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Pot
Paint clay pot light blue below the rim. Paint the rim yellow. Paint a squiggly line around the center of the yellow rim with white. Paint various colors of spots around the rim. Using green and a stipple brush, paint the grass using a pouncing motion around the bottom of the pot. Paint various lengths of green stems and leaves around the pot above the grass. Let dry.

Spray varnish the entire pot according to manufactures directions. Let dry.

Glue various size and color buttons above the painted stems. You can use a small button on a larger button for a fun effect.

Cut a piece of floral foam to fit inside your pot. Press foam into your pot and glue Spanish Moss over the foam to cover it.

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Flowers
Cut 15-20 strips of print fabric ½ inches wide by 1 ¾- 2 1/2 – inches long. The longer you make your strips the bigger your flower will be. The more strips you use the fuller your flower will be. You can make as many flowers as you would like for this project and you can make them various sizes. Thread a needle and put aside. Fold each strip of fabric and stack them on top of each other with raw edges even. Poke needle in through all layers of fabric near raw ends (see fig. 1). Pull thread through fabric. Rotate each strip of fabric and adjust to form a flower. Thread a button onto your needle and bring needle back through button and back through fabric layers. Tie thread in back of flower and set aside.

Stems
Cut a piece of wire desired length for stem plus 2 inches. Cut a strip of green print ½ inch x 18 inches. Glue one end of fabric to end of wire and slowly wrap strip around wire turning stem as you go. Leave 2 inches of the wire unwrapped for inserting into your pot. Glue end of fabric to wire and cut any remaining fabric off.

Glue the stem to the back of the flower. Poke unwrapped end of wire into your pot. Continue to make as many flowers for your pot as desired.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:35:32 Decorative Clay Pot Crafts Decorative Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/moms-recipe-holder-30/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/moms-recipe-holder-30/ Attachment 56 Attachment 55

Paint the pots white and let dry. Glue Pots to saucers, making sure to plug up the hole in the bottom of the pot. Fill with plaster(mix according to package directions) When it starts to set, insert plastic flowers and fork with tines UP and cover plaster with moss.

When completely dry, decorate the outside and insert moms favorite recipe on a card in the fork!!]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:29:53 Decorative Clay Pot Crafts Decorative Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/egg-tulips-29/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/egg-tulips-29/ Attachment 51

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1. Fill the flower pot with modeling clay.

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2. Insert pipe cleaner into the large hole of each egg. Push the pipe cleaners into the modeling clay. You may have to trim the pipe cleaners to keep the tulips from drooping.

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3. Trace a leaf shape onto the poster board three times and cut out. Cover with green paper. Push the leaves into the clay at the base of the pipe cleaners. Fill the pot with Easter grass.

4. Tie the ribbon around the flower pot.

These tulips look just like the real thing.

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Body
Place newspaper down on work surface. Turn clay pot over and glue wooden ball to bottom of pot. When glue is dry, use large paint brush to paint entire the outside of the clay pot and the entire wooden ball with brown paint. Let dry and apply a second coat. When dry, use large paint brush to fleck on spots of tan paint for effect. This does not have to be perfect! Using small paint brush, paint on feet and beak, use the photo as a guide if needed.

Head
Use small paintbrush to paint on the gobbler in red. Dab large paintbrush or stencil dotter in rose paint. Dab onto newspaper or paper towel until all excess paint is removed. Gently dab onto "cheeks" of turkey's face. With the black finetip marker, drawn on eyes and dot nostrils onto beak. Spray entire surface with clear coat.

Finishing Touches
Glue miniature bow tie in place, or fashion a simple bow out of ribbon and glue in place. Trim excess to suit your tastes. Tie a piece of jute or raffia through the holes of the green button. Tie a bow and trim excess. Glue button to the body below the bowtie. Glue feathers to the back so that they stick up above the back of the turkey's head.

About the Author:
Amanda Formaro is the entrepreneurial mother of four children. She is also the owner of FamilyCorner.com Magazine. Subscribe to her free newsletter by going to http://www.familycorner.com/services/lists.shtml]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:12:13 Decorative Clay Pot Crafts Decorative Clay Pot Crafts admin en http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/clay-pot-snowmen-27/ http://crafterscommunity.com/crafts/decorative-clay-pot-crafts-12/clay-pot-snowmen-27/ Attachment 49

Place newspaper down on work surface. Turn clay pot over and glue wooden ball to bottom of pot. When glue is dry, use large paint brush to paint entire the outside of the clay pot and the entire wooden ball with white paint. Let dry and apply a second coat.


Cut the foot end off of the child's sock. Create a brim by folding up the cuff of the sock, then position the cuff of the sock onto the "head" of the snowman (see photo). Glue the brim in place. Tie a piece of gold ribbon around the top of the hat and fringe the top with scissors. Adjust the fringe edges with your fingers until they look the way you want.

Tie a strip of material or mitten scrap around the neck to fashion a scarf. Glue in place if desired. Glue two buttons to the front of your snowman. With black finetip marker, dot on eyes and mouth. Use a small paint brush to apply orange paint for a nose and gently dab on a thin amount of pink for the cheeks.

About the Author:
Amanda Formaro is the entrepreneurial mother of four children. She is the Chief Editor of FamilyCorner.com Magazine. Subscribe to her free newsletter at http://www.familycorner.com/services/lists.shtml]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:54:06 Decorative Clay Pot Crafts Decorative Clay Pot Crafts admin en