Bottle Stopper Bestiary

What We’re Making:

Upcycled cork creatures with fantastic forms

Elevator Pitch:

We’ve got a whole bottle of corks to make wee beasties from. Build your own miniature menagerie and then take it home


What We Need

Consumable Items

  • Recycled Wine Corks 
  • Tapered bottle stoppers
  • Cork piercing tools (3D print)
  • Miniature Crates
  • Excelsior or paperfill
  • Short skewers
  • Googly Eyes
  • Yarn

Reusable Items

  • Glue Guns

Motley Kids Crates

  • Shared DIY

How to Make It:

  1. Use the piercing tools to drill holes in your corks
  2. Insert skewers, glue if needed
  3. Add eyes, manes, and tails
  4. Decorate your menagerie crate

What To Pack:

What’s in your Craft Kit?

  • Large Corks (#8 or #9)
  • Connecting Sticks
  • Googly Eyes
  • A menagerie crate
  • Excelsior (looks like grass)

What else do you need?

  • Yarn for manes and tails
  • Glue Guns or Craft Glue
  • Scissors
  • Small corks

Bling Needed

  • Yarn or String

Motley Kids Gear

  • Scissors
  • Glue Guns

Please Return to Us

  • Unused Yarn
  • Bling boxes
  • Scissors
  • Glue Guns
  • Extra Corks

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