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Spring & Summer
Shelf Scenes

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Materials Needed:

Basic wood parts needed for each shelf:

  • 1 - Mini 2 Peg CDC Shelf #9556
  • 1 - Snowman L20017
  • 2 - Mini Mittens U11029
  • 1 - Split Ball U10722
  • 1 - 6" Fence L20002
  • 1 - 5" Channel Design Bar U11193
  • 6 1/2" of 19 Gauge Wire LKWIRE
  • 3" Piece of 1/4" Dowel

Wood Parts Needed for Bunny:

  • 2 - Mustaches U11076
  • 2 - Mini Birds U11011
  • 1 - Bird U11147
  • 2 - Tulips U10816
  • 2 - Split Wren Eggs U10118
  • 2 - Split Pigeon Eggs U10120
  • 1 - Birdhouse U11036

Wood Parts Needed for Bear:

  • 1 - Split Beehive U11190
  • 3 - 1" Flowerpots U10748
  • 1 - Jar U10117
  • 3 - 3/4"x1/8" Hearts U10082
  • 6 - Micro Tulips U11040
  • 12" of 19 Gauge Wire LKWIRE

DecoArt® Americana™ Acrylic Paints:

  • Buttermilk
  • Toffee
  • Raw Sienna
  • Ebony Black
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Slate Grey
  • Terra Cotta
  • True Red
  • Cadmium Yellow
  • Forest Green
  • Raspberry Pink
  • Titanium White
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Olive Green
  • Napa Red
  • Baby Blue
  • Mint Julep Green
  • Baby Pink

Basic Supplies Needed:

  • Needle and Heavy Duty Thread
  • Paintbrushes (#* Flat, #1 Liner, #4 Round)
  • Pink Powdered Cosmetic Blush
  • Lo-Temp Glue and Glue Gun
  • Green Moss
  • Lt. Brown Stain
  • 2 - 3/4" Circles of Paper Canvas for Bear's Ears
  • Ivory Felt for Bunny's Ears

Supplies for Bunny Shelf:

  • 2 - 2 1/2"x3" Pieces of Pink Felt (Sleeves)
  • 1 - 3 1/2"x 8" Piece of Pink Felt (Dress)
  • 2" Straw Hat
  • 6" of 1/8" Pink Satin Ribbon
  • 6 - 3/8" Lt. Pink Buttons
  • 1 1/2" Straw Basket

Supplies for Bear Shelf:

  • 2 - 2 1/2"x3" Pieces of Blue Felt (Sleeves)
  • 1 - 3 1/2"x8" Piece of Blue Felt (Dress)
  • 6 - Toothpicks
  • 6" of 1/8" Blue Satin Ribbon
  • Fine Tip Black Marker
  • 18" of 19 Gauge Wire LKWIRE
Painting Instructions:

Shelves:

  1. Stain Lt. Brown.
  2. Paint shelf edges Forest Green.

Bunny Shelf Designs:

Snowman Body, Split Ball, Mini Mittens

  1. Buttermilk.
  2. Shade edges with Raw Sienna.
  3. Paint shoes, eyes, mouth line and whiskers with Ebony Black.
  4. Dot nose Raspberry Pink.

Fence

  1. Titanium White.

Birds

  1. Toffee.

  2. Stroke feathers with Raw Sienna.

  3. Paint chest Burnt Sienna.

  4. Dot eye Ebony Black.

  5. Paint beaks Cadmium Yellow.

Eggs

  1. Paint one pigeon egg Moon Yellow and one Baby Pink.

  2. Paint one wren egg Baby Blue and one Mint Julep Green.

  3. Dot each egg with Titanium White.

Birdhouse

  1. Buttermilk.

  2. Shade and spatter with Raw Sienna.

  3. Paint roof Forest Green.

Tulips

  1. Raspberry Pink.

  2. Shade edges and petals with Napa Red.

Mini Mustaches (Leaves) and Dowel

  1. Green Olive.

  2. Shade curved edges of leaves with Forest Green.

Design Bar

  1. Green Olive.

Assembly Instructions:

  1. Glue split ball over head area of body. Glue ears at back of bear's head. Rub cheeks with powdered blush. Wrap ends of wire around each mitten, then glue to secure. Glue center of wire at back of body. Wrap a sleeve around each arm, then glue with lo-temp glue.

  2. At top of coat/dress cut a 1 1/2" long armhole slit, 2" away from short edge. Repeat for other side. Gather top edge of coat/dress from edge to edge, right over armhole slits. Assemble coat on bunny with seam edges in front. Assemble dress on bear with seam edges in back. Pull up gathering threads tightly, then tie off. Glue coat/dress seam shut.

  3. For bunny, glue three buttons on coat and remaining buttons on hat. Cut two ears from Ivory felt, then glue them inside hat, with tips pointing downward. Glue hat on head. Glue Pink bow at chin. glue basket in had, then moss and small bird in basket. Insert design bar in shelf channel. Glue fence to design bar, then bunny and wood parts to fence, referring to photo. Paint Forest Green stems for tulips.

  4. For bear, glue moss in pots. Glue tulips to toothpicks, then glue tulips in pots. Add Green silk leaves to pots. Glue flowerpot and jar in bear's hands. Glue blue ribbon bow on head.

  5. Insert design bar in shelf channel. Glue fence to design bar, then bear and wood parts to fence, referring to photo. Coil 6" pieces of wire for bees. Glue bees to wire, then bees on wire to hive, pot and fence as shown in photo.


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