A Old Lunchbox Becomes a Gypsy Caravan

$5
1 Week
Easy
Do you believe in fairies? I do and I love re-purposing odd bits and turning them into fairy abodes. Like this little gypsy caravan that we made for a group of traveling fairies that camp out at the bottom of our garden.
The gypsy caravan used to be my daughter's old lunchbox ;-)
We covered the roof with a piece of bark, which we soaked in a bucket of water and then tied to the lunchbox lid. As the bark dried it took on the shape and curve of the lid. Depending on how thick the barks is, it can take a few days to dry completely. If I remember correctly ours took about a week.
While we waited for the roof to "form" we covered the sides of the lunchbox with ice cream sticks that had been stained with Zia Teal Unicorn SPiT and a bit of white acrylic paint. To make the door we used a few more ice cream sticks and added some beads for the two hinges and door handle. That’s the fun bit about making something for the fairies. You can use whatever you have and let your imagination do the rest.
The base of the caravan is a piece of wood cut to size and hubby added wheels that he cut from a branch.
The little ladder was made by gluing a few twigs together. I know fairies can fly, but I figured that Thumbelina may want to come visit our fairies and she wouldn’t be able to get up there without a ladder.
What odd things have you used to make something for your fairy garden? Please share I’d really love to hear from you. Sending you blessings and fairy kisses as always.


P.S. You can find the full tutorial on the link below.
Michelle Leslie
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