How to ... Yarn Basket

Lulu and I have lots of time to get down and messy while big L is at school now. Here is what Lulu created last week (we finally finished it this morning).

Yarn Basket

Items needed:

plastic bowl as a mold

plastic wrap

wool (cut in pieces)

white glue

(if desired Mod Pod - which we added for extra durability)

and here is how it works:

cover your bowl with the plastic wrap

cut your wool

shnip-shnap

pour the glue into a large container

soak your wool strings in the glue

lay string by string across your bowl

criss-cross for better stability

get messy!!!

get more messy!!!

of course in our house nothing is complete without sparkles

 a little more maybe

now we are talking!!!

Whats that on your hands, Lulu?

Glitter and glue!!!

A very sparkle-sticky mess!!!

now add some weights and let dry

After the first 24 hours I removed the books and just let the glue dry completely.
I added another layer of ModPod and let it dry again. The L's will want to use this for their treasures so it better be sturdy. This morning it was finally completely dry.
I trimmed the edges and we added some duct tape to finish off the edge a bit and add some more hold.

This is the final outcome

I knew that this would be used for Princess, I just knew it :)

Et voila, a home made yarn basket by my little Lulu. 

The inspiration came from here . Their tutorial is much more detailed than our little picture show.