So, remember the cake topper that I was in love with? Well, I decided that I should at least try to make one myself before ordering one online. The materials are so cheap (or you can buy a kit here from Goose Grease), and it's not a very time consuming project. And I found a great tutorial here which helped seal the deal.
So I headed to Michael's to buy my little wooden people, some paints, and paintbrushes. All in all I think it cost me about $10! The wood figures come in packs of two, so I bought a pack of boy figures and girl figures. Then I had extra in case I messed up! I bought a couple paints--brown for our hair, cream, beige--and I got lucky because my mom already had black, and I already had a little pot of silver paint. Oh, and I got some clear varnish to seal it all up.
Here is the how-to:
Step 1 - draw the outline of the hair and clothing on with pencil. I thought about adding faces, but I think that would have been too challenging for me.
Step 2 - paint! I started with the black tux because the was the paint I had at the time, and it was basically the whole boy figure. Remember to leave bare spaces for hands!
Step 3 - varnish.
Step 4 - make base for the little guys to stand on. (This is the step that I am at now.)
Step 5 - glue the dudes on the base.
Step 6 - admire. (I have skipped ahead to this step a few times already!)
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