I’ve always loved arts and crafts. Especially growing up with EB, I couldn’t always participate in sports or recess but something I could always do was arts and crafts. MiaThrives has been really trying to celebrate how creative the EB community is. And they just had a gala celebrating 10 artists with EB. Now, Kaleidoscope Kids is going to try to encourage children with EB to get creative with a Do It Yourself Gnome Craft.

So the first project we’re going to do is a Do It Yourself Gnome.

I’m going to use a few products that are all from the dollar store but you can also look around your house and use things that you have. For example, I found little butterfly wings and decided to make a butterfly gnome. As many of you know, children with EB are called butterfly children because their skin is as fragile as a butterfly’s wings.

You can watch the full tutorial video with instructions here (or down below).

What you will need:

• 3 Socks – 1 white sock for the base, 1 colour of your choice for the body and another 1 for the hat
  (I’m using grey for the body and blue for the hat)
• Rice (1 cup for a small gnome, 2 cups for a medium gnome, and 3 cups for a large gnome)
• Rubber bands
• Scissors
• Ribbon
• Mop
• Glue gun
• Blush
• Decorations of your choice for gnome and hat (I used ribbon, bells, and wooden butterflies)