Did you GNOME?

Use an old deodorant bottle to make your own gnome. Don’t forget to name him!

October 16, 2014 04:11 pm | Updated October 18, 2016 12:49 pm IST

Step 1

Step 1

What you need:

• Scissors

• Glue (White adhesive)

• Ruler

• Pencil

• Sketch pens - black and red

• Foam sheets- in two matching/contrasting

colours ( such as blue and red)

Blue big piece- 18 x 13 cms (size it to cover

the length and width of the bottle you have

chosen)

Blue small piece – 14 x 8cm

Red Piece - 20 x 8cm

• Crepe paper (for doll face) measuring 24

X 24cms

• Empty deodorant bottle

• Ping pong ball (size to match the bottle)

• Lace - two strips, 20cm each

• Kundans or designer buttons- 2

• Googly eyes - 2

• Rubber band - 1

• Glittery pipe cleaner - 9cms

• Shaped Scissors (Optional)

Get started

1. Cover the plastic ball with crepe paper and fasten it with a rubber band. Turn it upside down to make the doll’s face.

2. Place the face on top of the empty deodorant bottle. Apply adhesive throughout the edges of the crepe paper and stick the face to the bottle. Keep it pressed till the adhesive holds it in place.

3. Now cover the entire bottle with the big piece of (blue) Foam sheet.

4. Conceal the rubber band with a piece of (glitter) pipe cleaner.

5. Shape the edges of the second (red) foam sheet and glue it on to the bottle to make a poncho-patterned dress. Keep it tightly pressed till the foam sheets are glued together.

6. Decorate the doll. Add lace at the bottom, around the top edges of the red foam and a kundan or button.

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