Need a fun fall gift for a friend or have a fall birthday? This adorable scarecrow bookmark is a great idea and is brought to you by Megan Maravich of Megpie Designs. Hope you enjoy her work as she will be bringing lots more hand painted craft ideas from now through the end of the year.
I’ve had a few requests to “borrow” my design ideas to make little projects for fundraisers. Absolutely!!! I thought I’d share a few tips and How To photos:
Getting started: I ordered a dozen unfinished bookmarks from Oriental Trading Company. However, Midwest Products makes some great thin wood strips that could be cut to size.
I use the largest hole punch on my Crop-O-Dile II to make each hole a bit larger.
Seal the front, back, and sides of each bookmark with DecoArt® Multi-Purpose(TM) Sealer. Use mini craft sticks for the hat brims; seal those as well.
Use a sanding block to sand all surfaces smooth and remove any splintered wood.
Base coat each piece, including the hat brims. Shade around the left side of each painted section. I use a cross-hatch background stamp for the straw hat details.
Attach hat brims with Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue®.
Paint details … triangular noses and black dip-dot eyes. Dip a stylus or small paintbrush handle in a puddle of black paint.
Dot once; reload with paint before dotting other eye.
Reloading each time gives you same-size dots. Dotting without reloading gives you dots in decreasing size.
I decided to add a crow to each scarecrow’s hat. I used pre-cut oval wood shapes.
Cut small triangles from masking tape and press onto oval.
Paint ovals black; remove tape, and paint beaks yellow ochre. Lightly sand the edges of each oval to remove some of the paint.
Use a stylus or paintbrush handle to dip dot the eyes.
When dry, seal each piece.
Add detail lines and stitches with a permanent black marker. Glue crow to hat. Thread some fun ribbon through the top of the bookmark …
Super simple!
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