Making a "flat cardboard shepherd and sheep"...

What kind of figures have been used with cardboard Christmas houses and villages, where do you get appropriate figures today, how do you make, prepair, repair or otherwise maintain figures?
OKPat
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Re: Making a "flat cardboard shepherd and sheep"...

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Howard ... these are fantastic...! They put my German flats to shame! I absolutely LOVE the way you painted the sheep and the shepherd... and that HOUSE!
I'm going to have to get busy making some .. thanks you for putting the patterns up!!!
OKPat
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Re: Making a "flat cardboard shepherd and sheep"...

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Hi guys.... Howard's shepherd pattern has always been a favorite. Yesterday, during our early snow storm, I decided to take another crack at it, and dress him up for the weather. I used cut out fabric scraps in layers, stuffed the arm with a pipe cleaner
to give it some dimension, and cut a finger tip off an old pair of leather gloves to make his back pack. I added some bunka thread, unraveled,
to the sheep to give their coats a little heft, but I don't think it shows up on camera. By the by, this dressed flattie is approximately twice the size
of Howard's pattern... don't think I could have done this otherwise.
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maria
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Re: Making a "flat cardboard shepherd and sheep"...

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This is absolutely wonderful!
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Re: Making a "flat cardboard shepherd and sheep"...

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WHOA!!! .... OKPat, this puts the "flattie" in a whole new category! Beautiful work! :mrgreen:
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Re: Making a "flat cardboard shepherd and sheep"...

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Love the wool idea!!
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