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[opening image description: a round DIY pig-face squishy made from a sponge with rounded triangle ears and a protruding oblong nose, held against a cream background. The pig has been painted pink with black eyes, dark pink nostrils, small pink ovals for kawaii-style cheeks and a black line smile. It sits in a set of light brown fingers with unpainted nails, and a small silver chain at the top of the pig squishy leads to a DIY cardboard tag featuring a handdrawn image of a red and white barn. Text beside the pig squishy reads “simple pig squishy” above a small pink vector-image of a pig, and text above the squishy reads “DIY” in pink letters inside a pink box.]

Video Tutorial: Pig Face Squishy, Mishcrafts

Components:

Foam or sponge

Scissors

Puffy fabric paint in white and acrylic paints (for colouring the white fabric paint)

Plate or cup for blending colours

Super glue

Paintbrushes, toothpicks and disposable gloves for painting

Cardboard, pencils, paper, tape, eye pin, jump ring and ball chain are required if one wishes to make the tag. A stand on which to place the squishy while it dries is also helpful, and a mat or paper for covering the tabletop.

Auto-generated closed captions in English are available. Music starts loud but fades when the presenter starts speaking.

[opening image description: a photo of multiple items related to DIY squishies sitting on a white tabletop. From top to bottom, left to right: a green kiwi fruit squishy dipped in pink frosting and sprinkles, attached to a DIY’d swing tag; a green, pink and red paintbrush ; a pink and clear plastic bag holding a pink doughnut cat-ear squishy; a bottle of aqua paint; a round pink squishy with a black kawaii-style face; a bottle of purple paint; a bottle of white puffy fabric paint. Text in boxes placed over the photo read: “tips& hacks” (yellow text inside a purple box); “for” (white text inside a blue circle) and “homemade squishies” (bright purple text inside an aqua box).]

Video Tutorial: Tips and Hacks for Homemade Squishies, Mishcrafts

This is a series of tips and tricks for simple DIY squishies made using memory foam or sponges, including how to make clay sprinkles, how to best to paint the squishies, cleaning up foam, how to colour white puffy paint with coloured acrylics and how to make DIY squishies slow-rising. For anyone looking to start out with DIY squishy making, this is well worth watching.

[opening image description: two handmade popsicle/ice cream squishies sitting on a white tabletop. The squishy on the viewer’s left is a pink ice cream witha black kawaii-style face and white icing or chocolate on the top third, covered with rainbow sprinkles. A bite has been taken out of the top right corner. The squishy on the viewer’s right is a brown/chocolate ice cream with a white kawaii-style face and a drizzle of white chocolate/icing on the top. This squishy is housed in a clear plastic bag with a handdrawn cardboard swing tag featuring a picture of the squishy and the text “squiggle the chocolate popsicle”. Text underneath the squishies reads “kawaii popsicle squishy” on a pink background decorated with icing, two vector images of popsicle ice creams and coloured squishies. White text in a brown circle on the top left corner reads “DIY”.]

Video Tutorial - Kawaii Popsicle Squishy, Mishcrafts

This is a pretty simple tutorial for making DIY squishies, although the shaping of the foam may be difficult for those of us who struggle with fine motor control.

Components:

White puffy fabric paint

Acrylic paints in chosen colours

Paintbrushes in various sizes

Popsicle sticks

Scissors and cutting tools

Carwash sponges

Clay sprinkles (optional)