I have been working on something fun and exciting! These little guys have been so much fun to make. Each one has its own personality.
Love these little guys! Seeing them clustered up like this reminds me of my favorite Halloween poem.
5 Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one says "Oh my it's getting late."
The second one said "There are bats in the air!"
The third one said "But we don't care!"
The forth one said "Let's run and run and run!"
The fifth one said "I'm ready for some fun!"
Oooooooo went the wind! Out went the light!
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!
Hand sculpted candy corn pin made out of paper mache clay.
I made his hat out of 1940s recycled newspaper from a paper pieced quilt square. I want to use the quilt squares to make a quilt but hated to destroy the vintage newspaper on the back of them so I recycled them. I have had these squares for about 15 years and it is time to make that quilt. It is so fun to read the newspaper and ads.
Paper used on his hat was from the same batch of quilt squares. I believe that this was probably a grocery sack. It is thicker than the newspaper.
Each head is hand sculpted by me, dried for 2 days, painted and dried for a day, stained then dried for two more days. Attaching the head and making clothing takes about 2 hours and pincushion takes about an hour. Hat takes a day to complete with drying time included. So all in all these take about a week to make per kneehugger. I do have assembly lines going but not always. The hats take a while for mod podge to dry and several coats are applied so they take 1-2 days. The fun little paper mache pins take about 3-4 days-dry paper mache for 2 days and then paint and the stain takes 2 days to dry.
These little guys are so fun to design and create. I have a few snowmen made and will put them in my Etsy shop soon. I do have a few pumpkin kneehugger pincushions with thread buckets attached in the shop.
Hope you have a wonderful day,
Holly
