Crafts: Kids' Creations: Vases With Daisies
by
Jewellmartin
1 Material
$6
2 Days
Easy
Stained glass vases with porcelain daisies, as my granddaughters, ages 5 and 7, are at it again. Doing grown up crafts in their own way.
When my little grands come to visit one or two days a week during summer break from school, I try to have several activities planned. Sometimes they choose to watch Odd Squad or Elena of Avalor on tv. But if I say crafts, they start jumping up and down. I choose the main materials, and they listen and look at examples and choose what they want to work on.
This craft is based on painting on curved glass, like jars, vases, apples and globes. The girls chose little vases, then wanted flowers. I told them about plaster of Paris and making faux porcelain flowers, and they picked out daisies from the flower bag. ready to start!
Simple supplies for plaster.
Daisies first! They have to dry and be redipped and dry again, with no time to waste.
Materials for this part are: plaster of Paris; a dish for mixing it in (we used a Boston Market take home dish); a spoon for mixing; newspapers and paper towels for protection; and silk or plastic flowers.
The little one really concentrated on mixing.
Mixing the plaster took a little while because we changed to a larger container and tried to make sure there were no lumps. Generally, 1 part water to 2-3 parts plaster. The girls kept wanting it thicker. We probably used two pounds of plaster for an 8 oz. job.
Dipping daisies.
I cut the daisies off the big stem by bending the small stems back and forth, then cutting the weakened stems. The girls dipped the daisies over and over. Each had three stems with six flowers total. Goopy, drippy, messy, but they finally got the daisies coated with plaster.
The daisies needed to dry at least a day, so we went on to part two.
I'm sorry, but the vase-painting photos are MIA. The girls used these materials: wide-tip black permanent marker, 12 colors of latex paint poured into a styro egg carton, several little paintbrushes, two glasses of clean water, and two small glass vases.
After painting comes glazing.
One vase has little drawings of Love, rainbows and hearts, leaving the background clear. The other features big splashes of intense color, with very little background left. Both vases are glazed with glitter glue. The first in a light coat, and the other in a heavy coat that resembles sparkly lacquer. Remember their ages--the little girls made most of the choices.
Finished vases!
And, finally, a couple of days later we put it all together. Even though the daisies were silk, they finally were so loaded with plaster that they nodded in the vases like wilted flowers. I like that. I poured in rice to help the flowers stand up for their close ups. If my little grands can do this, imagine how you would do this craft. Best wishes 😇
Pretty as a daisy.
And lagniappe: a little something extra. One of the girls found one of her plastic Wise Men from a nativity scene. She insisted on dipping the little man in plaster so he would be porcelain like those in other nativity scenes. Enjoy!
Balthazar, I think.
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Thank you! There is no better compliment you could give me. More fun stuff coming up, Lord willing. 😇
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Jewell, another cute idea to share. Luv the daisies!
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