These white chocolate ghost pops turned out really cute and were super easy.
These ghosts, however, were a super fail. Yeah, stiffener does not dry in 10 minutes. I’m sad because I really wanted to make these at Oscar’s class party.
A captivating gang of 24 huggable, lovable creatures to sew—from classics like Margot, a topsy-turvy doll, and the button-jointed teddy bear Bjorn Bjornson, to irresistible Evelyn, a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief, and Koji, a fiercely cute spiked softie monster. There’s something for everyone here—from kids to grown-ups and from beginning sewers to advanced dollmakers. Published by STC Craft, August, 2010.
Try using diluted white glue … much cheaper than “stiffener” and dries even in our humid Virginia climate.
i made these with my kids last year in humid buffalo and a blow dryer did the trick!
my blow dryer popped them 🙁 also can’t really blow dry them at school.
I put diluted glue on and it’s still wet hour later 🙁 I don’t think there is anything quick drying enough to use for a class party.
We just did this yesterday at the library. Stiffy brand stiffener is thin and dries faster than Aleene’s. I have a two hour program, but lots of kids were already decorating before the end of the first hour. And we glued on google eyes instead of the felt ones, because that kind of cutting is really fiddly for kids. I did have the ghosts drying by a fan, which helped. It also helps to fold the cheese cloth in fourths to dunk it and then to squigee it out with your fingers over the bowl of stiffener before you unfold and drape it. The problem with most stiffeners is that they are too thick and coat too thickly. You just need a thin coat to make it work!
We used Stiffy too. We tried some totally squigee’d out and we tried painting it on with paint brush so it wouldn’t be so saturated. still not barely dry at 2 hour mark. we were able to pop balloon and it seemed sorta ghost like but definitely not hardened or fully dry.
What fun these will be perfect my kids. Thanks for sharing.
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