Here's an easy, quick, and fun prop task for any Lord from the Rings fan. You will need scissors, craft foam, glue, a flame, along with a couple of cooking ingredients. Enjoy!
Print this mallorn leaf template to suit an ordinary 8.5 by 11 inch piece of paper (click on the picture in the side for any bigger version). Trace the leaf shape onto a sheet of dark eco-friendly, brownish, or black craft foam and work out. Then make use of a ball-point pen or any other sharp tool to attract the veins on your leaf shape, pressing lower so they are indented in to the foam.
To color the leaf, I personally use acrylic craft paint in 2 shades of eco-friendly. Mix one part fabric glue to each a double edged sword of paint to really make it flexible enough for repeated use.
Heat the leaf carefully at the flame and curve it to shape. Bend along side it points of leaf in first, remembering to depart enough air space inside for that lembas. For additional info on heat-shaping foam, take a look at my Craft Foam Armor Tutorial .
Heat and shape the lengthy central point, wrapping it around to the other side from the leaf. The creates a kind of tab that can help to carry the leaf shut. You are done making your leaf now!
To help make the lembas, I made use of an adaptation of the recipe. It can make a delicately lemon-flavored, gently sweetened scone-type bread.
2 1/2 glasses of flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 Tablespoons cold butter
1/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
Preheat to 425 levels.
Mix flour, baking powder, and salt inside a large bowl. Chop butter into mixture having a pastry cutter or knead along with your fingers until you receive a crumbly mixture. Add sugar and blend. Add milk and lemon extract and stir having a fork until dough forms.
Roll the dough out about 1/2 inch thick. Eliminate 3 inch squares and transfer to some cookie sheet. Criss-mix each square from corner to corner having a knife. Bake for around 12 minutes or until set and gently golden. Makes ten to twelve.
