How to: Baby Mandrakes

A project for the upcoming Little Tomato "Chamber of Secrets" party.

Mandrake 'seedlings' are ready to be re-potted! For the party, we'll have the seedlings in a large pot, ready to be repotted into their own little mini pots. Now I'm brainstorming how to acquire 12 pairs of earmuffs... 😋

How to Make Baby Mandrakes:

Supplies:

Mini Plastic Babies - 'Baby Shower' party supplies - Example HERE

Craft Paint (and primer if you want to be thorough)

Faux Greens - floral section of craft supply store

Hot Glue Gun / Glue Sticks

Yarn / Twine Scraps

Process:

Use the hot glue gun to glue green leaves to the doll heads & yarn scraps to the doll feet. This doesn't need to be cleanly done, it can be as sloppy as you'd like. 

You can also drag the glue strings past the yarn to make it look more 'root-like'. 

Cover the doll body in hot glue to give them a more wrinkly lumpy look, just like the mandrake bodies in the movies.

Once the glue is dry, cover the bodies and yarn in primer, then brown paint.  

You can finish with a Mod Podge or top coat if desired. 

As they're just going to be stuck into planter's soil, I wasn't too concerned about making mine more finished.

Next up, molding a full sized Mandrake for the classroom prop!