Here’s a great piece of St Colin and the Dragon fan art by Fabes. Thanks Fabes!
I’m really glad that St Colin and the Dragon got so much positive feedback. Thank you for being such supportive readers.
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Here’s a beautiful piece of fan art sent to me by Anne. Thanks Anne! And thanks to everyone else who’s sent me kind emails and commented on the St Colin and the Dragon storyline. So far it seems to have gone down pretty well, and I’ve been enjoying writing it.
Hopefully no one was too disappointed that Colin and Clopsy didn’t get together in the story. Anyway, there’s still several weeks left of St Colin and the Dragon to go so you might well see Clopsy again.
This decoration is a bit more complicated than the Pauline decoration, but I think it will be worth the extra effort!
Step 1. Collect together the ingredients! Cardboard, scissors, glue (or double sided tape), black wool and green wool (or you can use string or yarn or whatever you’ve got.) black pen.
Step 2. Cut out two Colin heads and two Colin bodies. Make them any size you like but I did mine at these sizes: head = 5 x 6 cm body = 4.5 x 1.5 cm
cover one head and one body with glue
Step 3. Lay two pieces of black wool or string across the gluey body to form the arms and legs. I suggest making them extra long then trim them down later.
Cut a piece of green wool, fold it in half and stick it to both the body and the head, with the loop coming out of the top of the head.
Step 4. Cover the second head and body pieces in glue and stick them on top of the first pieces, sandwiching the wool between them. Let the glue dry.
Step 5: Once the glue is dry, draw a face onto the head with a black pen. Cut the arm and leg strings to the correct length (in this case it was about 3cm but just do whatever you think looks best). You’ve made a Colin!
Step 6: Colin is pretty sassy as he is, but if you want to make him more seasonal add some embellishments of your choice. I’ve glued on a little paper hat and some glamorous sequins.
There you go! That’s Colin hanging up on my very tiny Christmas tree. Have fun making your own Colins!
Here’s how you can make a 3D Paper Pauline for your Christmas tree (or for anywhere else you want to put her). Download the template by clicking here… print it out, colour it in (or leave it blank) cut it out and assemble. No glue required!
Send photos of your decorations to mycardboardlife at gmail dot com, or tweet them to @PhilippaRice
Cardboard Colin decoration guide coming soon!
Hello! Just a message here to say, if you’d like to order any Christmas presents from the shop, I’d recommend you order them before Tuesday 13th December if you’re in the UK. If you’re in Europe, US or Canada it’s still possible to have orders arrive before Christmas but you must order before Thursday 8th! That’s very soon!