I ordered my wood from Casey's Wood out of Maine. You could also find the unfinished wood at JoAnn's or Michael's, which is what I plan to do for the next set, if I make another one (I hope so!). Then I borrowed my mother-in-law's bucket of acrylic paint and got to work.
First, I painted the skin color on the heads, and then started the body painting and the pot painting. After several coats of paint (the wood really sucked up the paint) I started on the hair and hair accessories. Those tiny bows just kill me; they're so cute! I also added some buttons and lapels to some of the girls, and pearl necklaces to the rest. One of the girls got freckles, but they kinda turned out a little large. Lastly, I added facial features with a fine-tip Sharpie. If I do this again, I will leave the Sharpie details for last because the high-gloss spray paint I put on to finish the project kinda smeared a couple of the girls' eyes. Oh well. Live and learn, right?
All in all, it probably took me 3 hours to complete them all, including time for the paint to dry and the gloss spray as well. Not too long for a cute little game for Lilia to play. Now I can't wait for her to wake up from her nap to play with them!
