It’s time to take a walk on the wild side with your little ones, by creating these fun wild animal coasters. Animal prints seem to always be a reoccurring trend, and this is a great beginner level project for your kids to do. Keep it cool with these fashionable, fun animal print coasters. FolkArt paint was used to create this project. This is a great project to make at home, or it could also be used as a class art project. One of Plaid’s talented designers, Sherrie Ragsdale, created these coasters. See below for the supplies you will need, along with instructions.

PLAID Supplies

·       FolkArt ® Artists Pigments™ - Pure Orange, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Wicker White, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Licorice, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Coffee Bean, 2 oz.

Other Supplies

Two clay saucers
1/4" Flat brush

Instructions

1.    Base-coat first saucer Winter White. Base-coat second saucer Pure Orange. Allow to dry.

2.    Add the zebra stripes with Licorice on the Winter White and the leopard spots with Coffee Bean on the Pure Orange as shown in photo. Add second coats if necessary after the first coat is completely dry.

Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. Now that Easter is over, it’s time to move on to new crafts to create. Out with the Easter eggs, and onto these adorable clay animals. How cute are these animals? You can’t help but smile when you look at them. Sherrie Ragsdale designed these animals, and she use FolkArt paint. See below for all the supplies you will need, and instructions.

PLAID Supplies

·       FolkArt ® Texture Paint - White, 4 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Terra Cotta, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Artists Pigments™ - Pure Orange, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Lemon Custard, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - School Bus Yellow, 2 oz.

·       FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Maple Syrup, 2 oz.

Other Supplies
Two 2 3/4" clay pots, Orange felt, Brown felt, Yellow felt, Black Stiff felt, 8mm wiggle eyes, Two 1 3/4" wooden knobs, Extra fine Permanent, black marker, Glue, Toothpick, Popsicle sticks, Scissors, 1/4" hole punch, 1/2" flat brush, and a Small round brush

Instructions

1.    Glue the wooden knobs to the bottom of the clay pots. For the bear, apply the textured paint the to entire body of bear. Fill in the neck with the textured paint. Make a bump on the face where the nose and mouth will go. Allow to dry. For the lion, add the textured paint around the lions face and the back of lions head as shown in photo. Allow to dry.

2.    Paint the bear with Maple Syrup and the lion with School Bus Yellow. Allow to dry. Paint the lion's mane Pure Orange and the bears face with Terra Cotta.

3.    Paint a oval shape on the lions face using Lemon Custard for his mouth. Allow to dry. Make the nose from the stiff black felt using the hole punch. Glue on noses and eyes. Using the black marker, draw on mouths.

4.    Cut out two ears 1/2" horseshoe shapes from the brown felt for the bears ears and do the same for the lion but out of yellow felt. Add some glue at the bottom of the U shape and fold over. Glue to the tops of the their heads. You may need trim a little.

5.    Cut two 3" x 5" pieces from the brown felt and the two from the yellow felt. For the yellow felt add four strips of orange felt 1/2" x 5 long and glue to the edges of the yellow felt pieces. Roll up all pieces to form arms and legs. Once rolled up glue the edges. Cut each piece in half. Glue on the arms and legs.