My first foray into Decopatch!

You may remember from a previous post that I'm a BoJangles fan. Well, also at BoJangles you can Decopatch wooden items. Rachel and I had never heard of it before, but a staff member told us how to do it. By then, we'd already committed to our ceramic pieces so made a mental note to Decopatch on another visit.

A few weeks, later, I was in Hobbycraft and I saw a whole aisle dedicated to Decopatch. If you don't know, basically you choose a cardboad item (it's strong - almost like brown papier mache, not that cereal box rubbish) and you cover it in pretty paper by cutting or tearing pieces and sticking them onto the item (again, like papier mache). There are such a wide range of papers to choose from - you can customise anything to make something completely unique, from animals to trinket boxes.

I really wanted to try it, so I made this for my mum because she loves elephants and I thought the paper was different, but still very much like an elephant.

Crinkles the Elephant (materials from Hobbycraft, but you can search the web and find a whole range of Decopatch materials)

Writing this post has made me remember that I bought materials for my next two Decopatch projects, so I may have to get those out tomorrow!