It is almost September! For many it is back to school time, for me it is one day closer to Halloween! My next coloring book is Penelope's Garden, out in a few weeks, and in celebration I made a cute witchy Penelope charm. I drew her on a three inch Shrinky Dink circle with Sharpies, put her in a 325 degree preheated toaster oven and cooked til flat. Very important! I punched the hole in the top before toasting. She looked a bit muddy so I added some acrylic paint highlights. Here is a quick vid of the highlights at the end. Enjoy and Happy (getting close to) Halloween!
Today as I perused Instagram I came across one of the cutest, easiest spooky crafts of the season. Posted by muminthemadhouse, these Clay Tealight Ghosts were done by one of her nine year olds. What you'll need: Air dry clay (Crayola makes one for under $5 HERE) Rolling pin or smooth bottle Butter knife Shot glasses or bunched up paper towel Just roll out the clay to about 1/8 of an inch. Cut appx. six inch diameter circles. Form ghost shapes over the shot glasses or paper towel, then make marks where the eyes and mouth will be. Lay flat again, then cut out eyes with butter knife.
Drape ghosts over glasses again and let dry. When dry (about 24 hours) place a battery operated tea light beneath ghost and place in a very dark corner to create a spooky atmosphere. I love these! Hope you do too. Thanks Mum in the Madhouse! xo
