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60 December 2016 miniature collector magazine
6. Roll four small amounts of clay into small balls.
7. Place the ball on the wax paper and press slightly flat into a small pancake shape.
8. Sprinkle a small amount of coffee grounds on the flattened ball, pressing them in and mak-ing the small pancake shape even flatter.
9. After the four cookies have dried, glue them to the button, covering the buttonholes. What You’ll Need for Milk:•Clear drinking straw•Small bowl•Toothpick•Glue•White acrylic paint•Paper towel
2. Place the bread in the small bowl and add glue a little at a time while mixing with a plastic spoon, and then mix with your hands.
3. Mix in a few drops of brown acrylic paint.
4. To prevent the clay from sour-ing, add a few drops of lemon juice.
5. Knead the dough to soften and mix it.
CornerMilk & Cookies for Santa
What You’ll Need for Cookies:•Large button•Small bowl•Piece of sliced white bread•Plastic spoon•Coffee grounds•Plastic wrap•Glue•Brown acrylic paint•Paper towel•Lemon juice
Instructions for Cookies:
1. Remove the crust from the slice of white bread.
Santa really enjoys his milk and cookies, but shhhhh! Be very quiet if you spy on
him!
Text and photography by Ambria and Connie Campbell
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Instructions for Milk:1. Cut a ½” section of the clear drinking straw. Dab the end of the cut straw section in a small amount of glue.
2. Cut a 1” x 1½” piece of paper towel and glue the straw to the paper towel.
3. In the small bowl, mix one part glue with one part white acrylic paint. If the glue is too thick, add a bit of water to the mixture.
4. Using the toothpick, carefully fill the straw with the glue/white paint mixture almost to the top.
Miniature Collector pays $50 for published “Kids’ Corner” projects. Criteria: Easy-to-follow, brief instructions; accurate scale; inexpensive; attractive; original; and fun! Email to [email protected] or send a sample project and instructions to: “Kids’ Corner,” Scott Publications, 2145 W. Sherman Blvd., Norton Shores, MI 49441-3434. Include postage if you want materials returned.
What You’ll Need for Note•Pencil•Plain white paper•Scissors
Instructions for Note:Cut a ¾” x ¾” square piece of
white paper on which to write a personal note for Santa.
Final Assembly:Cut a 1” x 1½” rectangle from
a paper towel and glue the milk and plate of cookies to the paper towel. You may want to place the paper towel with milk and cookies on a small table beside the note. Be sure the glue is com-pletely dry so it doesn’t stick to the table. n
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