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PROJECTS
Patriotic Starburst Bouquet
Designed By: Annabelle Keller, CPD
Typical Project Completion Time: 2-4 hours
(does not include drying time)
| MATERIALS NEEDED: |
STYROFOAM* Brand Foam:
Sheet, 1" x 12" x 36"
Stars: 9" x 1/2", one; 6" x 1/2", one; 4 x 1/2", three
Other Materials:
5" clay pot
Wood dowels, 36" x 1/8", two
Multipurpose acrylic sealer
Acrylic paints: white; bright red; denim blue
White dimensional paint
Satin varnish
Metallic red shredded Mylar
Paintbrushes, 3/4" and 1/2" flat wash
Sea wool sponge
Wood skewers, five
Disposable palette
Paper towels
Thick white craft glue
Transparent tape, 1/2" width
Ruler
Scissors
Craft knife
Serrated knife
Candle stub or paraffin |
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| INSTRUCTIONS: |
| 1. Apply sealer to clay pot and let dry. Paint clay pot, excluding rim, and wood dowels white. Paint pot rim blue, extending color 1" to inside top. Let dry. Sponge paint white portion of clay pot with blue, let dry, and then repeat with red (refer to photo). |
| 2. Insert a wood skewer into edge of each foam star at center bottom to use as a handle while painting. Insert opposite end of skewer into foam sheet while paint dries. Paint stars as follows: one 4" and one 6", red; one 4", white; one 4", blue. |
| 3. For flag pattern on 9" star, paint two left points blue and three remaining points white (refer to photo). Use tape to mask off eight white stripes on star, continuing pattern onto edges and back. Paint unmasked white portion of star red, creating nine red stripes. Let dry and remove tape. With white dimensional paint, paint seven 5-point stars on blue field. Squeeze paint in center of each star and pull out to points with bottle tip. Let dry thoroughly. |
| 4. Apply varnish to clay pot, stars, and wood dowels. Let dry. |
| 5. Using a utility knife, cut one each of following lengths from white wood dowels: 12" dowel (flag star); 8" dowel (large red star); 11-1/2" dowel (blue star); 8-1/2" dowel (white star); 6-1/2" dowel (small red star). Replace skewers in stars with wood dowels as indicated and glue. |
| 6. Wax serrated knife with candle stub or paraffin. Cut pieces of sheet foam to snugly fit clay pot. Layer and glue foam inside pot. Arrange stars in pot, gluing wood dowels into foam (refer to photo). Glue shredded Mylar, covering top of foam. |
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