Nativity scene-DIY

Hello friends

We are back with a recycled project based on Christmas. So we came up with a tutorial on making a Nativity scene as Christmas is approaching, what could be more appropriate.

Christmas-Nativity scene

Nativity Scene

Materials used-

Christmas bell -2 (2.5 inch long)

Fevicryl Shilpkar clay-1 

Fevicryl acrylic paints

Fevicol

Aluminium foil

Ice-cream sticks

Glue gun

Old Cardboard

Process

Mix the two parts of the Shilpkar clay to form a even colored clay.

 Take 2 big parts from the clay mixture for making shawl, 2 small parts for head, 2 small parts for hands and keep the remaining aside.

With the big part, make flat circle with old cardboard roll just like you make chapathis. This will form the shawl.

Take some aluminum foil and crush it to form round shape for the head, cover the foil ball with Shilpkar clay. Repeat the same process to get 2 big heads and 1 small head for baby Jesus.

Make hands for Joseph and Mary, stick with help of fevicol or glue gun for sturdiness. Cut an old pen refill into 3 inch length, this will form the stick for Joseph. Place the stick in his right hand.

With remaining clay, roll them into long thin rolls to form hair.

Now assemble the head, hair, hands and shawl and stick with fevicol.

Moving to baby Jesus, make shawl just like you did above. Take the remaining clay and make cylindrical shape for the body, stick the head to body and then cover with shawl. 

With some cardboard and ice-cream sticks, make  a shed.

Take some jute cord, wrap it around the ice-cream stick box (as shown in the pic) to form the barn where the baby is placed.

Let them dry.

Baby Jesus, ain't it cute!!!

Now paint everything white with acrylic paint. Let it dry.

Now paint with colors of your choice.

Add a star on top of shed.

Close up of Nativity scene

Give them a coat of varnish if you desire.

Ta da.... our Nativity scene is done.

We are entering into the following challenges:

1. CHNC 416
2. LPOCF CHALLENGE #96
3. TTCRD Anything Goes Challenge
4. Altered eclectics
5. Morgan's Art World Open Challenge #12
6. NJC December Challenge
7. CGE Challenge #58
8. MIUCB #20 - Anything Goes + No Stamping
9. LTCCB #29
10. MLCCB #5 - December Anything Christmas Goes
11. A Perfect Time To Craft December Challenge # 12
12. Christmas Crafts DECEMBER Challenge
13. Crafty catz #442
14. Crafty creations Challenge #380
15. Simon Says: Christmas
16. Challenge # 35 CHRISTMAS & WINTER- December MMW Creative Challenge # 35
 
17. Brown Sugar Challenge #285

Hope you like it. 
Do give it a try and let us know how it turned out.
Thanks for stopping by.
Subhashini & Chandhini

Earthern lamp Makeover

Hi everyone

Diwali is around the corner and I hope you have prepared your home for the festivity. Here is what we have made for Diwali, it can be used as show piece to pep up the glamour quotient of your home.

Peacock diya

Elephant diya

We have given old earthern lamps (diyas) a makeover as after years of lighting them, it turns black and can no more be used. This way we are not throwing them and giving them a new life. 

We have use Fevicryl Hobby Ideas Shilpkar Clay to give the desired shape.

Check out this envelopes that are easy to make and can be used to give money to your family and friends.
Handmade Envelopes

Check out this rangoli we made two years back. There is also a tutorial for it.
Kundan stones Rangoli

We have a tutorial, so do give it a try.

Materials Required:
Old earthern lamps (diyas)
Fevicryl Hobby Ideas Shilpkar Clay
Fevicryl Hobby Ideas Pearl colours
Golden spray paint
Golden outliner

Method:

Cleaning the lamps-
Soak old earthern lamps (diyas) in detergent water for some time. With old tooth brush, rub it well so that soot goes away. Dry well.
Mix the two parts of clay well that they are blended well.

For elephant diya-
 Now take some talcum powder in your hands and start making a small ball, elongate it to form a cylindrical shape with narrow end at one side. This will form the head of the elephant. Make 4 small cylinders of approx 1 cm length for the legs.
Now make 2 small balls and flatten them to form the ears for the elephant. 

Make a small tail, You can use fabric glue to stick them to earthern lamp. Let it dry.
Give it a coat of white acrylic paint.

Paint using colors of your choice. 

We have sprayed it with gold spray paint.

For peacock diya-
Make 8 small balls and shape them like flower petals.(This is for the feathers.) 

Now using scale or paper cutter, make lines for the feathers. 
Take some clay and shape it like long log at one end and flat and wide petal like shape at other end. This will form the neck and body of the peacock.
Now stick the body of the peacock toward the pointed end of diya using fabric glue.
Stick the feathers as shown in the picture.
Let it dry, first give it a coat of white acrylic paint  and then paint them using pearl paints.
After it dries, using gold liner, draw over the lines of feather.
If you wish, you may give it a coat of varnish. It also gives it a shine.

 Earthern lamp makeover

We are linking it to the following challenges:

1. CWAA Challenge 45
2. A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #79
3. A Perfect Time To Craft November Challenge # 11
4. Altered Eclectics
5. CGE Anything Goes Challenge #57
6. Crafty Animals Challenge 20
7. Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge #11
8. LTCCB #28
9. MIUCB #19
10. NJC October Challenge
11. Sunny Day crafting Challenge
12. Crafty Creations Challenge #377
13. Creative moments Challenge 155
14. The Crafty Addicts Challenge 53
15. TTCRD Challenge
16. Creative fingers Challenge 154
17. CraftyCatz challenge #436
18. LPOCF CHALLENGE #92
19. FFC #258
20. Crafting from the heart Challenge 226
21. 613 Avenue Challenge # 214 Anything Goes
22. Happy craft challenge
23. Prika Blog Challenge-October-2018: “Anything Goes-Gold & Glitter”


Hope you like. Do give it a try.
Subhashini & Chandhini

One is never too old for dolls..... (Navratri series-1)

Hello friends,

Navratri is going to come in a few days time, so we are here to share a project that we have made for Navratri. It is a recycled project this time. We have turned a sauce bottle into a showpiece.  

Navratri doll

In India we celebrate Navratri, which means nine nights, where we worship female goddess. It is celebrated differently in various states of India- 'Unity in diversity'. 

In South India, we celebrate Navratri by keeping "Golu" where we display idols of god, goddess and other figurines in odd-numbered steps of 3, 5, 7 or 9.  Then, people invite their friends and families to each others houses and exchange gifts. People make sweets and snacks, offer it to god and distribute it to friends and family. It is a gala time.

Before makeover

Navratri doll-side view

Every year, it is a custom to buy a new doll for Navratri Golu. So this time, we decided to make a doll instead of buying a new one. Navratri this year is all the more special for us as we are celebrating it at home with our family after three years in hostel. Navratri is synonymous with Golu for us and it makes us nostalgic about our good old childhood, when we used to look forward to go to others house and enjoy seeing the display of dolls. We used to be excited about the gifts we would receive (silly young us). 

Close up of the design

We have made this doll using old sauce bottle, Shilpkar clay, acrylic paints, 3-D outliner, black wool, glue and black marker. Though we have not took step wise pictures, it is easy to understand. You would not believe it if we told that we had started it four months back, did the basic clay work and left it. Only recently we painted it and finished doing the henna design and making hair for it. Finally, it is here before you after a lot of work. We are happy with the outcome.

Doesn't she look picture perfect?

Linking it to the following challenges:

1. Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge #10

2. Crafts galore encore October Anything Goes Challenge #56

3. NJC September Challenge

4. Scrapping 4 fun Challenge 125

5. 4 CRAFTY CHICKS #423 SOMETHING OLD IS SOMETHING NEW

6. TTCRD challenge

7. Crafty Creations Challenge #375 - Anything Goes

8. Cute card thursday Challenge 550 - Anything Goes!

9. Creative moments Challenge 153

10. Creative fingers Challenge #153

11. Altered eclectics challenge

12. LTCCB #27 - October Anything Goes

13. MIUCB #18 - Anything Goes + Monochrome

14. Crafting by designs- anything goes

15. LPOCF CHALLENGE #90

16. Crafting from the heart -Challenge 222

17. Crafting With An Attitude- Challenge 44

18.  A Perfect Time To Craft October Challenge # 10

19.  Artistic inspirations challenge 208.

20. Crafting-with Friends challenge-74

21. A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #77

22. Inkspirational Challenge 170 - Crafts Photo


23. FFC #254 Always Anything Goes

24. CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #68

25. The crafty addicts Challenge-53

26. The happy craft challenge

Hope you like it. 
Please give your valuable suggestions so that we can improve.

Subhashini & Chandhini

Kokeshi doll- recycled with tutorial

Hello friends,
I have always been fascinated by kokeshi dolls and wanted to make something similar. It calls for carved wooden pieces which I could not find nearby. But that did not deter me from my passion for it, so here's my take on kokeshi dolls.
I  have used old medicine bottle bottle as the base for it.

Below is the tutorial for the doll, so that you can also try your hands at making it for yourself. 

Materials required:

Medicine bottle-1

Shilpkar clay-1

Tissue paper (patterned)

Fevicol

Acrylic colors

Paint brushes

Ribbon

Method:

1. Take an empty medicine bottle. Remove the label and thoroughly clean the adhesive part.
   
2. Mix the two parts of the shilpkar clay. Stick a portion of it for the head part using fevicol. Shape the hair too. I have kept it simple.
3. Allow it to dry completely.
   
4. You can paint the clothes. Here, I have use patterned tissue and decoupaged it. It is my first try so it has not come out neatly. 
5. Then paint the face and hair. Draw the eyes
6. Cut out a piece of ribbon and stick around the middle so as to resemble the traditional attire- kimono.
7. Leave it to dry. Your kokeshi doll is ready to be admired.

 We are entering into the below challenge

LTCCB #22 - May Anything Goes

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.in/2018/05/ltccb-22-may-anything-goes.html

We are linking it up with the Inspiration Spotlight Linkup Party
https://www.dearcreatives.com/inspiration-spotlight-linkup-party-303/

Don't be a silent reader. Leave behind your comments and suggestions.

Hope you like it,

Chandhini and Subhashini

DIY- Wooden spatula makeover

Hello friends,

Today we have a recycled project. While de-cluttering our home, we found two wooden spatulas sitting in a corner sadly. Very often we find something unexpectedly which inspires us for our next project. Don't you all agree with me? 

So, we thought why not make something with it. We got inspiration from Google for this craft.

Why not hang it in your kitchen to enhance its beauty?

Here's the procedure for you to try:
Wooden spatula -1
Shilpkar clay -1
Acrylic paints
Fabric glue
Paint brushes
Talc

Turning everyday item into insanely cute decor!

Method:
Clean the spatula first with a dry toothbrush or cloth. Give a base coat with black paint & allow it to dry. You can give a second coat. Now mix the two clay together well & dust your palms & working area with talcum powder. Start making the flowers & leaves. Glue them on the spatula using fabric glue. Let it dry completely & paint with colors of your choice.

Thanks for stopping by

Please leave your comments and suggestions.

Love

Chandhini & Subhashini

Betel nut dolls

Hi everyone

Today post is betel nut dolls which is inspired by Radhika Mam of Radhika  Hobbycrafts.
For complete tutorial, please check out here.
Once we saw it in Radhika's blog, we knew we had to try them.

We are a family of five, so we kind of depicted our family in this dolls.
These dolls are so cute that  we can't stop admiring them. It was real fun making them.We enjoyed making them and painting them. When we placed them in our navratri golu, everyone liked it and appreciated us.

Hope you like it.
Chandhini and Subhashini