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Autumn Crafts - Shindles with Black Cat and Pumpkin Motifs
When autumn is in the air, decorating is so easy because of all the wonderful motifs the season offers us. Whether it’s leaves, pumpkins, scarecrows, or the holiday motifs of Halloween and Thanksgiving. There is so much to choose from. This craft project is easily made and makes a nice decoration for the wall. These shindles are made from molds. If you have no molds and plaster to create your own shindles, perhaps you can buy prepared shindles at your local craft store. Wooden boards can be used as an alternative and are also lighter in weight.
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Supplies needed:
- Molds for shindles and craft plaster of Paris....
- ...or 2 x store bought ceramic or wooden shindles
- paper napkin with autumn or halloween motifs
- natural raffia in color to match napkins
- polymer clay
- decoupage or papkin napkin applique glue
- drill with small bit
- paint brush
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Instructions:
1. Prepare 2 ceramic molds following the manufacturer’s instructions.
2. The decoupage tutorial in the link above explains how to decorate the forms with papkin applique/decoupage .
3. Follow the instructions for making the 3-D effect on the pictures.
4. Drill holes in the top of the forms. Take a couple of long pieces of raffia and make a loop through the holes. Insert the open ends through the loop and and knot. Make a raffia bow and secure it to the loop.
Paper Napkin applique/ decoupage tutorial
Using modelling clay for 3-D figures tutorial
How to make plaster of Paris castings with molds tutorial
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