Category: Decorations

Candle cups as hats for the large wood man peg doll…

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Turns out that many of our wood candle cups will work as hats for our wood people peg dolls!

This post concerns only one wood people peg doll – the Large Man Peg Doll Body.  This is to keep the post shorter because there are lots of combinations…

My favorite combination:  The large man peg doll body and either the #7C or #7 wood bean pot candle cup as a hat.  It looks like a Beefeater with a bearskin hat to me!  Well, not exactly but close enough.  It also looks kinda like a Nutcracker soldier, too…

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#20A wood man peg doll with a #7 candle cup. Looks kinda like a Beefeater with a bearskin hat. Or a Nutcracker. Up to your imagination!

It’s possible you will need drill a 3/16″ hole into the head then glue a short piece of dowel into the hole… then wrap that dowel with something like paper or cotton balls or anything, really… then press down the candle cup down (large hole down).  Glue both together.  I’m not sure if glue alone is strong enough unless it’s purely a display piece.  I may do a project with these items in the future for fun.  I will post the results!

The other candle cups are not as impressive but I’ll show them to you so you can see what they look like.  Click on or hover cursor over each picture to read the comments – specific model numbers for each.  Yeah, some of the candle cups are wayyy too small but showing them anyway.   The one with the #1059 candle cup is a good one – similar to the Beefeater one but smaller candle cup.

#20A wood people peg with a #146 mini bean pot candle cup as a hat.
#20A wood man people peg with a #1058 bean pot candle cup as a hat.
#20A wood people peg with a #145 wood candle cup as a hat. Tiny and stupid looking…
#20A wood people peg with a #1059 mini candle cup as a hat.

Now for the last one… I used the wood tulip candle cup for this one.  Another variation on the Beefeater theme!  Or a soldier… Up to you.

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#20A wood man peg doll with #132 wood tulip candle cup as a hat.

I will be posting more like this for each wood doll peg style.  Keep an eye out for these later posts which may include actual drilling and gluing.

 

Halos for Wood People Pegs…

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After finding out that a certain wood bead wheel fit a certain people peg doll very well, I wondered what else fits?

Many other items as I found out.  For this post, I will start with the wood rings.  We have a 1-1/2″ wood ring and it works well as a halo for our 3-1/2″ wood angel peg doll, 3-9/16″ wood man peg doll, and the 2-3/8″ wood man peg doll.  See the pictures – one wood ring (halo) is shown in the front and one is on the head so you can see how it looks.

 

#20 Wood Man Peg Doll with #5093 wood round ring as a halo. One ring is in front so you can see its size compared to the doll itself.
#20A Large Wood Man Peg Doll with #5093 wood ring as a halo. One ring is in front so you can see its size against the doll itself.
#21A Large Wood Angel (Lady) Peg with a #5093 wood ring as a halo. One ring is in front so you can see its size compared to the doll itself.

 

The 3-1/2″ wood angel peg doll and 3-9/16″ wood man peg doll works well with the larger 1-3/4″ wood ring as a halo.  See the pictures below.

 

#20A Large Man Wood Peg Doll with a #99 wood ring as a halo. One ring is front so you can see its size.
#21A Large Wood Angel (Lady) Peg with a #99 wood ring as a halo. One ring is in front so you can see its size.

Now you know which wood rings to use if you want to decorate our wood people peg dolls!  You will need to use glue to keep the halos on.

More posts like this will be coming – with some surprising items.  Turns out there’s lots of accessories for the wood people pegs.  Much more than I imagined at first.

Making mini flag poles

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I did a mini flag pole project for July the 4th.  Hover the cursor to read the comments per picture.  You do not have to follow this exactly, adapt your project to the materials you have on hand.

I used strings for this project.  It turned out much better than using staples which I did in an earlier project not shown.  It gives a more folksy look compared to staples.

The exact wood items used for this particular project:  1/4″ dowels 16″ long (maybe better if 12″ long), a wood danish candle holder base, and a 3/4″ diameter x 1″ tall mini domed wood finial for the flag pole top. You can go bigger or smaller, just select the right products.

Everything you need…
Mark the depth of the finial – don’t install yet!
Mark the holes then drill.
Holes are drilled now. Holes poked into the flag but not very visible here.
Tie a knot at one end.
First threads threaded!
String now fully threaded in and tied off.
Flag top tip now glued in.
The base hole was a bit too small so required drilling out.
Drilling…
Now installed. I did not use glue for this one because it was tight enough. You may need glue for yours.
Complete!

Another garden marker idea…

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While perusing Instagram, I came across this picture by brookesedwards.  She used what looks to be a jumbo wood craft stick.  It’s not as robust as the wood garden row marker I mentioned in an earlier blog post but will do the job at a lower price.  It’s up to you which one you prefer.

The jumbo wood craft stick is regularly stocked so you never have to worry about us stopping selling them.  The wood garden row marker, however, when it’s gone, it’s truly gone!  It’s not a regular stocked item because it is a random item from second quality bulk wood we buy from wood mills – rejects, basically.   Most were of good second quality, some are sold as firewood to locals in Wiscasset, Maine.