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

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Gotta have Push Pins…

 
I’ve been using straight pins on my bulletin boards …well… they’re not real bulletin boards. Someone gave me a box of ceiling tiles and right away I thought of using them on the wall for regular office stuff plus hang up all my jewelry sets...
But pins are tough on fingers though…That’s when I thought of the spent casings I saved from some target practice (honey & friends)… I just figured (like always) someday they could be used for something…So…
I used a baking soda & corn starch dough mixture (1), filled each casing(2), placing a pin in the center, packing lightly around the pin with a small skewer (3), let dry (4),a drop of Mod Podge and waala! Homemade push pins…Much better than the pins! These can also be painted. and clear coated for color, I just like the natural look…

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