ReUseIt Crafts

I started out wanting to make something from plastic bottles and it turned into a cute toy for the Grandkids... ~How I did it~

1) Cut the bottoms of both bottles (one a bit larger than the other) at an angle to fit together and give it a dropped back end, added a cone shape from a thin piece of cardboard, hot glued together. Covered the entire body with the fabric by cutting a piece a bit larger than the width of the bigger bottle and tapered down to the tip, folded to make a trimmed edge and hot glued together.

2) Cut the wings from the lid part of the egg cartons, painted then glued to the top of the body by gathering up a piece of the material and gluing the rib in between. Then cut out two egg cups, trimmed the edges, cut out a pie shape out of one of the cups, painted each a different color, then glued the two cups together. Cut out 2 small half moon shapes from white paper, with a marker, drew horseshoe shapes along the flat side of the shape, glued to the face and hot glued the face to the front.

3)Next, I cut two pieces of hanger longer than the width of the body, covered with the fabric, bent into leg forms and hot glued to the bottom of the body. Took a strip of the egg carton lid and painted a stripe to match and placed it in the middle for some more color, a tiny strip for the tail end...done… Brought to you by ReUseItNut