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On the Thanksgiving Craft episode of Craft Wars one of the supplies was toilet brushes. Kind of gross but hey, I thought of something great to make with them, and Fall-ish! I bought two different shaped toilet bowl brushes. For the hedgehog I used my hacksaw to cut off the entire handle right up to the bristles. I spray painted the brush with nutmeg brown spray paint. When dry I used a sponge brush and dabbed the edges with beige acrylic paint. The face and body and made from a little felt, some top-stitch thread, and some batting, and two wiggly eyes. This is something that definitely can be done in one hour or less.
I used the white and green brush for the squirrel. I was able to pull the brush out of the handle really easily. I sprayed this nutmeg brown as well. The squirrel body was a little more complicated as I wanted to make it more like a plush animal. I cut my shape for the front out of a copper colored felt. Then for the back piece I cut the same basic shape but with about 3/4 inch extra on the edges. For the back piece I added darts to the head and body so it would be rounded and fit the smaller front piece. The squirrel probably took me 1 1/2 hours to complete
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| My Mantle (notice my plunger acorn!): Owl from Pier 1, Basket and Mushrooms from Target |
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