Primitive Carrots Tutorial

A couple of years ago,

I made the girls Easter décor

for

Christmas.

 

We laughingly called these the $200 carrots

because of all the time invested in them.

 

Since then I have simplified the process a little

and now actually enjoy making them.

 

You will need:

Aluminum Foil

Twine

Scraps of fabric

Some type of tags (I used paper office supply ones)

Bits of greenery

Hot glue gun

Dark and light orange paint

For one carrot, I use about 12 inches of aluminum foil.

Fold it once to about an 1 1/2" from the side

and then again about 2" down.

 

This helps make the shape of the carrot.

Roll it up and scrunce it in on the bottom.

Glue the twine to the bottom.

Then glue the greenery in the top.

 

This allows the glue to set up on the bottom before you

start wrapping and honestly saves some finger burns.

 

Then simply start wrapping.

Until they are covered.

I painted mine first with Decoart Burnt Sienna and Cranberry Wine.

Don't mix it, just go back and forth.

Drybrush with a brighter orange. 

Your choice,

I think that I used Pumpkin Spice?

 

While they are drying,

grungy up some tags and write on them. 

Just use a sharpie!

Tie them together and you are done! 

 

How easy is that?

 

As a side note,

when I was in Michaels yesterday,

I saw all kinds of cool colored twine including orange!

You could save a step by

just using orange twine.

 

JWS bought a huge box of twine for me

at an auction so actually,

I am stash busting with these. 

 

In the event that you are following along....

 

503 items are gone from my house this year! 

 

Woohoo!