After making so many Halloween and Christmas decorations making a basic house shape using small Hobby Craft sticks (£1 pack of 50) I seem to have developed a formula for making similar decorations for all seasons, with suitably proportioned embellishments provided of course.
So, today we have an Easter themed hanging decoration using said formula.
This was my first effort, which didn’t really work, but after a rethink, deciding the bunny should be white and replacing the sign post for an Easter egg I think I got it right.
First I made up the house shape using small craft sticks.
Then I covered the bunnies, bought from eBay, with white Ranger Enamel Accents. The colour from the MDF bleed a little into the Accents which also settled into the grooves of the bunny, but I think it works. When dry the bunnies were given googly eyes, a black flat back nose and whiskers.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16x-Easter-Rabbit-Bursting-Egg-4cm-Wood-Craft-Embelishments-Laser-Cut-Shape-MDF/264402034635 – I found the ears are a little fragile, some broke off as I removed them from their base board, so they need to be securely glued on to prevent them from catching on anything and breaking off.
The wooden egg shapes were covered with small patterned paper, with a hand written sentiment and a few tiny flowers, bought on eBay from China which are really tiny nail art decorations ………
…….. and finally the tiny MDF carrots, which were coloured first, a few lines added, then given a layer of Ranger Glossy Accents
With all components lined up I was ready to put the whole thing together.
My apologies for the still wet Glossy Accents! I used green Dovecraft Enamel Effects for the grass.
The carrots on the “shelf” were the last bits to go on, plus a few more tiny flowers to the roof.
On the back I glued a small jewellery bail to hang the decoration from and for fiddle farts sake I coloured the back bits of the embellishments that you can see (the carrot and the Easter egg) et voila!
