justamouse Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 and the table looks like-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassyscrapperinid Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 These are very cute!!! :hurray: Instructions please??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 How pretty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 My kind of school day...and my kids would've LOVED that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 These are very cute!!! :hurray: Instructions please??? Hee, thanks. 14mm wood beads silk flowers pipecleaners glue guns embroidery thread various ribbon bend the pipecleaner in half. invert the v to ^ and about 1.5 inches from the crotch (ahem) bend each side back up-those are now the legs. then at the waist bend each side to a left angle, and at 1/2 inch, bend them back. Those are the arms. Then, at the major join of all the limbs, make another left angle bend to make the neck. All you have to do is then slip the bead on the neck wires and glue. Basically, you just made a star. I then wrapped the limbs with some ribbon and glued, but you could just keep them as they were. Then, rip off all of the flowers, peel off any plastic, (but keep the pistils for crowns) and at the hole in the petal, make a small slit-you just want to open it up enough to pull the petal up the body form. PLay with the petals. Stack them into a skirt you want, (leaves on the bottom going up to the smallest flowers) and then pull them up the form. Lift her skirts up and give her some glue so they don't slip off. I used ribbon and leaves for the wings and made a wad of embroidery thread for the hair. Glue all that in place. We used very fine markers for the faces. You could paint them and really get into embellishing. My Aunt brought over this book-Felt Wee Folk and we used her body idea of the bended star with the bead head. She wraps her fairy bodies in embroidery thread, but that was too involved for the age of my kids. Did that make *any* sense? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 here's a shot of some fairy knickers to show you how I wrapped their legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassyscrapperinid Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Thank you so much for the instructions!! :grouphug: I will have to let you know how it goes... I learn by doing so written instructions dont make sense to me anyways a lot of times. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Thank you so much for the instructions!! :grouphug: I will have to let you know how it goes... I learn by doing so written instructions dont make sense to me anyways a lot of times. :001_smile: Ha! That's basically the way we worked it. The first few were not so good. :D The kids got a handle on it better than the adults did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Hee, thanks. 14mm wood beads silk flowers pipecleaners glue guns embroidery thread various ribbon bend the pipecleaner in half. invert the v to ^ and about 1.5 inches from the crotch (ahem) bend each side back up-those are now the legs. then at the waist bend each side to a left angle, and at 1/2 inch, bend them back. Those are the arms. Then, at the major join of all the limbs, make another left angle bend to make the neck. All you have to do is then slip the bead on the neck wires and glue. Basically, you just made a star. I then wrapped the limbs with some ribbon and glued, but you could just keep them as they were. Then, rip off all of the flowers, peel off any plastic, (but keep the pistils for crowns) and at the hole in the petal, make a small slit-you just want to open it up enough to pull the petal up the body form. PLay with the petals. Stack them into a skirt you want, (leaves on the bottom going up to the smallest flowers) and then pull them up the form. Lift her skirts up and give her some glue so they don't slip off. I used ribbon and leaves for the wings and made a wad of embroidery thread for the hair. Glue all that in place. We used very fine markers for the faces. You could paint them and really get into embellishing. My Aunt brought over this book-Felt Wee Folk and we used her body idea of the bended star with the bead head. She wraps her fairy bodies in embroidery thread, but that was too involved for the age of my kids. Did that make *any* sense? :confused: Those are great! I have to quote you here so I can find the instructions in case I ever decide to be that creative. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Sweeet. It rained, so we went to Big Lots. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 those are wonderful! My table would totally look like that after, too :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Those are incredibly cute! Thank you for posting instructions. I bet my daughter would love to do this craft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 For those of you want it easy, Klutz has a kit: http://www.amazon.com/Fairies-Petal-People-Yourself-Klutz/dp/159174802X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301540622&sr=8-1 Years ago, my dd got a previous version of this kit/book which is now out of print, and she made some very cute little dolls. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Sweeet. It rained, so we went to Big Lots. :D ohhhh...that sounds like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Dd used to make these. :001_tt1: They were darling. Maybe we should do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 These are sweet and oh so delicate looking. What a sublime way to spend a March day. I would like to go to school at your home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Those are lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 These are sweet and oh so delicate looking. What a sublime way to spend a March day. I would like to go to school at your home! Please! Come! We would have a blast! Dd used to make these. :001_tt1: They were darling. Maybe we should do it again. Do it, and post picts! Those are lovely! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dina in Oklahoma Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Inspiring!!! Grammy would love one these! THANKS!!! Enjoy your day!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Very cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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