Making Indian Corn
I was reading a book to my boys and we came across an illustration of some Indian Corn. My heart skipped a beat because one of the things I miss most about home is fall and all the sights, sounds and smells that go along with it. I have always loved Indian Corn. Seeing it in the grocery store or decorating peoples’ front doors was always a sure sign that fall had arrived. I wanted some Indian Corn in our house- I needed some Indian Corn in our house. So crafty mama stepped up and we created our very own Indian Corn.
Here is how.
Indian Corn
Making Indian Corn
Materials
a sponge
chopsticks or skewer with sharp end cut off
hot glue
paper
paints
scissors
Directions
Take a dry sponge and cut several small, kernel size pieces as shown in the picture below. Meanwhile warm up your glue gun.
Once your glue gun is hot, attached the sponge kernels to the end of the chopsticks. This will allow your child to dip the sponges in the paint more easily and without a lot of mess.
Prepare your color palette. We used acrylic paints for this craft.
My son filled the paint tray — can you tell? 🙂
Cut several corn cob shaped pieces from paper. I used shiny, white card stock.
Give your child a corn cob paper, have him dip the sponge in the paint and dab it onto the paper to look like the kernels on Indian Corn.
Once the cobs are done, take a blank sheet of paper and, using a larger piece of sponge, cover the paper in browns and golds to create the husks. Allow paint to dry then cut out husks as shown in the picture below.
First cut a shape like the one in the first frame. Then cut slits from the top to where the paper narrows and trim the tops so they are not all the same length. Then crumple the paper a bit to make it look like a “real” husk.
Attach the husks to the back of the cobs with glue or tape and viola! You have your very own Indian Corn to decorate your home this fall.
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What is your favorite fall decoration?
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Hi, I wanted to let you know I featured this on the EtsyKids Team blog along with 50 other Thanksgiving crafts, recipes and printables for kids.
http://etsykids.blogspot.com/2012/11/50-thanksgiving-crafts-recipes-and.html
Seriously adorable! I am going to try this with the special ed. kids I work with!
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Very cool. Pretty sure I’d not actually heard of Indian Corn before reading this although i’ve seen the pretty coloured corn before. What a clever way to make your own. Fun!
I love these! Very pretty. So clever to put the sponge on the end of the chopsticks too!
What a glorious craft…i am really loving that Indian corn and can imagine you are pretty homesick at this time of the year with Oz coming into Summer!! Going to try the sponge and chopsticks idea too!!
What a wonderful idea!! I love how it turned out. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
The Indian corn turned out great, I love all the Colours!
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I don’t think I’ve ever see indian corn. I can see why you miss it, it’s very pretty. I love that you recreated the corn. You’re a very creative mama!
Sticking sponge to chopsticks is brilliant, it made me laugh…. and I know that my kids would find this awesome!!! Indian corn is so beautiful, I haven’t seen it before.
Thanks Ali! I have tried sticking all sorts of things to the back of sponges so my boys will use them since they hate to get messy….
Ditto Ali’s comment about not seeing Indian corn before. They are so pretty. Love the craft too. Pinning. xoxo P
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I love your Indian corn. It looks really great.
Thanks!
The Indian Corn turned out great. That is a fun and creative idea and makes festive fall decor.
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