pegs 'n' pops

Pegs, ice block sticks and paint are all you need to be ready for take-off with these wooden planes. When you’re done playing, use string to hang them from the ceiling.

You will need:

• Resene testpots in your choice of colours – we used Resene West Side, Resene Guardsman Red and Resene Bright Spark (red plane) and Resene Surfie Green, Resene Pattens Blue and Resene Charlotte (blue plane)
• Paintbrush
• Wooden pegs – one per plane
• 2 ice block sticks (for the front wings)
• 2 small craft sticks (for the back wings and tail)
• Small button
• Glue

Instructions:

Paint a peg in your favourite Resene colour. Paint two large and one small stick (for the plane’s front and back wings) in a contrasting colour. Paint the remaining small stick (for the tail) in your favourite colour. For the details, paint small lines or arrows on your ice block sticks and paint the button. Trim tail stick to 2cm in length.

Assemble the plane by gluing the large ice block sticks towards the front opening part of the peg, with one stick on the top of the peg and one stick underneath. Next, glue one of the small craft sticks to the other end of the peg (this will make the rear wings). Glue the tail craft stick to the top of the back wing. Finally, make the cockpit by gluing the button onto the front of the peg.

You will need:

• Resene testpots in your choice of colours – we used Resene Red Berry, Resene White, Resene Black, Resene Forest Green and Resene Green House
• Paintbrush
• Wooden pegs – one for each crocodile
• Craft paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Small pebbles/beads/ buttons or cat’s eye shells (for eyes)
• Pipe cleaners (for legs)

Instructions:

Paint the pegs and allow them to dry. To make the scales on the back, cut a strip of paper or card that is the same width as the peg but 1.5 times as long and paint it in either the same Resene colour or a complementary one.

Paint the inside of the peg red for the mouth and when dry, paint small dots for teeth. To make the eyes, paint two small round items (try pebbles, beads, buttons, shells or similar) white and allow them to dry. Then paint the pupils. Make the crocodile’s back by folding the strip of painted paper into an accordion fold. Glue the paper to the top of the peg and glue the eyes in place. To make the legs, cut the pipe cleaners into approximately 2.5cm lengths and fold in half, bending the ends slightly to create tiny feet. Glue two sets of legs to the peg. Your crocodile is ready to rock!

You will need:

• 5 ice block sticks
• 3 large craft sticks (or you can use 6 normal-sized ice block sticks)
• Paintbrush and small craft brush
• Glue
• Plastic milk-bottle cap
• Plain piece of card
• Scissors
• 3 small round buttons
• Resene testpots in your choice of colour – we used Resene Guardsman Red, Resene Black, Resene White, Resene Charlotte and Resene Bright Spark
• A piece of card the length and width of all three windows combined

Instructions:

Paint the large and small craft sticks with two coats of your chosen Resene colour. To make the cabin, cut off the rounded end of four of the smaller ice block sticks to make them square at both ends. Arrange them vertically in evenly spaced rows, then glue an ice block stick across the top of the other four to make the roof. Place three larger craft sticks flush in a row beneath the bus cabin and glue to the exposed ends of the thin ice block sticks. To make the wheels, use the milk-bottle cap to trace a circle on your piece of card and repeat. Cut out the circle and paint it your choice of Resene colour.

Glue one button, painted in your choice of Resene paint, onto the centre of each wheel. For the headlight, paint the third button in a lighter colour.

Glue on the wheels and headlight. Glue the card onto the back of the bus windows and paint family or friends in the windows. Alternatively, place photographs in the windows. If you have more family members, try making a convoy of buses painted in different Resene colours.

Projects: Sarah Kolver
Styling: Chrisanne Terblanche
Images: Bryce Carleton

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