Sunday, August 22, 2010

Seal Theme Still Going Strong

Well, we had my Munchkins 4th birthday party today!! I stuck strong to the seal theme as best as I could. What do you think of my Rocking Seal? 
I just used a couple of pieces of thin styrofoam and traced the shape of a seal on each. Then, I tried to spray paint it. It turns out, I am totally clueless when it comes to painting styrofoam. Did you guys know that it reacts to spray paint like THIS:
I went through a whole can of spray paint as I stubbornly refused to accept the fact that is was NOT going to work. I love the crater in the above picture....I think I thought if I just held it long enough, it would eventually work. It just dissolved away. But, I'm persistent. :-) Finally I gave up and painted them with some regular acrylic.
I attached them to the regular rocking horse with some thin wooden dowels (I just poked the dowels right through the foam) and I wrapped some mesh around the dowels to make them look a little bit more pretty. The seal rocker was a success at the party. And, I think we'll probably use the seals to adorn the Munchkins room later!!
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11 comments:

  1. They turned out super cute! How creative! Coming over from BNOP! www. threepixielane.blogspot.com

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  2. I wouldn't have known about the spray paint at all.

    He turned out great!!

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  3. Thanks for stopping by and following my blog! I'm following you too now. I look forward to more DIY crafting ideas from your posts, and I'll be sure never to spray paint styrofoam =).

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  4. Oh, sorry, I forgot, so you can put a blog with the name www.ohsosavvymom.blogspot.com

    Have a great day!

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  5. Thanks for the comment on my owl. Glad to know people are liking it!

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  6. love the rocking seal. very cute and unique.

    Following from mom bloggers

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  7. Oh that is darling! I love seals. :) Arp, arp, arp! ;)

    I hope you will come participate in my link party! All About The Boy @ The Nifty Nest!

    Liz

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  8. What a cute idea! I've done the same thing -- try to spray paint Styrofoam. Didn't work for me either!

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  9. That is so cute! I saw a duck rocker not that long ago - wish I had purchased.

    I wanted to let you know about Atticmag's new linky party - Giveaway Friday! It's a convenient place for bloggers to link their giveaways each week. We've kicked it off with a fantastic giveaway of our own. Five lucky winners will win material to do a backsplash in their homes. Hope to see you there!

    Allison
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  10. Oh my goodness! I thought I was the only person in the universe who tried to pull off a harbor seal birthday party. We had one last year for my seal obsessed daughter. She would DIE over the rocking seal! LOVE it. have to see more of your party.

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