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Today’s DIY Ornament inspiration: the Triwizard Tournament Golden Egg!
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Today’s DIY Ornament inspiration: a mandrake!
It’s finally time. This is the year that I finally have a Harry Potter themed tree. And today’s ornament is a grimacing, angry, ugly little mandrake. No muffs required.
To start, I made a frame for my mandrake’s little body out of foil and wire. With the wire, I planned out the two arms and three little vines coming out the top of his head.
After kneading the clay for a bit so that it was pliable, I started applying it to the foil and wire frame. I used my fingers to sculpt his general shape.
I kept the small flower pot nearby so I could keep checking the size and make sure he fit in there securely.
I then used a few different tools to sculpt his little face and add details to his body. I also twisted additional little vines around the ones on top of his head and created little vine-like fingers for him. When I was happy with how he looked, I baked him according to the package directions on the box of clay.
Once my mandrake was cooled, I I used a dark brown paint to fill in all the little creases and crevices.
Then I gently added another layer of beige paint, being careful to not apply it in all the creases and crevices to create shading.
Then I touched up the crease shading and did some blending with the darker color and a super fine paint brush.
I used E-6000 glue to secure the mandrake inside his flower pot.
I used E-6000 glue to secure a length of twine to two sides of the flower pot so I can hang him on my tree. I made sure to make it long enough to account for the leaves that I was going to add on top.
Finally, I pulled out some faux leaves leftover from another project to add to the top of the mandrake. I had to cut some of them down to size. I secured them to the tops of the vines with a little dollop of hot glue.
Using the twine loop, I hung my angry little dude on my tree, making sure not to get the foliage tangled.
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Today’s DIY Ornament inspiration: Baby Yoda!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then chances are whether you’ve been watching The Mandalorian or not, you’re obsessed with Baby Yoda. For those of you that don’t know, he’s not actually Baby Yoda… but we don’t know The Child’s name, yet, and therefore, refer to him as Baby Yoda. Continue reading “Ornament Week: Baby Yoda”
Welcome to Day 5 of Ornament Week!
This will be my last Ornament Week post this year, BUT I have some other holiday inspiration planned for next week!
If you are just now joining us for ornament week, you can catch up by checking out the other ornament week posts from this year:
Today’s DIY Ornament inspiration: Pom Ornaments!
If you are just now joining us for ornament week, you can catch up by checking out the other ornament week posts:
Today’s DIY Ornament inspiration: Fabric & Fur Covered Letter Ornaments!
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Welcome to Day 3 of Ornament Week!
If you missed the first two days, be sure to check out my Wood Memory Ornaments and Dinosaur Ornaments for more inspiration.
Today’s DIY Ornament Tutorial: Cinnamon Gingerbread Ornaments!
I love this idea because:
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