I must be crazy but being inpsired by Nerys's fimo hide thread I decided to let my two boys (age 7 & 3) have a go at making some today.

They did quite well for a first attempt - although the mess they left behind wasnt as impressive.!!! lol

They can do some for me , they look cool

They probably would hun - do you a deal - you can borrow the kids but you get to clean up the mess they leave behind LOL

Erm.................. lol
Seriously tho i bet you bossed the kids about and got the fimo cos you wanted to play and used the kids as an excuse!!
I sussed ya!!!!

LOL - sussed !!

Kaleb was trying to eat it at one point! NICE

Liam ate play doh once , was pooing multi colours for ages lolol

Here I was expecting to see 1 or 2, looks like a little sweat shop your running

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I felt inspired by nerys too. even went and checked out prices for fimo on ebay. I have no children, and not enough snakes to warrant such behaviour.

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1 royal python
1 creamsicle corn
1 Blue Merle Collie
1 Kitten

How on earth do you get it to stay in the right shape?

I was inspired too but they just kept collapsing!!!

I was trying to shape it before cooking and then stand it up but they just kept blooming collapsing!

Also, how thick do you have the fimo?

Thanks!

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They did well gave them foil dishes (little apple pie tins - luckily my mum had a load which meant we got to scoff the cakes first) which they used as a frame - i then removed the tin once it was cooked as it was way to hot for them to do.

We used 4 small blocks of fimo @ £1.20 each and they made 13 small hides, 2 big hides, a water bowl and about 4 little people lol

It was rolled quite thin and then just shaped around the foil dish - what i didnt know was that when you cook it, it stays soft until it cools - then goes rock hard.