10/28/09
Tonight I'm working on the box. I knew from the start that I needed to use wrapping paper on the box but I tried being cheap and it cost me. Plastic table cloth was twice as big as the paper roll and half the price. It was see through. Spray paint, yeah, that didn't work either. Back to the original plan of wrapping paper, I need to better trust my instincts.
I have your garden gnomes hostage. Oh wait those are crayon tips.
10/26/2009 Ok, I'm sure you want to see me in the crayon rather than it on a mannequin at this point. Here it is. I still have to add the velcro. I'll save that for last. In the mean time I'm making another crayon! Felt is on sale, 50% off how can I not, especially when I found BLUE false lashes, wig, fishnet stalkings and gloves.
And here is the blue I'm making now.
I finally decided to be a red crayon for the costume party this weekend. I will also have a box to go in.
I am just getting started with this idea. I need black felt for the edging and Crayola logo, to put an elastic band in the bust, and sew velcro up the back. Then cover a party hat in felt.
I'll cover the box in yellow wrapping paper and use green acrylic paint for the corners and 'crayola.'
I hope to end up with something to this effect:
10/24/2009
Tonight I stopped for black felt and party hats. There were no red wigs, no red eye lashes nothing! Maybe I'll bring red crayon as a spare...and be a turquoise crayon! There was a ton of pink, purple, green and blue wigs, lashes and accessories.
I used 3M General Purpose 45 spray adhesive to adhere the felt on felt.
I opened the childrens party hat to trace it's pattern and used the adhesive spray on the felt/paper hat. Here it is up on the model. I need to add some velcro to the back seam and cut my "Crayola" letters out.
And with the letters.
