Even with the mistakes, I think this was a lovely learning endeavor. I have three more I am will be making soon, but this one is all done.
Total Time: 2 hours
Supplies:
- 4 inch flower pot and saucer ($1.00)
- 1/8 cup paint
- 3 foam and regular brushes
- 1/2 inch wooden bead or small wooden ball
- 4 inch glass bowl
- 1 black felt marker
- 1/2 oz acrylic glue
- 6 oz candy ($1.00)
- hairspray
- scissors
Steps:
- Pour some red paint into a cottage cheese lid. I painted the pot 4 times.
- Then, I did the lid. Now, if you do this, don't use any lid that has been previously painted or worse, shellacked. I didn't have the right size saucer, so I got a planter for .50 at a thrift store. After 7 coats, I gave up and just sprayed it and went on. Lesson learned.
- I made a simple 5 cent sign and a small black decoration on the bottom of the pot base. Then I shellacked (using hairspray) it again. That was almost a disaster. I recommend you spray it and let it dry. Then, put the markings on it and leave it alone. My ink began to smear/run and it was almost unusable. But, you might want to do something cuter, as I will do on my next ones. I painted a wooden bead and then glued it on the saucer lid. Filled with candy, it's pretty cute. I can only promise they will be better from now on.
- You would think I could find gumballs in the dollar store. But the only ones I could find looked like baseballs. So, I got a bag of little candies and cut the little sleeves and poured them in.
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September 7, 20200 found this helpful
How do you fix it for the candy to come out?
Jess
Silver Post Medal for All Time! 267 Posts September 8, 20200 found this helpful
You get the candy out by opening the lid on the top. It isn't a device, just decorative.
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