Summer Crafting...Spice Tin Uncle Sam!

Spice Tin Uncle Sam!

My crafting group is getting together later this month to create quirky Uncle Sams using vintage tins and whatnot for one-of-a-kind patriotic decor.  I am still working on gathering together the elements I will need for the group project.  We plan to make the heads out of paper clay or oven-dry clay.  I have my head almost ready...which is the big thing to cross off the list.  In the meantime I found a cute bobble-head Uncle Sam at Hobby Lobby.  The head was just the right size to use with an old spice tin I had in my stash.  Yay!  Something fun to make to get in the spirit for Craft Day.

Sam is about 8 inches tall, not including the stand.

I aged the head with watered down brown paint.

His legs are wooden spools with pop bottle caps for feet.

I don't know what those electrical thingies are for, but

they work just right for hands.

I got a whole bag of different sizes and colors for $1 at a fleamarket.

Sam's little drum is a wooden Christmas ornament.

I found a couple of great Bingo cards in my stash that were perfect

for a patriotic wall hanger.

First Creepy Crafty of 2016...

This is Mothra.

She is created from an Avon Mothicide tin.

She is a little over 7 inches tall.

Fun use for my rusty calipers I found last spring.

The wings are rusty hearts.

Side view of Mothra's green tongue.

She was a lot of fun to create.

It's always Halloween in my head.

This was just a quick post before we leave for our Granddaughter Madison's graduation.  I can't believe our little girl is almost 18!  Tomorrow we'll head for Yellowstone for a couple of days...I can't wait.  It's one of my favorite Vintage Vacations!