Spring Jars

Well hello, Spring.  We have anxiously awaited your arrival. What better way to welcome it than with a garden fairy and gnome?

What we used to make these:

~pictures of your cute little munchkins

~styrofoam

~bamboo skewers

~embellishments for the clothing and wings (scrapbook paper, twine, ribbon, paper flowers...)

~adhesives

~jar

~moss

~any other spring goodness you'd like to add to your jar

Here's what we did:

~Cut out a full body picture of your little munchkin.

~Use glue dots or other adhesive to add embellishments as cute fairy or gnome clothes

~Use a glue gun to attach part of a toothpick or bamboo skewer to the back of your fairy/gnome

 ~Stick your skewer into a small piece of styrofoam (I cut a large block of styrofoam into small pieces)

~Hot glue the styrofoam to the bottom of a jar

~Fill bottom of jar with moss and be sure to cover the styrofoam (helps if the styrofoam is already green!)

  

They would make sweet cupcake toppers in celebration of the first day of Spring, too.  Hmmm...will have to remember that one for next year!




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