Bring the raw yet calming qualities of nature into your creative universe with these rustic natural branches, still with bark and tips, which have been cut at an angle. Let your imagination loose and turn your branch into the body and head of a wood elf or other cute creature.

Try adding eyes, a nose and mouth to the sawn-off tip or placing an elf hat on the top made of felt, knitted or carded wool... or perhaps the elf needs a woollen beard ? Use a glue gun or Sticky Base for mounting..

With a little imagination and the right materials, you can transform these simple branches into fine Santa figures and Christmas elves, which can be arranged in groups on the windowsill, on the Christmas table – or perhaps as part of the children's Christmas landscape