Happy haunting Saturday to you! Now is the time to get started on Halloween decoration or you could modify the colors and make a cute fall themed shabby bird house for indoor decoration!
Here are the ingredients I used:
- Tiny wooden birdhouse
- Popsicle stick
- Sparkling Acrylic Paint – Prima Art Alchemy Sparks in Raven Black and Iris Potion
- Elmer’s School Glue
- Clock from Chipboard
- Purple Daisy type flower
- Dew Drops in metallic silver and purple
How to Make:
- Get your small bird house (I think these cost about $1.00 at a large hobby store)
- Paint with your base color, until evenly covered. I used two coats of Raven Black Spark from Prima, which I let dry between coats.
- We’re going to pull out an old home made crackle technique to make the roof shabby and worn looking. Cover both sides of the roof with Elmer’s school glue and let dry until tacky to the touch.
- Paint lightly with your second color, shown here in Iris Potion over the not quite dry glue. You see in the photo below the cracking has begun, but the glue is still wet. Let dry completely and admire your shabby roof.
- While the roof was drying, I painted a popsicle stick with an eggplant color and cut into two little boards to “hammer” part way over the opening. Glue together and let dry.
- Add four silver tiny dew drops to the “boards”. These are my faux nails, in this case.
- When the birdhouse has dried, adhere a finishing piece of paper on the bottom, or you could paint this (your choice). Adhere the boards over the hole in the bird house. Add any other embellishments at this time. Let everything dry.
- Now you’re ready to add your haunted birdhouse to your table decorations for Halloween. These also can be made in any theme you like from cozy cottage to steam punk castle. They make great hostess gifts for the holidays throughout the year. Thanks for stopping by!
See you again for crafty fun, very soon!
~ Victoria
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