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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nTo make your child into a Chimney Sweep simply:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nTake a white t-shirt (I used the one from PE), a waistcoat and scarf (hat if you want to push the boat out), team with some school trousers (old ones with a hole if you have them), and make yourself a chimney sweep brush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All you need to make a Chimney Sweep’s Brush:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n- The inner tube from wrapping paper (those \u00fcber organised for Christmas are bound to have plenty lol).<\/li>
- A paper plate or simply a piece of card that you can cut a circle out of.<\/li>
- Newspaper.<\/li>
- Black paint.<\/li>
- Sellotape or just generally some method of attaching it all together. I am not sure how easy it would be to staple it together, but would be more secure and less likely to fall apart..<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
![\"chimney](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/chimneysweepmaterials.jpg?resize=300%2C223\")
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\nMethod:<\/strong><\/p>\nSimply paint everything black, on both sides and leave to dry. To keep things as cheaply as possible I use an old container (from a curry dish, or a lid of a jam jar and so on) as a paint dish. Next I then use a glass (usually a jam jar again) as a beaker for the water, to clean the paint brush in.<\/p>\n![\"paintedchimneysweepmaterials\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/paintedchimneysweepmaterials.jpg?resize=300%2C224\")
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Then attach the circle to the tube (I used sellotape).<\/p>\n![\"beforebristles\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/beforebristles.jpg?resize=300%2C145\")
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Cut the painted newspaper into strips.<\/p>\n
Finally secure the strips to the circle, again I used sellotape. Make sure they are evenly distributed around the edge of the circle.<\/p>\n
And that is all you have to it. Simple.<\/p>\n![\"chimney](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/chimney_sweep_brush.jpg?resize=225%2C300\")
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Then maybe grab a bit of black face paint and smear a few streaks on the face to look like soot. Make sure you rub it in to make it look more authentic.<\/p>\n![\"chimney](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/soot_make_up.jpg?resize=300%2C225\")
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Alternatively, if you wanted it to look a bit spikier you could use black straws.
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- The inner tube from wrapping paper (those \u00fcber organised for Christmas are bound to have plenty lol).<\/li>
- A paper plate or simply a piece of card that you can cut a circle out of.<\/li>
- Newspaper.<\/li>
- Black paint.<\/li>
- Sellotape or just generally some method of attaching it all together. I am not sure how easy it would be to staple it together, but would be more secure and less likely to fall apart..<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n
Simply paint everything black, on both sides and leave to dry. To keep things as cheaply as possible I use an old container (from a curry dish, or a lid of a jam jar and so on) as a paint dish. Next I then use a glass (usually a jam jar again) as a beaker for the water, to clean the paint brush in.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/p>\n
Then attach the circle to the tube (I used sellotape).<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/p>\n
Cut the painted newspaper into strips.<\/p>\n
Finally secure the strips to the circle, again I used sellotape. Make sure they are evenly distributed around the edge of the circle.<\/p>\n
And that is all you have to it. Simple.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/p>\n
Then maybe grab a bit of black face paint and smear a few streaks on the face to look like soot. Make sure you rub it in to make it look more authentic.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/p>\n
Alternatively, if you wanted it to look a bit spikier you could use black straws.
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