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Dot your lawn with foil mushrooms for magical backyard party decor.
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’SHROOMS WITH A VIEW September is National Mushroom Month! To celebrate, make these fanciful caps you can plant in a garden, flowerpot, or even your lawn. To make one, place a plastic Easter egg half, curved side down, in the center of a large piece of aluminum foil (ours was 10 by 12 inches). While holding the end of a bamboo skewer in the center, scrunch the foil around the egg half, then crumple the rest of the foil around the skewer to form a thick stem. Leave several inches of the skewer sticking out from the bottom of the stem to insert in the ground. Paint the cap with acrylic paint and let it dry before planting.
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Eraselet inventor Ana Dziengel recommends making the beads about the size of a marble (no smaller); they’ll be easier to use as erasers.
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which glue’s for you? Though they look similar, white glue and tacky glue differ in a few important ways. White glue is thinner, so it’s easier to mix with paint or thin with water. It often makes paper buckle when drying. Tacky glue is thicker, so it tends to dry faster, and it causes less buckling. It’s great for joining 3-D pieces together. (When adhering paper to paper, though, a glue stick is your best choice.)
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MAKE AN ERASELET Those groovy round beads in the bracelet above are actually erasers! To make them, press together various colored bits of Sculpey eraser clay, then roll the mixture into balls. Poke a hole through each with a toothpick. Bake them as the package directs. String them onto elastic cord along with additional beads and tie the cord ends together.
