Cupid Doll

The kid's really enjoyed helping with this one. They're fun and cute to make for ornaments in the kids' rooms.

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Supplies:

• small clay pot
• red and pink felt
• red and pink acrylic paint
• paint brush
• glue
• scissors
• googly eyes
• pink wool
• old sock
• small piece of ribbon
• sucker stick
• Styrofoam ball

Instructions:

1. Put newspaper on your work surface.

 
2. Paint the clay pot red and the Styrofoam ball pink.

 
3. Let dry about 1/2 hour.
4. Cut lengths of pink wool and glue to top of the Styrofoam ball.
5. Cut a child's sock at the ankle for the hat, cut ends into fringe. Tie a ribbon around the sock just below the fringe. Put the hat on the pink Styrofoam ball.
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   Note: You may want to glue in place.
6. Glue the eyes on and make a nose and mouth with black marker.
7. Cut out little circles from red felt for cheeks and glue on.
8. Put sucker stick through bottom of your doll's head and stick into the hole in bottom of clay pot.
9. Cut a small pink heart and a red one from felt and glue on front of clay pot.
10. Let dry for a bit.

Now it is ready to display in your child's room.

By coville123 from Brockville, Ontario