May the Fourth with you be!
This little Yoda combines two of my favourite things to craft with - corks and egg cartons!
You will need:
Champagne/Sparkling wine cork
Egg carton
Paint
Black gel or marker pen
Craft glue
Strong glue, like UHU, or a glue gun
Brown paper or plain paper painted
Magnet (optional)
1. For his distinctive sticky out ears, cut out two long pointy triangle shapes from the egg carton lid. Glue them either side of the wider, top part of the cork, pointing forward.
They will stick with PVA craft glue eventually, but easier and quicker to use a stronger clear glue or a glue gun if you have one. I don't have a glue gun and used UHU glue for bits like this.
2. When the glue has dried, bend the ears back into place.
3. Paint your Yoda's body green, plus some spare egg carton card for the hands and feet.
When dry, draw two hand shapes (see below) To cut out, cut around them roughly first, then snip out the zigzag bits, before cutting around the rest of the hand.
4. For the feet cut two short strips from the green card (place them under the cork body to make sure they're the right size and not too wide). Then, snip out a few zigzag triangles.
Glue the feet under the cork body.
5. His cloak is made from the middle part of an egg carton cone. Once you've cut the cone out, cut the top off, just squeeze the cone flat and cut across the card. Press back into shape - the top will look uneven, so trim until you have a nice straight edge.
6. For the billowy sleeves, use the edge of the carton as it often has a rather nice little turn up! It's also easy for cutting. Cut two of the shape below.
7. See the little turn up? No worries though if your carton doesn't have this lip around the edge. For the cloak opening, cut a strip out of one side of the cone.
Check the cloak is the right size for your Yoda - shorten the top part if it's too big.
8. Glue the hands behind the ends of the sleeves, so you can see them. If you have a little turn up, make sure you glue on the other side. Craft glue will work for this, or you could use the stronger glue.
Glue the sleeves either side of the cloak.
Then, glue the bottom of the sleeves to the front part of the cloak, by the opening. You might need paper clips (or laundry pegs) to hold the arms in place while the glue dries.
Glue in place with a thin layer of craft glue or a glue stick.
10. Use a black pen to add some Yoda-ish features.
11. Glue the cloak onto the back and sides of the body.
12. If you want to make your Yoda into a fridge magnet, use the strong glue to stick a magnet on the back.