We’re serv­ing up a dou­ble dose of crafty good­ness this week with another amaz­ing craft tuto­r­ial from Eva Monleón.

Here’s a fun craft tuto­r­ial inspired by vin­tage string hold­ers. I love those cute pot­tery heads with strings com­ing out of their mouths like they’re eat­ing spaghetti. So fun!

String hold­ers are super handy to have around for craft projects, whether you’re cro­chet­ing, tying up a pack­age, or sim­ply keep­ing string and cord orga­nized. I hope you enjoy these lit­tle guys!

What You Need

• Print­able tem­plate (down­load here)
• Jar
• Wine cork
• Punch
• Scis­sors
• Util­ity knife
• Glue gun
• Gloss enamel paint (brush or spray)

• Marker
• Acrylic paint
• Paint­brush
• Felt
• Wig­gle eyes

Step 1
Punch a hole in the lid of the jar and cut the wine cork in half.

Step 2
Paint the jar and lid using gloss enamel paint.

Step 3
Place the two halves of wine cork on a flat sur­face as shown in the pic­ture and set the jar on top of them. Glue the wine corks to the jar using your glue gun.

Step 4
Paint the wine corks.

Step 5
Now it’s time to dec­o­rate the jar. You can keep things sim­ple by glu­ing pom pons, wig­gle eyes, and felt to the jar. Down­load the tem­plate here and choose the design you like the most.

If you’re feel­ing more adven­tur­ous, paint some funny faces! I rec­om­mend using acrylic paint on the enam­eled top. That way, you can eas­ily rub off any mis­takes with your fin­ger. After paint­ing, var­nish it once to pro­tect the finish.

Be sure to snap a quick pic­ture and share the results when you’re fin­ished, we’d love to see your work!

Meet The Contributor

Eva Mon­león (aka Mis­ako Mimoko) is a Barcelona-based doll maker who loves to hand­craft, dream, and eat. What’s not to love?

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