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# 492 Mini Multipurpose Santa Gifter & holiday doll / decoration, or baby bottle snug -

This Gift cover - “ gifter” covers a jar of your homemade preserves or dresses up an inexpensive scented candle. It also makes a child’s bank, holiday scent jar, kitchen holiday cleanser cover, trinket holder or holiday cover for doggie treats or it can also be stuffed as a holiday Santa doll or decoration This multifunctional Santa opens to reveal a container where you can place small odd shaped Christmas gifts. It can also be made into a doll or a child’s Christmas bank, a nostalgic kitchen holiday cleanser cover or bathroom liquid soap cover. It fits over the 6 oz. size kitchen powdered cleanser or the 8 to 12 oz. liquid soap dispenser. If making a “Gifter” cover for you homemade preserves, it will cover the small jelly size preserves jar and can be adjusted to the larger individual jar size by changing the size of your crochet hook until the gauge fits the bottom of the container you are trying to cover. The head lifts off to reveal your gift of homemade preserves. As a Christmas party favor, place Santa over a recycled 6 oz. plastic fozzen juice or yogurt container and then you can insert a zipped sandwich bag of mints or other appropriate candy or holiday scents or cone style air freshener.

This Santa doll is also a baby bottle snug which fits over the smaller size baby bottle as an insulating cover during Christmas travel days. The head removes along with the baby bottle cap, and the Santa's arms and legs assist the baby in holding the bottle while keeping the contents warm.

As with all Kathleen Early patterns, this multifunctional Christmas Santa is made using simple, well-known stitches, uniquely combined and crocheted in rounds from economical 4-ply knitting weight acrylic yarn. This pattern requires no expensive or difficult to find plastic Santa faces. Even his puffy cheeks, m'tash and hair are all easily crocheted.

This pattern is an excellent Christmas gift for the pattern collector on your list or the avid crocheter looking for something unique.

For the Professional Crafter - What better way to highlight your handmade Christmas gift, than enclosing it in our little Santa Gifter?

Lil' Claus Holiday Series Gifter- Preserves cover color pattern $6.99

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# 512 Mrs. Claus Multipurpose Bottle Gifter & holiday doll decoration, or baby bottle snug

Gift bottle cover - “ gifter” for scented candle, bottled lotions & toiletries, bath salts, scent jars etc. OR gift cover for small bottles of "Holiday Cheer" Mrs. Claus can also be stuffed as a holiday doll or decoration

This pattern makes a multifunctional Mrs. Claus which can be made into a doll or a child’s Christmas bank , a nostalgic kitchen holiday trim & liquid dish detergent cover or bathroom liquid soap cover. She fits over the 12 oz. size kitchen detergent or the 12 oz. liquid soap dispenser.

Mrs. Claus can also cover a spray air freshner & her head lifts off, allowing you to spray the holiday scents without removing Mrs. Claus from the can.

Our Mrs. Claus doll is also a baby bottle snug which fits over the full size baby bottle as an insulating cover during Christmas travel days. Her head removes along with the baby bottle cap, while Mrs. Claus' dress and apron continues keeping the bottle contents warm.

Mrs. Claus' head is designed to hold its shape without stuffing. Her puffy cheeks, chin and even ears are crocheted into the head pattern as it is worked in rounds. Her hair, bun, holly trim and even her plate of cookies are fully crocheted, so there is no need to buy expensive or difficult to find plastic Mrs. Claus heads in an appropriate size.

Mrs. Claus can be crocheted with a larger hook to cover larger gift bottles. And the pattern gives directions for a crocheted bottom to her skirt if she is being made into a stuffed, soft & cuddly doll.

All four of our Christmas Gifter Holiday Decorations are designed as a cordinated set ( Mrs. Claus carries a plate of the same chocolate chip cookies that our Mr. Claus Cookie Gifter is caught eating) . But any one of the items these patterns make, can steal the show at your child's school Christmas party and are a thoughtful hostess gift cover or centerpiece at any party.

Mrs. Claus Centerpiece, doll, gifter, bottle snug color pattern $6.99

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# 514 Mr. Claus Candy Cane (candy dish) centerpiece Gifter & holiday doll decoration

This pattern makes a Santa Centerpiece similar to our Halloween and Thanksgiving centerpieces , and opens between Mr. Claus' pants and coat , so that you can insert a disposable plastic storage container of your favorite homemade Christmas candies or fudge . Kathleen made homemade candy canes for the school party. What better way to surprise the class than letting Mr. Claus give them out?

He's a terrific hostess gift for any Christmas party including the office or at your child's school. Give your homemade Candies in your hand crocheted gift cover, featuring Mr. Claus holding his own crocheted Christmas candy cane .

This Santa fits over a recycled dairy whip bowl, so he can also solve the problem of covering odd shaped and hard to wrap Christmas gifts just like the larger container in our Mr. Claus cookie jar. And then he also becomes a Holiday Candy Dish or Holiday Centerpiece for the recepient. That also makes him two gifts in one. He's also perfect for gift covering homemade brownies, but don't tell that to our Mr. Claus cookie cover.

Mr. Claus can also be stuffed and sewn closed to be given as a child’s Christmas doll - a great Christmas Eve gift before you send your youngsters off to bed to cuddle with Santa until Christmas morning. We know that on Christmas Eve, parents can use all the help they can get!!!

Mr. Claus candydish centerpiece, gifter & doll color pattern $6.99

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Mini Boubelly & Raspberry tree trims

Our miniture Raspberry & Boubelly Bellybutton Bears make terrific pocket pals after Christmas & can sit in either a Christmas wreath or star swing when so you use them as tree trims.  This pattern includes instructions for all four items.

Boubelly &Raspberry mini-bears & tree trim color patterns $6.99 

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