Nature Folk Fairies

We made our nature folk this Saturday.

My oldest granddaughter made the one in the middle with the beautiful wings facing forward, mine is the one with a crooked smile on the right, and my youngest granddaughter made the one on the left with the cute flower hat

I couldn’t find the non toxic heavy gel medium that Sally Haughey recommends in her ebook Guide to Art Materials so I bought the Golden brand she featured. It was not non toxic and the jar recommends “avoiding ingestion, excessive skin contact, and inhalation of spraying mists, sanding dusts and concentrated vapors”. I didn’t think we were going to eat it or inhale it and I planned to use popsicle sticks to apply it as Sally recommends in her book so I didn’t think we had to worry about excessive skin contact so we went ahead and “gave it a go”.

They came out really well and the gel did dry well but it was difficult to get some things to set initially so we did end up getting it on our fingers. It peeled off like Elmer’s glue and we washed our hands as well so it probably wasn’t excessive skin contact but it does make me a bit leery about using the gel at the museum or a child care center.

Update: I emailed Sally Haughey with my concern and she sent me the Amazon link to a non toxic brand – US Art Supply Impasto Clear Gel Acrylic Medium. The Amazon listing says it’s non toxic, dried clear, and can be used as a strong adhesive. If I order a jar, I’ll update again.