Cut Out + Keep

Gourd Animals

I made these a few years ago, and was asked to show them

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/gourd-animals • Posted by Janie R.

Sadly, I can only find one picture of the giraffe at this time. These are made out of gourds, the giraffe used one main gourd with parts of two others; I made the hooves out of clay, and the ears are leather. The elephant used parts of three gourds. They are cut,put together with wood glue/gorilla glue, and painted. I used the stem of a gourd for the tail of the elephant. I also used crackle paint for the elephant, I think it looks nice. This is a fun project to do wuring the winter. I grew all but the big giraffe gourd myself; my uncle grew the big one, and I saw a giraffe in it, so I made one ;)

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

3 h 00

Difficulty

So-so
Medium 003 1291098410 Medium gourds at fair 1291097812 Medium 005 1291098548

Description

Sadly, I can only find one picture of the giraffe at this time. These are made out of gourds, the giraffe used one main gourd with parts of two others; I made the hooves out of clay, and the ears are leather. The elephant used parts of three gourds. They are cut,put together with wood glue/gorilla glue, and painted. I used the stem of a gourd for the tail of the elephant. I also used crackle paint for the elephant, I think it looks nice. This is a fun project to do wuring the winter. I grew all but the big giraffe gourd myself; my uncle grew the big one, and I saw a giraffe in it, so I made one ;)

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