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I made a pair of these last year and had heaps of comments/questions about them so I thought this year I'd make a tutorial so anyone can make their own. If you are not a crafter – or don't have kids Lego you can snaffle – but would still fancy a pair of ear poppies, you can buy mine here.  What you need: Lego/Brick pieces. These small flowers are from the Lego Friends Collection I believe, but the larger ones are vegetable pieces from The Bricks they were doing at Countdown.  Spray paint/acrylic paint in redAcrylic paint in black Some kind of...

What you need: The Desk (obviously). You can pick these up at garage sales occasionally, TradeMe, or Marketplace. But you don't have to do a desk. A bench top, coffee table, whatever. Resene Test PotsSpecifically, the colours I used are: Main colour (Icing) Pink: Glamour PussSprinkles: Poppy (red)Turbo (yellow)Home Run (turquoise)Curious Blue (bright blue)White/Black Black Paint Pen - I used a bullet-shaped Posca Painters Tape Pencil/Rubber Brushes Screwdriver Varnish/Roller Spraypaint for legs of desk and arm hinge things Step One:Take apart your desk. You'll need to remove the legs and the hinges on the side where the lid lifts up. Make sure...

What you need: Kinder Surprise (Just the yellow plastic outer egg bit, you can eat the chocolate and ditch the toy) Blue Posca Black Ink Pen (Sharpie) Brown Felt (Sharpie) Glue Gun Red Felt White Felt White Card Pom pom Washer Black Felt (or I actually used inner tyre tube because I had it lying around!) Cord or ribbon for hanging Step One:Draw on overalls with blue, trace around washer on paper, draw a wee eye on it, cut out and stick to the back of the washer.  Step Two:Cut a thin strip of black (whatever) and hot glue it around...