DIY Christmas Door Mat (Anthropologie Inspired Santa Claus Door Mat)

I know we are at least a good two months away from Christmas, but apparently once November 1st hits Christmas décor is fair game! I have had this project in the works for awhile now and finally got my act together to complete it. After seeing the Anthropologie Santa Claus doormat, I thought “I can make this!”. I love pink and wanted mine to be different so I of course decided to make mine all about Mrs. Claus! Let me show you how I made this fun DIY Christmas door mat inspired by the Anthropologie Santa Claus doormat.

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Supplies

Plain Doormat (Mine is from IKEA (the 1′ 4″ by 2′). They also have a plain one at Target.)
DecoArt Patio Paint (I used black, cloud white, and pink)
Glo in the Dark Paint Writer top (from my Halloween Haunted Village project)
Sharpie
Paint brushes
Box cutter
Mat or something to protect your floors

Step 1

With a sharpie, draw curved lines on each corner of the mat to get the oval shape of her face.

Place a sewing mat or something similar beneath your doormat (to protect your floor) and cut the mat with a box cutter. You will need to score the lines and continue to score until it is cut all the way through.

Step 2

Using my design below as a reference, paint each element of the face onto the doormat. For more videos of the process, please visit my Instagram page.

Here is how I did mine:

I started with the pink Santa hat first. I drew a pink outline and then filled it all in with a larger brush.

I then painted on her bangs and hair in white using the same technique as above.

I drew the outline of her blouse neckline, button and ball for the hat with a black sharpie. I then filled them in with white.

I put the glo writer cap onto the pink bottle (it fits perfectly!). I drew the outline of the nose and cheeks. Then, I filled those in with a brush.

I drew her mouth and filled it in with the black paint with the glo writer cap. Then I went over the sharpie lines with the paint as well.

I used a sharpie to outline the eyebrows and eyes.

I filled in the eyebrows with white paint and the eyes with black paint.

Finally, I used my white with the glo writer top to draw stars all over the hat. This was a bit tricky and looked a little too thick in some areas. If you come up with a better way to do this, let me know!

*I cleaned the glo cap before transferring it to a different paint color each time!