hay bale making.
you will need raffia ribbon
balsa or mdf {i used 8.5x75x915 balsa wood}
school glue or pva
sharp knife
cotton and needle
you need to split the raffia ribbon with the knife , easy to do in small sections
once you get a good pile cut to 2cm
next cut balsa wood to 2.5cm long by 1.3cm wide or the size you wan't
on the narrow side cover with glue and place a clump of cut raffia on the glue and push down flat
repeat for the over side and let dry for a while
once dry cut flat to the balsa wood
then glue the larger side and repear the process
when this is dry glue and stick the ends
let dry again and trim up, should be starting to look like a hay bale
then wrap cotton around, and tie off
run a few beads of glue around the sting dry again
finished ,pain full i know but there all ready to glue on the track
round bales
raffia
double sided tape around 2cm wide
glue
cardboard strips{breaky box} 2cm x 14 cm
cut your srands of raffia around3 cm this time
stick to one side of the double tape around 20cms of tape
roll your carboard into the size circle you want the bails at ,i did under 2cm circle
peel the other side of the tape of and rap around
cut to size all the sides
glue a pile of off cuts to top and bottom
cotton around and all done