January 13, 2013

A Pencil Holder with Mosaics

The pencil holder is painted with craft paint. It is then decorated with mosaic fragments which are attached with multi glue gel. Fill all the cracks with mosaic tile grout.

1. Paint the wooden pencil holder with craft paint and let it dry.

2. Apply multi glue gel in the small frame recess. Place the mosaic fragments in the wet glue and let it dry.

3. Fill all the cracks with mosaic tile grout using a palette knife or your fingers.

4. Remove excess tile grout using a damp sponge or a foam stencil brush. Let it dry.

A Mask for the King of the Birds

A painted half face mask with a papier-mâché cone as the beak and lovely feathers around the edge.

1. Paint the mask with acrylic paint, mix the colours and put a bit of water onto the brush.

2. Cut a small cone to form the beak of the mask. Paint the beak and glue it onto the mask with a glue gun.

3. Attach feathers and down with a glue gun and attach the supplied elastic headband.

January 11, 2013

Wind Chimes

Small flower pots and giant lolly sticks decorated with color paint and glass mosaic.

1. Drill holes in both ends of all the giant lolly sticks.

2. First paint the flower pots with pale yellow, then dab with brilliant red and dusty blue. Paint the giant lolly sticks in the same colours.

3. Glue on glass and mirror mosaic tiles using paverpol. Let the flower pots dry for 24 hours.

4. Apply mosaic tile grout with a palette knife. After approx. 5-10 minutes drying time, wash off any excess grout with water and a sponge.

5. Thread the cotton twine through the holes and assemble the wind chime.