When in Japan we saw many people eager to purchase some figures with large round heads and expressive faces so we bought some, too! Hahaha! Copycats! I later learned that these figures were the rage because of their association with Manga. The packages I purchased were mystery ones meaning that I couldn't see which one I was getting. It turned out that two of the six figures were duplicates so I decided to use them to deorate some glass jars from Daiso. The first one had a very bald head and I decided it needed something whimsical so I added a butterfly. On the rest of the jar lid I added flowers, leaves, and another butterfly before pouring Padico UV LED resin over them. It just took a few minutes to harden the resin with a UV light.
Some of the flowers were actually confetti and others were tiny artificial ones. Both of them and the plastic leaves (from Daiso) were easily adhered with resin (Padico) and cured under a UV light. A bit of resin was also applied to the sticker butterflies to firm up their wings. This jar lid is waterproof so it can be washed and used to hold edibles. I think this jar made good use of an extra plastic Chiikawa figure and it will probably will make a Manga fan very happy. I was really pleased to make another pretty and useful container. You can do it too....really!
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