DIY Fairy House Lamp Using Jar
Hello ! In this tutorial, I show you how I made a medium sized fairy log house using a coffee jar, aluminium foil, hot glue, paper clay and acrylic paint. It’s fun to make and you can use it as a decoration, secret hiding spot, or you can even turn it into a lamp by adding some battery operated LED candle lights
First, I cover the jar with paper clay (I used "Das modelling material" but you can any paper clay or even a homemade paper clay). I don't use natural air-dry clay, it will shrink and that will result in a lot of cracks around your jar.
Secondly, I cut the carton into two circular shapes (or three depending on the desired thickness) and I glue them using hot glue. Afterwards, I cover it with clay.
And still using paper clay, I added mushrooms and other plants. Also, I add an ax and trunk of a broken tree. With the same way, you can easily add more details using paper clay.
I used aluminum foil and glue with the lid of jar to build the basic shape of the roof. I covered them with paper clay while adding a roof window. After, I covered everything by posing above already prepared autumn leaves.
I used acrylic paint for painting. You can also use watercolors and watercolor crayons. It's up to you. In the end you can seal the paint using some matte spray varnish. I placed some battery LED lights under the house. I recommend you use soft lights that will gently illuminate your windows so it looks like a real house.
You can see all the details in Tutorial Video in my Youtube Channel. "Creative D2H"
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That’s really cute but way beyond what most of us are capable of! You must have a artistic background.
Thanks for sharing.
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To those of you saying you can't do or she or he are artistic, nothing is accomplished unless you try. Where tools are concerned improvise, use your imagination. "What can I do and use to make a tool." The other thing you can do to make a project like this easier is to look at the shapes as one form or another of circles and squares, Every thing you look at in this world is either a circle or square. make patterns on graph paper and adjust from there or cut out pictures from magazines, or print from a google search. Hope you will at least try.
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It is really cute and looks like fun to do. I would probably paint it a little different. I ‘m just not sure what you mean by carton. Then I ‘m not quite sure how you did the lid. Does it mostly attach to the edges?
How are you getting the das to sit so smoothly? I am not having much look, it doesn't have much elasticity
Is it possible to add clay pieces once an item is dried?