More Making Stuff
Our first project of the day was this little mummy/zombie/ghost family inspired by, again, Zach Aboard. What would I do without them for crafty ideas? We glued old canvas pieces to some leftover dolls from Casey’s Wood (and some that we’d painted a while back). Sophie made a bride and groom and like all good decorations, they’ve quickly become her favorite toys.
We finished up with our papermaking too and thought we’d put up a few photos to inspire.
I used this tutorial (minus the starch) and used a sponge here and there to sop up particularly wet bits. Sophie was the official sponge squeezer. We found that it’s a fairly forgiving and flexible process- if you mess up transferring a piece to the felt, throw the whole thing back in! When it dries it looks and feels very much like a recycled cardboard container- fun for mounting photos, making gift tags, etc.
The girls went to town playing with the tub of pulp once we were done. They squeezed balls out of it and made tiny sheets of their own filtered goop. It’s a tactile good time. And I’m proud to say with the exception of the thrifted picture frame, everything we used was recycled! Next stop, homemade bubble bath.
I am afraid for you that you are looking to ME for craft ideas
check out crafty crow and 5 orange potatoes and of course soulemama — that’s where I troll for ideas. Then I have to modify them for my lack of actual crafting skills
But see, maybe you make them accessible- i saw a felting soap tutorial in the Disney Family magazine today, of all places!