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Paper Mache Tree Stump Stool
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Nancy at Craft Your Happiness
(IC: blogger)
Add some whimsy to your home with this paper mache DIY tree stump stool. (I did paper mache in grammar school is this is pretty much the same.) We provide a lot of step by step visuals on our site (too many for here) plus a printable instruction packet. We'll just show the basics here.
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A 5 gallon pail and a circle piece of wood traced for the seat part. Turn the bucket upside down and place wood piece on what is the bottom of the bucket but will be the top of the stool.
Drill a hole through the center to fit the bolt through. Insert bolt and tighten nut onto the bolt from beneath (The nut should sink into wood and be flush with top of wood.
Gather toilet paper rolls and stuff them with newspaper - We used eight
Choose where you want your branches and thick roots and use masking tape to apply toilet paper tubes to the bucket. Rip off a 1 to 2 foot piece of foil and loosely roll it up into a tube - press foil into seams between toilet paper tubes and bucket to smooth out connections and fill gaps. Tape into place.
Cut newspaper into strips - most of ours were larger strips, about 1-2" x 5-6", but we also cut up some 1"x2" pieces for the areas that had more dips, grooves and edges because they lie flatter.
Dip newspaper into mixture, wipe excess off both sides and apply to entire surface of bucket and tubes, layering over one another as you go - this is the most time consuming part as it took about 2 hours (we only did 1 layer). Try to make it as smooth as possible.
Dip newspaper into mixture, wipe excess off both sides and apply to entire surface of bucket and tubes, layering over one another as you go - this is the most time consuming part as it took about 2 hours (we only did 1 layer). Try to make it as smooth as possible.
As mentioned above there are a variety of steps and instructions that were too much to add here. View our site post link at the bottom for full details and photos plus a printable instruction sheet.
Using watered down brown, take a thinner brush and draw a line around the top of the stool, about " in from the edge.
Finishing touches. This really does not require a lot of artistic ability. It just looks like it does! Check out our link below for more.
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Published March 15th, 2016 10:00 AM
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Diane on Oct 07, 2016I love this idea. What could you use to make paper mache' rocks? Balloons are too uniform in shape. I need some good sized rocks. Any ideas?
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Nancy at Craft Your Happiness on Oct 08, 2016Thanks Diane. For stones you can wad up newspaper sheets and wrap them with masking tape around and around until they are the odd stone shape you want. Then paper mache over those. You can also make a foil base stone shape and wrap it with masking tape then do the same. Ü
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Nancy at Craft Your Happiness on Oct 18, 2016You're very welcome Diane. Ü Good luck!
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