Castle Planter
Use a plastic planter and recyclables found around your house to build your very own castle! You decide what shape it will take and how it’s decorated!
1. With Crayola Scissors and perhaps an adult’s help, cut cardboard to use as a base for your structure. Gather several other things you can use as armatures to build your castle around, such as small boxes and cardboard tubes. Use a metal or plastic plant pot for the main section of the castle so that you can later add your very own houseplant!
2. Cut and arrange the pieces on the base in different ways until you have a pleasing castle structure. Use Crayola School Glue to attach sections. Air-dry the structure.
3. Cover the armatures with Crayola Model Magic® Fusion™ compound to decorate your castle. These are some ideas you might want to try.
4. Choose a realistic Fusion color, such as Earthtone, Terra Cotta, or Bisque for the stone walls. With your hands, a rolling pin, or a marker barrel, roll a medium-sized ball into a slab about as thick as a finger. Cut this slab into pieces to fit the sections of your structure. Smooth out the seams with your fingers. If you like, press river stones or small rocks into the fresh modeling compound so it looks like the mortar with which real castles are built. Leave spaces for windows! Repeat as needed to cover the entire castle.
5. Make windows by rolling and cutting thin slabs of a contrasting color of compound. Align windows so that they are straight and about the same size. Press them into place.
6. To cover the base, use small amounts of Fusion compound to create soil, hills, or even a moat! Using a garlic press to make really fun grass and plants. For water in the moat, pinch Blue Sky compound between your fingers and curl slightly to look like waves.
7. To make flagpoles, cover all but the ends of wooden toothpicks with a thin layer of Fusion compound. Press them into the castle. Form flags from bright colors. Pinch the tops and bottoms to the flagpoles.
8. To make a bridge, cover a cardboard rectangle with Fusion compound. Press wooden toothpicks into it to look like slats. Press one end of each of two short pieces of string to the corners of the bridge, set in place, and anchor the other ends of the strings in the castle wall. Fusion dries to the touch overnight and dries completely in 2 to 3 days.
9. Add potting soil and a plant. Your castle planter is the base of your own kingdom! Or a wonderful gift for a plant lover!
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.
Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough With Small Parts—
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—
- Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
- Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
- Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
- If the arts & crafts project involves making small objects, follow the small parts/choking hazards standards: WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years."
- The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
- Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
- Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient. Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic, and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Sharp Point— CAUTION: Contains a functional sharp point and should not be used by children under 4 years. Close adult supervision is required and adult assistance may be needed.
Small Parts— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Mirrors, Picture Frames, and Plant Pots—Close adult supervision is required when children use craft materials that could shatter or break. Handheld mirrors, picture frames with glass, ceramic pots, and similar breakable items may be used only by children 8 years and older. For children 7 years and younger, use unbreakable materials such as wood or sturdy plastic picture frames, unbreakable mirrors, and plant pots that will not shatter into sharp edges.
Modeling Tools—Use the least dangerous point or edge sufficient to do the job. For example, craft sticks, plastic knives and forks, and cookie cutters can cut or carve modeling materials.
Recycled Cardboard Tubes—Use paper towel tubes, gift-wrap tubes, or long cardboard tubes that can be cut to any length. Health professionals caution against using recycled toilet paper tubes for arts & crafts projects because of the potential fecal contamination.
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
String-Like Materials—Includes string, raffia, lacing, yarn, ribbon, and other similar material. Children 3 years and younger should not be given any string-like material that is longer than 12 inches. Close adult supervision is essential whenever children use string-like material. When crafts are to be worn around the necks of children 8 years and younger, attach the ends of the “string-like material” with clear adhesive tape, which allows easy release of the bond if the craft becomes entangled or caught on equipment. For children older than 8 years, the ends of the “string-like material” may be tied and knotted.
Wood—By its nature, wood is rough and may contain splinters or sharp points
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