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Friday, April 15, 2022

Make your own Gnome Tree House

🍄 GNOME TREE HOUSE 🍄




WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Cardboard Paper Towel Tube
Corrugated Cardboard
Toothpicks
Glue
Xacto knife
Thin Slices of Styrofoam
Block of Styrofoam for Base
Dowel or Straw for Chimney
Paint / Brush / Water


Always keep the area wet when you are adding Paperclay to dry Paperclay.

I sand off rough spots as I go. You can also sculpt with a wet paintbrush.




Cut cardboard tube about 5.5 inches tall. Flatten tube
and draw roofline, window and door. Cut out and make two
cardboard circles the diameter of inside of tube. My tube
is 1.5 inches. 



Glue cardboard circles inside tube for Tree House floors
and to add strength to the tube.




Cut styrofoam in strips as thin as you can get. Then glue
them vertically to tube. They can vary in width. Cut along 
roofline, window and door. This will create
the texture for tree bark.


 
Cover styrofoam with  Creative Paperclay to create bark.




Round off the top edge of 4 inch stryrofoam base.
Glue tree to 4 inch base. Create roots with styrofoam
and cover everything with Creative Paperclay 



Cut 2 pieces of cardboard 2.5 inches wide by
3 inches long. Add thin strip of cardboard to bottom
edge of roof. Glue pieces together. Fill in along 
corrugated cardboard edge with
Creative Paperclay. Cut door and shutters
to fit opening in tree.



Glue roof to tree. Add triangle of cardboard at the
front of roof peak. Add door and shutters. Add steps made with styrofoam
covered with Creative Paperclay and paint gray. Give everything 
a coat of brown paint, make base a bit lighter. Then
use dry brush technique to add color.



Sculpt Gnomes with Creative Paperclay. Paint
before attaching to tree house.



Create mushrooms. Make a half circle with Creative
Paperclay and push toothpick into bottom.



Paint mushrooms and chimney and glue. Add surface details you like.



GOOD LUCK with Your Project!
                      R. Michael Palan 

























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