Letter to Santa Plaque

If you have ever scrapbooked or made homemade cards, odds are you have a big stash of unused supplies and scraps of paper stuffed in a drawer somewhere.  This project idea makes use of those bits and bobs and turns them into a fun useable Christmas decoration.  I will give you a detailed list of the supplies I used to make my Santa Letter Plaque, but you should use whatever you have on hand!

I found this funky-shaped hanging snowman plaque at Goodwill, but you could use any piece of scrap wood you have around.  If you use a thicker piece of wood, you wouldn’t need to bother with wire to hang it, as it would probably stand on its own.

I began by painting the edges of the plaque with red paint.  While it was drying I got to work on my stamped paper.

I used the PSA Essentials Whimsy Trees pack and black ink and stamped trees all over white paper.  I used ultra fine tip Sharpies to color in the trees.

I trimmed the paper to size and  used Mod Podge to glue it to the plaque.

I added some polka dot Duck Tape to the plaque.  This would be a great project for some really cute washi tape if you have any on hand.

I cut a piece of green glittery scrapbook paper down and created a pocket by gluing three sides of it down using tacky line roll.

I created a fun Christmas tree embellishment from an old leather belt and gems.

Because the glitter paper makes a pocket, you can slip your child’s letter to Santa right in!

Of course, the pocket could be used for anything small enough to fit into the pocket.  This would be a great way to frame a picture or some of your child’s special artwork!

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Thanks,  Jessica Hill