Santa's Whiskers
Soft Figurines
The end result is a figurine that looks like a "real" person, in miniature. Check out the artists in this section and see how realistic looking their Santa figurines are.
Soft sculpture figurines often have hands and faces sculpted from polymer clay, and some kind of wire or wood body frame. Beard, hair and clothes are "soft" materials like animal hair, cotton, fabrics, leather, velour, etc.