Hi friends,

This week, we’re sharing how we made our Elemental Gale Cumulus with cotton balls and dye.

We’ve had so much fun creating the Elemental characters. This is our third craft from the movie. We previously created Wade and Ember, the main characters in Elemental. Check out Gale below.

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What You'll Need

Construction Paper: (1) White, blue not needed
(2) White Paper Plates
Tacky Glue
(25) Cotton Balls
Scissors
Colored Pencils: Purples & Light Blue
Pencil
Black Marker
White Pipe Cleaner
Neon Purple Food Dye
Bowl + 1 Cup Water
Gloves
Cookie Tray

Optional: Parchment Paper

The Steps

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COTTON

Add a few drops of the neon purple dye to the bowl with the water and swirl it around.
Place 24 of 25 cotton balls inside the bowl and squeeze them until each ball is covered with dye.
Squeeze all the dye from cotton balls before placing them on the tray, then unroll them. It’s ok if they break apart.
Place the tray in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 minutes to dry. They will fluff up once they’re dry.

HEAD

Use one plate to draw a narrow, fluffy cloud, and then cut it out.
Add glue to the top of the second plate and glue the cloud to it. Place the glue bottle or something heavy on top to hold it together while it dries.

MOUTH

On the white paper, draw a 4-inch wide open smile, trace it with the lighter purple, and then glue a narrow strip of the last cotton ball to the upper part of the mouth(teeth).
Color the tongue in the lighter purple and the inside of the mouth with the darker one, then cut it out.
Glue the mouth above the bottom ridges of the plate(shown further below).

EYES

Fold over a portion of the white paper and draw 2-inch tall oval onto the flap, then draw the eyeball, iris, pupil, and two curved triangles (eyeliner).
Fold the drawing back and rub your nail over the back of the eye to transfer the drawing.
Trace over the transferred eye so that all the lines are visible.
Use the light purple to color the iris, the black marker to color the pupil, then line the upper eye, fill in the eyeliner, and add short eyelashes.
Add the blue and purple eyeshadows, repeat the process with the second eye, and then cut them both out.

EYEBROWS

Repeat the process of drawing one eyebrow and transferring it.
Color both eyebrows and then cut them out.

NOSE

Cut a 2- inch strip from the pipe cleaner, fold it into an L, and then glue a strip of dyed cotton around the nose.

ASSEMBLE

Widen the strips of cotton and glue them from the top(hair) down to the rest of the face.
Once everything is covered, use the extra strips to add a second layer of curled cotton to the top.
Create a wave with the top portion by slightly bending it back.