Tuesday, December 07, 2004

What to do with a weak shelled gourd?

What do you do with a very large gourd when you discover the bottom is weak and you can push your finger through?

This was something that I encountered recently. I had planned on listing it on ebay but that plan was scrapped.

Should I cut off the bottom and replace it with a wood bottom? No. Too much work for all the better shell this gourd had.

A better idea!

Since the gourd has an A shape with not many curves, I decided to cut shapes out of it to use as gift tags that could also be used as an ornament on the Christmas tree. I found a few Christmas cookie cutters and made some of my own patterns and went to work. 25 gift tags were cut from this gourd with still more scraps that can be used for other projects.

I was happy that I could come up with a use for this gourd instead of tossing it out.