JPL offers “take and make” art kits for children and AR's Cindy Mathieson had a light bulb moment and created adult "take and make" craft kits, October 29, 2020. Cindy said, "The idea was in the works for a year. (Previously, I offered one craft per quarter, usually in sync with a holiday or a systemwide theme.) Gathering the corks was key and a basket full of wine corks came to me via a virtual yard sale ad. Then the project was a 'go.' Kits are now ready for any Regency Square customer who asks for one. We advertised in-house with quarter sheet fliers placed at our circ desk. (Two customers have already reserved a kit.) The only real cost was a tube of E6000 adhesive. The corks were free and the silk leaves were left from last year’s fall craft (and there are leftovers for next year.)
" I would never have managed to paint 450+ corks yesterday without the help from our Shelver, Ann Ludke, pictured here on the left."
Wanna be a creative copy cat? Here's Cindy's recipe:
"The plastic bag craft kit contains 26 painted corks, 3 silk leaves, one tube of E6000 adhesive and the directions. It takes 26 wine corks to make a large pumpkin, 20 for a medium, and 15 for a small. Since we had plenty of corks, I packed 26 corks in each pumpkin kit. We pre-painted the corks for customers; however, you could leave them natural."
Shown at the top of the article are two wine cork pumpkins Cindy made--one natural; one pained orange. The two sided directions (included in each kit) can be requested from Cindy, if you like her idea. (Directions would have been posted here but print would appear too small to read.)
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