Rice ornaments

We got wooden shaped ornaments awhile back for 50 cents each.  The little metal tray is glue (so glad we got it for a penny a bottle before school started!).  She used a paint brush and painted glue on the ornaments.  Then she took rice from the bowls and sprinkled it on the ornaments.  Before I knew it she was mixing the rice all together and dumping it in the tray.  After the initial glue dried I then took them and painted over everything with a lot of glue.  I don't have hodge podge because it's so expensive.  I plan on making some when I get some containers to put it in.  Once the coating of glue dries I'll post a picture of the finished products!