Step-by-Step

1. Cut out shapes. Enlarge pattern (next page) until one square equals 2 inches; transfer design onto tracing paper. Trace shape onto copper sheeting. Cut out using tin snips.

2. Cut one garden stake arrow for each figure.

3. Sand the rough edges of each piece.

4. Distress copper, if desired, by pounding randomly with a hammer.

5. For pig's tail, drill a hole as indicated on pattern. Tie dampened rope to pig; wrap rope around dowel until dry.

6. Complete assembly. Cut one end of each wooden stake diagonally. Position a figure on a stake with 2 inches of the stake extending beyond the bottom edge of the figure (see patterns for indication of placement). Drill two holes through both the copper and the stake. Fasten figures to stakes with bolts and nuts.

7. Finish by brushing on a coat of polyurethane, or allow them to weather the elements and take on the classic verdigris of aged copper.