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Chicken gourd crafts…

My harvest of gourds has been setting on the porch for months and I finally mustered the energy to clean them up and spruce them up!

I was inspired by the fun chickens that we have running around our place.  There is never a shortage of inspiration from these tiny hens who appear to be chatting and sometimes even gossiping.

Steps:

1. Sand the gourd to get any dust off, so the paint will adhere. (use a dust mask)
2. Wash the gourd with warm water. Let dry.
3. Use regular ol’ acrylic paints.  You’ll want to use lots of bright colors.  I like this acrylic paint variety pack
4. I found some simple eye tutorials on Pinterest that really made these sweeties come to life.
5. Finally, I made the beaks, feet, wattles, and combs out of polymer clay. You can find a nice sample pack with a variety of colors to use in other crafts.  I used E6000 to glue them on, but any craft glue will do.
6. Add your special touches like the simple wire eyeglasses or add stickers.

NOTE: if you are going to display these outdoors, you should give them a quick coat of spray sealant.

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