From Car Seat Cover to Kokeshi

You know those beaded car seat covers? Well I was given one by someone who didn't want it anymore, with the words "I wondered if you could make something out of this?"

It had round beads and long ones like this

With the help of glue, acrylic paint, permanent black marker and the addition of a few smaller beads for hair, I transformed them into Kokeshi dolls, thus...

These are a few of my favourites as all the others went into a Christmas Fair to raise money for the wonderful charity Challengers.