Anyone remember this craft activity from 30 odd years ago...?!

[dippica]

30 years!!

I've often wondered whether this was something you can still get in the shops.

Right, you made these little flower shapes, with petals, out of thin wire of some kind. Then, you dipped it in some sort of coloured liquid, thickish.
So for a petal you had a loop of wire, with a thin film of liquid in it, like on a bubbble blowing wand.
The coloured liquid film dried out, and you were left with a translucent film which was relatively sturdy, and you could wire it together with other petals to make a flower.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? Does it have a name, and is it still around??

I remember this! I didn't have it but my friend did and I was . I used to go round to make flowers and sometimes she'd let me take one home.

There was another thing, a bit like this, where you got a blob of plastic stuff on the end of a plastic tube and blew it into a semi-permanent bubble, a bit like glass blowing. They'd deflate after a few weeks though.

Can't remember what either of them were called, sorry.

my dd has the balloon blowing plasticky thing in the last 5 years, can't remember what it's called though! I'm too young to remember 30 odd years ago - sounds lush though.

balloon stuff

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im 32 am i remember it, don't know what it was called though.

Yes dippica!!!!! I had that!! It was like a paint that you dipped it into, remember my mum doing it with me, she really enjoyed it too! She died recently so thanks for resurrecting the memory!!!!

My godmother bought it for me. I also got a silver jewellery makng set! Oh, the seventies were brill.

Don't remember the balloon thing, looks good.
They don't make 'em like they used to....

I got some stuff that sounds like this called Fantasy Film from Fred Aldous in Manchester (www.fredaldous.co.uk). That was a while ago though

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OOO I had that too - very messy!!

Yes I have loads of it in my garage left to me by my grandma. I may get it out for later.

I'm 28 and I remember it. Its still used in modelling (craft not catwalk)

I remember. I remember the smell, it was lovely.

I think I'll be getting some of that!