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How to Craft a cute Christmas elf girl from polymer clay

A person crafting a small figurine with brown hair on a textured black surface.

Christmas means decorating trees with store-purchased ornaments and tinsel, decorating stairwells with store-purchased garlands, and decorating the exterior of your house with store-purchased lights. These days everything you need can be puchased pre-made somewhere, and while that saves us time, what happened to the good ol' days when we crafted ornaments out of popsicle sticks and strung cranberries on a string?

While we're not forcing you to go all old fashioned on us for Christmas, we do encourage you to get back to the handmade (and much more individualized) side of Christmas. Watch this tutorial to learn how to craft an adorable elf girl you can attach to an ornament hook or simply place on your table for decor.

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