Looking for a great holiday craft project that's not much money? You are in the recycling of old items in new imaginative articles? If so, I think you will enjoy this project!
This project uses some old items to new elements, it is a great way to teach children about recycling. You will need a few carriers drink fast food carton or empty egg boxes of paper to make pulp for paper which is required for this craft project.
Ages: 8 and up with adult supervision.
Supplies needed:
Carrier of drink fast cardboard food or eggs cardboard boxes
White glue to versatile craft
Styrofoam ornament balls
Blender with water from the tap
Old plastic bowl
Foam sponge brush
Strainer/Strainer
Wooden Clothespin
Acrylic white, black and Orange
Brush
piece of scrap fabric Fleece (optional)
Tip: This project can get a little messy so you can fix some old newspaper or of an old table linen plastic before you begin.
Make paper pulp - Rip your paper empty beverage carrier or egg empty box into small pieces. Place the pieces in a bowl made of old plastic. Pour just water from the tap and let parts soak for 60 minutes. Once they are good and moist, a mixture of paper in a strainer. Using your hands, squeeze excess water. Place the paper pulp in your blender container and blend on low speed to what it gets mushy. Pour batter in your empty plastic bowl. Incorporate some artisanal white glue so that you form sticky pulp. The mine is lumpy dough consistency.
Making The Snowball - with a foam-style painting brush, lightly spread white craft glue on 1/2 of your ball of styrofoam. Using your hands... pat on paste of paper pulp, so that you are covering half your ball of ornamental top. Repeat this procedure on the merits of half of your ball. Once done, hang up the ball through the clothespin so that it can dry out and harden. (mine take approximately 16 to 24 hours).
Addition of The facial features — once your ball is dry, paint with two layers of white acrylic paint. Once it is dry, paint on black eyes, black spots of his mouth and finally, a triangular orange-shaped nose.
Headscarf optional - cut us a piece of fleece measuring 1 1/2 "wide by 10" long and linked to a loop and then he stuck to the bottom of our ball to look like a wool scarf.
Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who loves sewing, quilting, the development and scrapbooking. You can visit the blog of boats of passionate called Shelly on Crafting free online at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com , tips and craft project ideas. You can find a photo of the project completed on his blog at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/12/paper-pulp-snowball-snowman-head.html
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