So I\u2019ve only done it a couple of times (I want to do it more, but I haven\u2019t made time for it), but I can definitely point you at some resources! It\u2019s a lot of fun and it\u2019s deceptively simple. The big key is PATIENCE… you want to use a small brush and paint each of the flocked hairs on the figure with thin coats of acrylic paint and build up the color very slowly so that it never gets heavy or clumped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the post<\/a> where I turned my little white baby bunny into a dutch rabbit.<\/p>\n This post shows<\/a> how I turned the grey tabby cat into an Egyptian fruit bat (MUCH more involved with a LOT more photos)…\u00a0<\/p>\n Neither of these really explain the process much, of course, but don\u2019t worry- I GOTCHU… there are many others who have made brilliant custom Calico Critters (otherwise known as Sylvanian Families), such as this Cheetah Family, explained in great detail.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0That should give you a fantastic start where my posts are lacking…<\/p>\n AND… if that isn\u2019t enough, there\u2019s an entire community for the Sylvanian Family\/Calico Critters, which has a forum for DIY, and lots more fun projects that you can explore, right here:\u00a0http:\/\/sylvanianfamiliesforum.co.za\/phpbb\/viewforum.php?f=13<\/a><\/p>\n Please go and enjoy! They\u2019re all very friendly and wonderful. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>\n Let me know if you have any more questions after reading these and I\u2019ll do my best to help… and please share photos when you\u2019re done! I\u2019d love to see what you do!<\/p>\n Happy customing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So I\u2019ve only done it a couple of times (I want to do it more, but I haven\u2019t made time for it), but I can definitely point you at some resources! It\u2019s a lot of fun and it\u2019s deceptively simple. The big key is PATIENCE… you want to use a small brush and paint each … Continue reading hey, how do you customize calico critters in detail? I really want to do one for my sister to make a black cat using the Persian.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,135,169,175,171,174,170,173],"class_list":["post-17385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-arts-and-crafts","tag-asks","tag-calico-critters","tag-chubbyfacepanda049","tag-custom","tag-so-fun","tag-sylvanian-families","tag-yay","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/gabapple\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}