Miss Mesquite Piggy
It’s spring cleaning in our city, that means it is time to trim the trees, again! Couldn’t pass up these mesquite tree trimmings to make a cute, Miss Mesquite Piggy! Especially when the supplies are free!
Supplies needed:
Mesquite, or any tree, trimmings
Hot glue
Wood glue (not pictured)
Wiggly eyes
Black Acrylic Paint (not pictured)
Brown Pipe cleaner
Drill (not pictured)
¼ inch drill bit (not pictured)
Pink jute twine (not pictured)
Saw (not pictured)
Step 1: Cut one, three inch tree trimming by 1 ¾ inch diameter (approximately) for the body. I cut one of the sides slanted to attach the head later.
Step 2: Cut four, two inch long trimmings by ¾ inch diameter (approximately) for legs. Drill four ¼ inch holes for the legs. I used wood glue to attach the legs to the body.
Step 3: Cut one, three inch trimming by ¾ inch diameter (approximately) for the head. I attached it to the body with hot glue.
Step 4: Cut one, ¾ inch trimming by ¼ inch in diameter (approximately) for the snout. Then, hot glue it to the bottom of the head.
Step 5: I decided to paint the wiggly eyes all black. I then attached them to the head with hot glue.
Step 6: Cut two, ¾ inch trimmings by ⅛ inch in diameter (approximately) to use for ears. I hot glued them to the back of the head.
Step 7: For the last step, I cut a 1 1/2" brown pipe cleaner to use for the tail. I curled the pipe cleaner and attached it to the back of the body with hot glue.
Step 8: I dotted two small black circles on top of the snout. And, of course, Miss Mesquite Piggy couldn’t be without a head bow! So, I made her a very simple bow with pink jute twine. And this is what the final product looks like!
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