Thai Flower Door Hanger
Pass on your best wishes the way the people of Thailand do. Hang a Thai Flower Door Hanger in every room!
1. Thai people often present people they care for and respect with a beautiful, white handmade flower. These flowers are hung from doorknobs, mirrors, and other places as symbols of good luck and good wishes. Make your own decorative flower with lightweight Crayola® Model Magic®. It helps to look at the picture for this challenging craft!
2. Assemble the stem. Form a loop with a gold, metallic chenille stem. Tie a small bow with another chenille stem. Attach it to the bottom of the loop. Tie a third stem to the bottom of the loop/bow arrangement. You will build your flower over this long, straight stem.
3. Attach the first layer of petals. Lay your chenille stems on white paper. Use white Model Magic to form several long petals, which will be the base for your flower. Shape them by rolling them in your hands, then pinching or rolling a point on each one.
4. Choose a point on the straight chenille stem that is the length of the petals you made. Press the base of a petal onto the stem. Continue to arrange more petals in a single-layer pattern that radiates from that point. A section of the chenille stem should still hang out from the bottom of your white flower.
5. Add more layers of petals. Make several shorter white petals. Arrange them from the same, central point. Press the base into the center as you arrange the petals over the first layer. Continue until you have a nice, full white flower.
6. Add leaves and red rosettes. Make three leaves from green Model Magic. Press them into the center of the white petals.
7. Finish the main flower by creating a central rosette from red Model Magic. Make several small, round balls, and then flatten each one with your thumb. Overlap edges of these flat balls to arrange them in a circle. Press the rosette into the center of your white flower and green leaf arrangement.
8. Complete the bottom. Add leaves and a larger rosette to the chenille stem that is at the bottom of the white flower.
9. Make a loop in the remaining chenille stem below the rosette. Attach three short sections of chenille stem to this loop, so they create short tassels.
10. Press white Model Magic onto the tassel sections. Shape them into beads by gently squeezing them with a partially closed scissor. When each tassel has a few of these white beads, add small green leaves and a final small red rosette to each one.
11. Prop up the tassels so they stay separate as they dry. Air-dry your Thai Flower Door Hanger overnight.
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.
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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.
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.
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