The Drippy-Gourd Experiment
For fun, and to get rid of some recyclables around the house this year, we began making MANY trash-bag /baby-wipe artificial pumpkins.
We simply took a handful of store bags and began making a ball of plastic: stacking one on top of the next, stuffing them into another bag, and twisting and wrapping the bags until we had a ball the size we wanted to make into a pumpkin.
We made a total of 11 pumpkin balls this year! Some are still in progress as we plan to give them to friends and neighbors as a symbol of our 'thankfulness' for them in our lives. Here is one that I already completed an gave to a friend.
Here is a tiny pumpkin that I wanted to play (experiment) with by using drippy colors. Before I got to this point, I used a glue/flour/water paste to adhere strips of rinsed baby-wipes to as a sort of paper-mache--but without the paper.
[I figured out that the baby-wipes repelled some of the glue mixture if I did not rinse out the chemicals first. I will upload those early stages pictures later when I get a moment.]
Anyway, once I adhered the baby-wipe strips to the plastic ball, I let it dry for 2 days. Then, I came back and played with peach, red, yellow, and white acrylic paint to create a spotted, drippy effect.
It was VERY goopy and lumpy, but I was happy with that as it made it look more gourd-like.
I am not sure if I will be transferring a quote onto it or if I will simply put an initial on it. It is so small, though, that I am trying to think this one through before beginning.
Also, with the lumpy texture, it might be harder to paint a monogram onto it. Maybe I will leave it this way?
I will come back to this post after Thanksgiving to let you know what I ended up doing with this little drippy gourd.
For fun, and to get rid of some recyclables around the house this year, we began making MANY trash-bag /baby-wipe artificial pumpkins.
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| Drippy-Gourd -- WET
© 2018 Jeanette L. H. Dick
For Educational Purposes Only
Drippy Gourd 5
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We simply took a handful of store bags and began making a ball of plastic: stacking one on top of the next, stuffing them into another bag, and twisting and wrapping the bags until we had a ball the size we wanted to make into a pumpkin.
We made a total of 11 pumpkin balls this year! Some are still in progress as we plan to give them to friends and neighbors as a symbol of our 'thankfulness' for them in our lives. Here is one that I already completed an gave to a friend.
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| Monogrammed Fabric-mache Pumpkin
© 2018 Jeanette L. H. Dick
For Educational Purposes Only
Fabric-Mache Crafts 1
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Here is a tiny pumpkin that I wanted to play (experiment) with by using drippy colors. Before I got to this point, I used a glue/flour/water paste to adhere strips of rinsed baby-wipes to as a sort of paper-mache--but without the paper.
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| Drying Drippy-Gourd
© 2018 Jeanette L. H. Dick
For Educational Purposes Only
Drippy Gourd 4
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[I figured out that the baby-wipes repelled some of the glue mixture if I did not rinse out the chemicals first. I will upload those early stages pictures later when I get a moment.]
Anyway, once I adhered the baby-wipe strips to the plastic ball, I let it dry for 2 days. Then, I came back and played with peach, red, yellow, and white acrylic paint to create a spotted, drippy effect.
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| Side of Drippy-Gourd
© 2018 Jeanette L. H. Dick
For Educational Purposes Only
Drippy Gourd 3
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It was VERY goopy and lumpy, but I was happy with that as it made it look more gourd-like.
I am not sure if I will be transferring a quote onto it or if I will simply put an initial on it. It is so small, though, that I am trying to think this one through before beginning.
Also, with the lumpy texture, it might be harder to paint a monogram onto it. Maybe I will leave it this way?
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| Drippy-pumpkin-gourd drying on the upturned glass.
© 2018 Jeanette L. H. Dick
For Educational Purposes Only
Drippy Gourd 1
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I will come back to this post after Thanksgiving to let you know what I ended up doing with this little drippy gourd.
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| Top of Drippy-gourd © 2018 Jeanette L. H. Dick
For Educational Purposes Only
Drippy Gourd 2
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© 2018 Jeanette L. H. Dick
For Educational Purposes Only
The Drippy-Gourd Experiment
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