Hey folks! In this family friendly air dry clay tutorial I'll give you some instructions of how to make a fairy house for this project, using polymer clay and jars, which is a nice addition to your home decor. First, find some old jars in the closet or get some in the supermarket for cheap. Once you glue them together with hot glue and foil you can start adding recycled cardboard for the roof. Make sure foil sits tight, otherwise when you put air dry clay around it later it might crack. Cut roof pieces to adequate scale and make sure they're glued well so that roof won't be prone to any movement later on. Now start working your polymer clay - you may use air dry clay, which you don't need to bake, or even regular paper clay with or without fimo liquid. Once you start modelling your clay around the house, make sure there are no gaps in between material and glass jars and also close all the gaps under cardboard roof with it. Put fairy house roof tiles in layers, it's preferably to lay them one by one rather than in full rows, which adds to the realistic feel of this craft project. Finally, once your air dry clay sculptures done, here comes the painting part. First, cover all the fairy house with acrylic paint of your choice - you may go wild and choose different colors for individual elements! Then, little by little add textures to all the surfaces to imitate scratches, wear and aging effect. Now when acrylic layer is done, it's time to work with watercolors, which tend to mix well on the surface of a fairy house. Start with darker colors diluting paint in water for the shadows, corners and textures. Then you may work your way around the house lightening it a bit with yellow or even white watercolor paint adding water for subtle effect. Finally, insert cheap Christmas lights into the house to transform it into a gorgeous night lamp! Also it can be used as garden decoration, or even adding to your fairy garden ideas. I hope this fairy house tutorial helped you know more about recycling, gave you crafts ideas and overall made a good project for your kids who'll be playing with this handmade mushroom house for months to come!
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