Shakerees have made their way onto stages with singers and dancers. Gourds also make great silly stuff. Right off the vine, penguin gourds are more than halfway to being penguin statues. Goose gourds, a type of bottle, grow into angry geese. Dinosaurs, swans, whales and elephants can start with gourds.
Gourds can be doll heads.
Holiday ornaments made from gourds can range from Thanksgiving turkeys to Christmas tree angels and permanent Easter eggs. Most gourds are dry enough to craft when the seeds inside rattle, anywhere from a few weeks to six months or more after harvest. Here are some basics to get you started and directions for some popular projects. Preparing gourds for craft Both hardshell and ornamental gourds have two skins. For most projects, the thin, membranous outer skin must be scrubbed off before work begins.