Turn garbage and recycled goods into fun and adorable crafts.
This whimsical pilgrim woman was fashioned from a plastic
condiment bottle, a little felt, tempera paint, and lots of
imagination.
You will need:
Empty condiment bottle with lid
white felt
film canister lid
12" strand of raffia
small fruit and vegetable buttons
tempera paint in black, flesh, pink, and gold
black marker
hot glue gun
scissors
Instructions:
Note: If using craft glue instead of Tacky glue, extra time
will be necessary to allow glue to adhere. Be patient, or your
project will fall apart. Hot glue is recommended in this case,
particularly for adhering the fruit and vegetable platter.
Prep
Peel all labels from empty condiment bottle, wash and dry. You may
need to soak the bottle in warm water to help lift the sticker "goo".
Paint condiment bottle black up to neck. Paint the neck of the
bottle with flesh colored paint for the face. You may need two
coats of flesh to cover completely.
Collar
Using white felt, cut a rectangle large enough to overlap
"shoulders" on both sides of the bottle when folded in half. Using
the cap from the condiment bottle, trace a circle in the center of
the felt rectangle; cut out. Cut a triangle out of the front to
form collar (see diagram). When black and flesh paint have dried
completely, carefully slip collar over and down the neck of the
bottle, resting it snugly on the bottle's shoulders. Glue the
front and back of the collar in place to keep it stationary. Tie
12" piece of raffia into a drooping bowtie and glue to the
front-center of the collar.
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Face
Replace bottle's cap. If cap is not white, pain it with white
tempera paint after putting back on the bottle. Let dry. Cut a
1/2" wide strip of white felt. Starting at one shoulder, glue in
place as bonnet strap by running over the top of the cap and back
down the other side. Trim to fit and glue in place. With black
marker, dot on eyes and draw on a nose and the mouth. Dip paint
brush into pink paint, dab several times onto newspaper or paper
towel to remove most of the excess paint. Blot onto cheeks. Add a
small touch of pink to her nose as well. Frame face with hair by
using gold paint.
Harvest Platter
Fill center of the underside of a film canister lid with hot glue.
Place various vegetable and fruit buttons into the "platter". The
craft pictured used apples, carrots, corn and tomatoes. Using hot
glue, adhere platter to front of bottle. Paint on round hands near
platter with flesh colored paint.
