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Apr-30-04, 03:02 PM (EST)
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8. "RE: any mothers day crafts?" |
You can also make cool hand or foot prints with plaster of paris. You can make an imprint of their hand or foot in clay, or if you have a good sandbox you can wet the sand and have them walk across or push their hand into it. Follow the directions on the package. I use a soup or other small can. I usually mix enough for a few prints at a time. It tends to cakes up quickly, so move as fast as you can. Pour it in to the thickness you desire and level or smooth the top so that you have a flat back when it dries. Give it the afternoon to dry, then remove them from the mold. (the plaster will feel cool, and will look white not gray when it dries) Carefully lift them out of the mold and set them in a warm area to dry longer. You can paint them with tempra, acrylic, or just stain them with water color. I like to spray them with a clear acrylic spray after the paint dries. They are fragile, but the look really neat laying on a table or desk! For a smaller project make clay "pots". Then push the childrens thumb print in the center of the pot. Stick a straw into the clay above the print, to allow for a hole. Pour in plaster of paris then let it dry. Remove the straw, and have the children paint if you wish. String them on yarn or plastic. They make cute pendants that can later be hung on a christmas tree or elsewhere. You might want to give this a test run ahead of time so you will know how the medium works. I use the clay pot method with plaster of paris for a lot of different themes making molds of play dinosaurs, leaves, bugs, etc. The kids call love the little casts, they call it "money" and we play different games with them. Happy Mothers Day everyone!
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