Santa Bath Towel

I found this pattern on one of the craft websites that I like to visit. The website is http://rubyglen.com/craftsholiday.htm

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Make a Santa from a Bath Towel!

By Susan Dunn

It's so much fun getting ready for Christmas and Christmas guests. Want a last minute idea that will delight your houseguests, or be a great conversation-start for your party?

Here's a quick and clever thing you can do for the guest bath, or to place in the bedroom of a child or adult visiting for the holidays for an extra suprise. It's something you can't buy in a store that will delight your visitors. It's a Santa made from a bath towel!

To make it, you need a full size towel, a wash cloth, and a Santa hat!

Lay the full size towel out flat and roll up both ends of the towel toward the center using the shorter edge, the top and botttom, not the sides.  Make the rolls tight andf even. Then fold the ends up together making sure the center seam is on the outside.

Next, gently pull out the end of each roll. Then pinch the two rolls together and pull them apart. You'll see it begin to look like arms and legs with the stomach in the middle! Hold the top and bottom firml.y together. Now you have the body.

To make the head, fold a face cloth in half. Then fold it in half again. Then fold back the first layer of the face cloth. Place this head on top of the body, add the Santa hat, a pair of spectacles if you have them, and there you have your Santa!

How to display your little Santa? Use a clothes pin to hook this Santa (by the arms) to a coat hangar, for a bedroom closet, or to the shower rod in the bathroom. hyou can also prop him on the bathroom counter, or on the guest bed. Or hang him off the oven door. Be creative; you'll think of lots of places and your guests will enjoy this wonderful conversation piece.