This
week we are adding a fake fire to our doll's fireplace. I love how
this turned out and the best part was I made it from stuff I had on
hand.
For
the fire grate I made a structure out of craft sticks, skinny sticks
and a couple of wooden shapes that I had from the craft store.
The
craft sticks were marked at ½” from each end for the “feet” to
be glued on. Then on the reverse side of the sticks I marked every ½”
for the spacing of the skinny sticks.
The
skinny sticks were cut to 2 ¾” long with a mark at ½” from one
end for placement on the craft sticks.
The
Beacon 3-in-1 glue, I know one of my favorite Youtube crafters raves
about it. I was thinking it was Lindsay from the The Frugal Crafter
but I am not sure. It could have been her or someone else. Whoever it
was they were correct. This is a fantastic glue for this project. I
need to play with it some more soon.
The
sticks I used for the “firewood” were just cut from some of the
branches on the trees along my driveway. I did cut them down to about
the size I was going to use and then I baked them in my oven at a low
temperature for about 30 minutes. I wanted to try to kill any bugs
that might have been making a home in them for the winter. Also it
was really wet (raining really hard) the day I gathered them so they
were pretty wet. I wanted to get at least the surface dry enough that
the glue would stick to them.
I
love how this entire project turned out. The fireplace with the
little tea light lit for the fire is just sooooo cute. I wish the
camera could pick up the glow from it better.
You are amazing! Great work.
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