Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Scarecrow ornament on a stick


Supplies Needed:

Creative Paperclay
rolling utensil
piece of cotton fabric for texturing
craft glue
2" Styrofoam ball
paper drinking straw
1 piece of floral wire
1 decorative paper napkin
string for hanger and hat
black permanent pen
orange permanent marker
pink  permanent marker
gauze type fabric or raffia 
makeup sponge


ArtDeco products for painting

Decou-Page
Gesso
Asphaltum paint
blue for neck
Antique White
Crackle Glaze
Antiquing cream in black and raw umber



To begin with roll out paperclay 
You want a circle sort of shape and it should bee about 1/8" thick


next lay out piece of fabric


lay clay circle on fabric and roll over it again
this give you a fabric texture





Put glue on top of Styrofoam ball


Lay paperclay on ball with texture on the outside


gently wrap around ball


Notice you sort of have gather spots at the bottom
this is a good thing


Push straw into bottom of ornament


roll out a piece of clay about 2" x 8"


add to the bottom of the head...sort of gathering it with your fingers




roll out a snake



Make a snake fold in half


twist to make rope for the neck


attach rope with glue


make small ball press on rope and mark with X this makes it look like a knot

Mark stitching up center of face


floral wire


wrap around a pencil 


clip ends of wire to make a hanger for ornament


press into top of head dab of glue

Gesso head 
let dry




Paint entire piece Asphaltum


Let Dry





Using makeup sponge 
sponge antique white on to entire piece

when it dries...use permanent maker and make two circles
for cheeks and a triangle nose
outline with permanent black pen
let dry....


Coat entire piece using crackle glaze
let dry and you will see cracks appear
(I usually wait for several hours)


Paint entire piece with antiquing cream
let dry...using a damp cloth wipe off excess
leaving in cracks 


Making Hat


cut two circles from your napkin



remove the back layer of napkin off


paint decou-page on backs of both circles


sandwich together 



arrange on head let dry...it will remove after dry



once hat is dry sponge black antiquing cream on edges of hat to cover up 
any white areas


I used a gauze type fabric for hair but raffia works great too


glue hair in place

glue hat in place and run needle thru the hanger which is under hat
pull thread and tie a hanger


Glue gauze or raffia under the head around the straw



Hope you enjoy making him....Happy Fall 















7 comments:

Carly Smith said...

Very cute scarecrow and detailed tutorial!

Linda Hess said...

so cute! I love mixed media designs

Art by Susie Krichbaum said...

Very Cute and looks like fun to do.

dawnmercedes said...

Great seasonal project

LaLa said...

Adorable scarecrow Sherry!

Pam P said...

Question regarding gesso step: The instructions state to "let dry." Does this mean to let both the paper clay and the gesso dry? Thank you!

LaLa said...

He's adorable!