Here’s a handsome trio of carved Santa’s, the one on the left is holding a Christmas wreath, the Santa in the middle is holding a star and the Santa on the right is standing next to a stack of Christmas presents. His robe features a candle and holly pattern as well!

Carved Gnomes are great because they can be displayed all year! The Gnome on the left has a bittersweet vine with mushroom ‘patches’ and the Gnome on the right is holding his favorite mushroom he just found!

This cottonwood bark carved Santa is leaning into his favorite Christmas Tree..

Here’s a couple of carved cottonwood bark Santa’s- the one on the left is lounging around after a busy holiday season and the one on the right has a cap with a bittersweet vine that wraps around ‘patches’ that say ‘Santa’ , ‘Joy’ and ‘Noel’..

In this trio of carves Santa’s, the one on the left was carved with 2 bluebirds resting on his cane. The Santa in the middle is a new Santa carving project done in white cedar and he is holding his favorite Christmas tree with a banner that reads ‘Joy’ and ‘Noel’. The carved Santa on the right is a classic Santa standing on a Christmas box.

In addition to the Santa holding a star, the Santa in the middle was recently carved from white cedar and the Santa on the right is standing with his snowman that has twig arms and a flowing beard.

This basswood Santa stands 12″ tall and is jealously guarding a tree he chose..

This basswood Santa stands 12″ tall and was carved feeding his ‘friends’

This Santa was carved from basswood standing on a Christmas box

I carved this Santa holding a Corgi that was modeled after my Corgi, ‘Max’

These are just a couple of carved ’pencil’ witches that I just finished as a part of a YouTube beginning wood carving series, the video is available here.

This carved Santa has a new beard design and is holding a Christmas bag with gifts

This Santa was carved from a white cedar post and because you can’t carve knots I made him stepping up on the knot..

This witch was carved from white cedar

I decided to broaden the carving style with this Santa that is holding a lantern: