Thursday 6 September 2012

Glitter sticks


Sticks are awesome! We regularly come back from the park with a collection of them.... sometimes the sticks are released back into the garden and sometimes we make them 'pretty'. This time we decided to make a glittery stick forest with our latest collection.


The kids love air drying clay and this was the perfect opportunity to use it again. We propped up our sticks in lumps of air drying clay – it is much sturdier than playdough. It would have been good to let the air drying clay dry before painting but the girls would not wait. They wanted a pink and purple stick forest so out came the paintbrushes and paint tubs. Once the paint was applied they went crazy with the glitter shakers and the sticks became 'pretty'.


When the paint was dry the kids set up their glittery stick forest up in our laneway fairy garden.

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9 comments:

  1. I LOVE this, can't quite express how much. Such an amazing simple idea and something Goblin would enjoy so much.

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    1. What a lovely comment.... thanks so much :) I hope Goblin has fun with this.

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  2. This is fantastic Ali!! One of my twins is obsessed with collecting sticks at the moment (we are surrounded by gumtrees!)and i have been looking for some ideas for her to use with them. Can't wait to try this out...thank you for the inspiration....that colourful 'forest' is simply gorgeous!

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    1. Thank you Jode, I hope your girls enjoy this stick craft and make a huge forest.

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  3. Love this! I am thinking it would be a great Halloween project with spiders and webs.

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  4. These are fantastic! I'm definitely going to do this with my boys. I'm pinning to The Sunday Showcase Features Pinterest board and to my own personal boards as well. Thank you for linking up!

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    1. Thanks Allison, I hope your boys enjoy it. Thanks for sharing too :)

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  5. great idea!! my two youngest are 2 and a half and 1 and a half would love this!!! so easy and simple!

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