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Kids craft project for Nutshell Critters
What you need: Chestnut or Walnut shell halves;
Paint; Clear nail polish sealer or base coat; toothpick; glue; crochet thread or household string;
white felt; cotton balls; scissors.
What to do:
1. Paint the entire shell white for a bunny, gray
for a mouse or red for a ladybug. Note: On lady bug paint some black circles or
use marker to make circles. Let paint dry.
2. Completely cover painted shell with clear
nail polish sealer or base coat for protection. Allow to dry.
3. Cut some stands of crochet thread or
household string and make some whiskers for the mouse and the bunny. Cut two
pieces of thread for antennae for the ladybug. Glue whiskers or antennae to the
critters.
4. Cut tiny white ears from the felt. Paint
the ears pink for bunny and mouse. No ears on the ladybug. Glue ears to
critters.
5. Cut a small piece of white felt for the
bunny teeth. Make a line in the center of the felt to look like tooth
separation. Glue teeth to bunny.
6. Paint small eyes on each critter with white
paint and black pupils or glue on googly eyes.
7. Glue a piece of string on the mouse for a
tail. Glue a cotton ball on the bunny for a tail and no tail for the ladybug.
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