards with your favorite sugar cookie recipe and insert in pockets.