This craft is available as the third and final take-n-make kit for teens participating in the Teen Summer Reading Challenge. ( Ages 13-20). Registration is required and that opened on July 7th. Once they are gone, they are gone! Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSew0_VmOA_4rNMQcx0VuPoSxKZcjZxOuH5F1-XS2jv7mLYsow/viewform?usp=sf_link or stop in at the library to register. We will only contact you if we run out. Otherwise, just stop in to pickup or contact us to request curbside. For anyone else wanting to make their own squishies using their own materials, the instructions are as follows, which include what was in our kits, and how to make it with your own supplies:
Included in this kit is two pieces of foam (in case you mess up or to make a second!), popsicle sticks to paint with, fabric paint, tacky glue, a sharpie, and parchment paper. You will need scissors and something to mix paint on! If using your own supplies you can use memory foam from a pillow.
First you will cut a rough shape out of your foam. You have two pieces to cut from, so if you mess up on one, no big deal. Once you have your rough shape cut out, use your scissors to start shaping it further by cutting little pieces at a time.
Then take some of your fabric paint and mix it with the glue in equal parts. (Remember that fabric paint can permanently stain your clothes, so wear something you don’t mind getting dirty!) Use your popsicle stick as your mixer and brush. Brush on the paint to cover your squishy. It is going to take at least 24 hours for it to dry, if not longer. You will place your squishy on the included parchment paper to dry without sticking. It might even be beneficial to just work in sections, although that will add on a few days of drying time. After it is totally dry, you can decide to add more paint/glue mixture, or detail the squishy with a sharpie.
Once it is totally dry and you are satisfied with the detail, it is ready to go!
If you have enough glue and paint leftover, feel free to make another with your other piece of foam if you didn’t use it already!
Here is a heart squishy!