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I was flipping through some of my Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine pages and found this little gem. It’s an Old Father Christmas made of pine cones.
The doll is made of five cones, two for the arms, two for the legs and one for the body. The boots are made of wood and fastened to the board. The boots have a long point at the top which are inserted into the cones to form the legs.
Then the arms and legs are fastened to the body with glue and wire. The hands are formed from paper mache and are glued to the arms. The head is also paper mache and the hair and beard are flax.
A waistband is added to hide the wire. The neck and shoulders are covered with a black crochet comforter, the head with a fur cap. Several small accessories are added to finish him off.
The full larger magazine page of instructions is available in the PDF file below:
Father Christmas made with Pine Cones
The pattern is in PDF format so to download it you’ll need the Adobe Reader software on your computer. Most computers come with it, but it is free and can be found here. There are also free Adobe Reader Apps for mobile devices.
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can you tell me the date of this Godey’s Lady’s book this pinecone Father Christmas ornament is from?
This was a loose page I had so there wasn’t a date on it. I’ll look at it tomorrow to be sure. Thanks for your question.
I found the pinecone Father Christmas pages and found a year. This was posted in 1868, probably the December monthly magazine because one of the articles is titled, “The Close of the Year 1868” and some of the recipes are Yule-tide Cake and Christmas Pudding. Hope that helps. Thanks for your question!