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 Monday, November 26, 2012

Monday Funday: Clay Pot Deer Family



Welcome back from a long holiday weekend. We hope you enjoyed some time off with family and friends. Now that Thanksgiving is over, it is officially time to countdown to Christmas. This is the perfect time of year to have your kids get crafting, and we have just the project they can help create. Make this deer clay pot family using FolkArt Acrylic Paint and Mod Podge. Kindra Boroff designed this adorable project. It is a great beginner craft that will only take up to one hour to complete.


 

Plaid Supplies


FolkArt Acrylic Paints: 940 Coffee Bean, 901 Wicker White, 938 Licorice

Mod Podge - CS12948 8oz, Antique

Plaid Brush Set-50536 Taklon & Natural Brush Set


Other Supplies


8” clay pot, 6” clay pot, 4” clay pot, Red & white hounds tooth paper, Red& white polka dot paper, Multi polka dot paper, .79 gold jingle bells, Brown felt, Dark brown adhesive felt, Large red pom pom, Medium black pom pom, Small black pom pom, 7/8” Red satin ribbon, Hole punch, Scissors, Hot glue, White thread, Red chenille stems.


Instructions

1.     Basecoat the clay pots with Coffee Bean.

2.     Using the templates, cut the front and backs of each antler out of the scrapbook paper.

3.     Using Antique Mod Podge, adhere the front and backs of the antlers together. Apply a few top coats on each side.

4.     With Wicker White, paint the eyes on the pot as shown. When the paint is dry, paint the Licorice section of the eye. Using the end of a brush handle and Wicker White, add the dots to the eyes.

5.     With the script liner and Licorice, paint the eyelashes to the girl deer.

6.     Cut the felt ears and the dark brown felt using the templates.

7.     Punch holes in the antlers and tie the jingle bells to the antlers with white thread.

8.     Hot glue the red chenille stems to the back of the antlers for more support.

9.     Hot glue the antlers to the clay pot as shown. Follow with the felt ears.

10.  Hot glue the pom poms to the clay pots. Hot glue the red bow to the girl deer.

11.  Using the hole punch and the dark brown adhesive felt add freckles to the baby deer and the beauty mark to the girl deer.


Click here to see the antler template that goes along with this project.



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 Friday, November 23, 2012

Freelance Friday: Whimsical Santa Ornament



It’s Black Friday and now that Thanksgiving is over, many people are out and about shopping like crazy to prepare for Christmas. If you have chosen to stay in to avoid the craziness, now is the perfect time to craft. Today would be a good day to craft with your kids, and have then make this Whimsical Santa Ornament. Wouldn’t this Santa be a great addition to your tree? Sherrie Ragsdale created this project with Mod Podge. It is great for all ages and will not take long to make. The supplies are listed below along with their instructions. Enjoy your leftovers and happy crafting.

 

  PLAID Supplies


·      Mod Podge ® Matte, 8 oz.


 Other Supplies


6” Styrofoam cone, 2” Styrofoam ball, Pink tissue paper, White tissue paper, Red chenille stems, White chenille stems, Pink craft foam, Black extra fine sharpie, Two red patterned scrapbook Papers, White ribbon, Scissors, Hot glue, Craft knife


Instructions


1.  Cut 1” off the bottom of the cone.

2.  Cut square pieces of white tissue paper and cover the entire cone using Mod Podge.

3.  For the face cut out an oval from the pink tissue paper and Mod Podge on the head.

4.  Cut a red patterned piece of scrapbook paper into small squares and glue with Mod Podge about an 1” from the top of cone.
5.  Cut Strips about ½” wide from different red patterned scrapbook paper. Next, cut them to 2 ½” lengths. Glue them with Mod Podge vertically. Allow to dry.

6.  Cut small squares from white tissue paper and glue to the 2” ball with Mod Podge.

7.  For the hat trim, twist two white chenille stems and glue with hot glue to the bottom of hat. Twist excess and cut off.

8.  For trim on body, twist three white chenille stems together. Starting from the back, hot glue the center of stem to the middle of back. Wrap chenille stems around to the front gluing while you go. When the stems meet in the front center twist the remaining stem together and fold down the center. Turn any excess that hangs off the bottom. Twist three more white chenille stems together and, staring from the front wrap around the bottom gluing while you go.

9.  Twist two sets of red and white chenille stems together. Cut them both in half and glue them into the body. Curl up ends. Hot glue white  ball on top of hat.

10.  Cut triangles for ears and a circle for nose from pink craft foam. Cut out two small circles from tissue paper for cheeks and Mod Podge on. Draw mouth, ears, and eyes with Sharpie.

11.  Make a hole in top of the ball on top of hat and insert a white ribbon and then tie a bow around the bottom of hanger.



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