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Fred And Spike's New Sled ~ close-up below ©
Santa brought Fred and his dog Spike a beautiful new sled for Christmas. Fred desperately pushes
his feet against the steering bar to go right, but Spike’s powerful foot is pressed on the other side.
Fred screams at Spike, “Get your foot OFF the steering bar, Spike! We need to veer right!” Spike
understands none of it but grunts in sheer delight. Fred screams, "Nooooo!" fearing for a disastrous ending to their wild sled ride. Now they are speeding towards the drop off...
details of construction:
I made the snowgirl out of craft styrofoam, her scarf was a holiday shoelace with the metalic threads removed. Fred's scarf was trimmed fabric ribbon, the edges were painted with glue to prevent unraveling. The tree was made from supplies out of a diorama kit. The snowgirl's features and buttons are Texas Bindweed seeds with a dollhouse carrot for her nose, backyard twig for arms. The sled is a toy Radio Flyer. The snow is poly fiberfill with ground styrofoam sprinkled over it. Spike's scarf was borrowed from another toy.
It is easy to make snow from the same styrofoam that snow lady is made from. Just take two chunks out of a seat and rub them together. Keep rotating sides to avoid friction heat. I did this over a large styrene container. At one point, I use single layer sifter (flour type) to spread evenly over the poly fiberfill
Fred And Spike's New Sled ~ close-up below ©
Santa brought Fred and his dog Spike a beautiful new sled for Christmas. Fred desperately pushes
his feet against the steering bar to go right, but Spike’s powerful foot is pressed on the other side.
Fred screams at Spike, “Get your foot OFF the steering bar, Spike! We need to veer right!” Spike
understands none of it but grunts in sheer delight. Fred screams, "Nooooo!" fearing for a disastrous ending to their wild sled ride. Now they are speeding towards the drop off...
details of construction:
I made the snowgirl out of craft styrofoam, her scarf was a holiday shoelace with the metalic threads removed. Fred's scarf was trimmed fabric ribbon, the edges were painted with glue to prevent unraveling. The tree was made from supplies out of a diorama kit. The snowgirl's features and buttons are Texas Bindweed seeds with a dollhouse carrot for her nose, backyard twig for arms. The sled is a toy Radio Flyer. The snow is poly fiberfill with ground styrofoam sprinkled over it. Spike's scarf was borrowed from another toy.
It is easy to make snow from the same styrofoam that snow lady is made from. Just take two chunks out of a seat and rub them together. Keep rotating sides to avoid friction heat. I did this over a large styrene container. At one point, I use single layer sifter (flour type) to spread evenly over the poly fiberfill