Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts

Sunday, September 9, 2012

253/366: Pintember Plasticdermy

This is one I've had on my list long before Pintember was ever a thought.

We have no shortage of plastic animals in this house, but I did purchase a shark from the Dollar Tree.  It's a bathroom after all...I needed animals that like water.

I was inspired by this pin:



I found three wooden plaques at the local craft store for a buck each.  I bought white spray paint and a can of blue that is the accent color in my chocolate brown and white bathroom.  I also purchased the shark.

This is a project for less than $10.00, especially if you only used one can of white paint and not added the cost of the blue.

So...I found a hack saw in the basement tool bench and roughly cut the back ends off the animals.

This is where I made my mistake...I used Gorilla Glue.  It expands.  I forgot.

I had them all secured on the plaques before I saw the "expansion".  I would use hot glue or a super glue type adhesive.

After I fixed my mistake, I took the plaques to the garage where I set up a box to spray into.

Easy stuff.  I sprayed three coats on the white, two on the blue.

Once they dried, I hung them in the bathroom with these tabs that I had leftover from another project:

We have an Elephant, Shark and Walrus. 



I apologize for the horrible picture coloring.  That bathroom is a tough place to photograph.

And would you like to see it in a room?

It's been a wall I've wanted to do something with for a long time.  It will be easy to add to it, too.  Maybe a little mirror?  A boat?  Who knows?!?

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Are You A Black Footed Ferret?


I'm having a love-hate relationship with this ferret (well not this one exactly, but one like it). Well, at least I think it is a ferret. I don't exactly know for sure.

All I see is moving white fur.

In a ball.

Please Mr. Ferret, show yourself.

The Elusive (aka Sleeping) Black Footed Ferret in the National Zoo (scroll down just a tad for the webcam on this link).

We are so looking forward to our trip south to visit family and give my boys their first look of DC and of course, the zoo.