Quick & Easy Gourd Crafts

by Mickey Baskett

New in Paper


With a simple gourd, it's easy to make an astonishing variety of bowls, boxes, baskets, pitchers, and dippers, as well as musical instruments and toys. Choose from the many inviting shapes, from the kettle to the canteen, the bushel basket to the snake. Carve, burn, wax, varnish, and color them with paints, dyes, oils, and markers to work their smooth, three-dimensional surfaces. Basic, time-tested techniques for making practical works of art show you how to grow, dry, and clean them, or where to buy gourds readymade for projects such as a child's elephant pull toy, planters, lamps, and birdhouses.

"[A] collection of uncomplicated, step-by-step projects for...large gourds, which are fun to work with and readily available...a good selection."-- Library Journal

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2003

Reviews

[Paula Montgomery · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicely illustrated with drawings and photographs, this more practical guide provides gift ideas and projects that can be completed by the novice and intermediate skilled person. Each project also includes patterns that can be copied to carry out the projects from bird baths to ornaments.

[Dede Payne]

Showed the different kinds of gourds and various ways to use them.