I had a little time this week between loads of corn to work with a couple of gourds in my clean gourd stash. I had seen these really neat ones on a Facebook page I follow where they hollowed them out and put little scenes in them, some of them quite tiny for ornaments!! I had a couple that weren't quite right to make snowmen out of so I though I'd give this a try. They were pretty easy to cut and clean out. I painted the inside navy blue to give it a night time affect. I am surprised I didn't get paint all over the outside in the process but I lined the cut edges with painters tape and was very careful......
The outside I just used two coats of clear gloss poly on to give them a little shine. I didn't really want the outside to be painted. (unless there happened to be a slip of the paint brush... whew!!! .)
I cut out this little snowman and tree which are about 2" tall and painted and distressed them a bit
Then I added a little fiberfill and a battery light string with 10 tiny lights on it. I just wound them around my hand to make a circle and placed them around the two figures.
I'm so happy with how they turned out!! The other one I am waiting on a light string for and the way it's shaped I couldn't cut out the star section at the top, but it turned out just as well as this one did!! Usually when I make something experimenting like this I end up doing it over and over..... can't believe these worked on the first try and no extra paint where I didn't want it!!
Can't wait to start Christmas decorating!!
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