Applying your final touches and landscaping: Now we turn the paper shell into a believable miniature edifice. Below are some tricks that might help you. |
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Here we paint the "land" to look like a sidewalk. We thought that black would offset the building nicely. |
Then we decided that a granite sidewalk would look even better, so we dipped a toothbrush in some white paint and used a spatter technique to make the "granite". |
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Next we had to create the observation wall on top of the library. It was a bit tricky, but the glue gun set it on for us firmly. |
We glued clear acetate sheets over each window to give a shiny "glasslike" appearance. We glued the edges of the windows only. |
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To give the building a solid feel, we decided it should be made of stucco. To create the illusion of stucco, we used the glue gun and smeared globs of glue on the surface of the posterboard. Then we painted it white. It turned out to be quite convincing once the paint dried. |
Now it was time to start the landscaping. We needed a lawn on the roof, so we traced the roof perimeter onto a piece of green felt, cut it out, and glued it on. Nice roof lawn huh? |
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We created raised beds to plant the trees and allow for their root systems. We used thick white shoestrings for the this. Each tree was then "planted" in a blob of hot glue and held in place until the glue set (about 30 seconds). |
Next we applied flowers to the raised beds. This added color and it hid the glue blobs at the base of the trees. |
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Here is a close-up of the finished, top, roof, garden. |
Here we see the finished building from the front. |
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Good luck as you finish your building into a tiny miniature masterpiece. Don't forget to take some pictures!
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