Country Friends

Paint a wooden plaque creamy white. Sponge paint some green grass and light blue sky. Make a picket fence with thin strips of wood, and paint it white. Mold two baby bunnies and a baby bird in Fimo^® Flesh. Bake the clay pieces and paint with thinned acrylic paint. Glue the fence, bunnies, and bird to the plaque. Add lettering and line details with a fine permanent marker. Bend black annealed wire around a pencil and twist twice for the hanger's center loop. Bend the two wire ends around into a heart shape and twist together. Cut wire an inch below the twist and loop ends. Glue wire ends securely to top center back of plaque. Glue a piece of felt over wire ends.

Bunnies Push Mold

Heart Magnet

Start with a wooden heart painted creamy white. Sponge paint some green grass and light blue sky. Make a picket fence with coffee stir sticks, and paint it white. Mold a baby bunny and a baby bird in Fimo^® Flesh. Bake the clay pieces and paint with thinned acrylic paint. Glue the bunny and fence to the heart, and glue a strong magnet to the back. Add line details with a fine permanent black marker. Twist black annealed wire four times around a pencil, looping both ends. Glue bird to one end of wire and glue other end to back of heart. Glue small pieces of felt over wire ends.

Teddy Bears and Birds Push Molds

Door Knob Hanger

Paint a wooden door knob hanger creamy white. Sponge paint some green grass and light blue sky. Make a picket fence with thin strips of wood, and paint it white. Mold a baby bear, a big bear, and two baby birds in Fimo^® Flesh. Bake the clay pieces and paint with thinned acrylic paint. Glue the fence and animals to the wood. Add lettering and line details with a fine permanent black marker.

Additional Ideas:

• Make a matching switch plate cover.
• Assemble a wall clock with birds marking positions for 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock.
• Sponge-paint the frame of a small blackboard and add animals.

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