Fairy Garden Repairs

On May 9th I wrote a post on the hail storm that hit not only our home, but also my Grandkid's Fairy Garden. We just finished all the repairs to our home, and are ready to repair the fairy homes.

The homes are made out of resin and I used Model Magic clay to repair the holes in the Fairy's Homes. Model Magic may not have been the best choice, but it was what I had in my craft supplies. The first house had a very small hole in it right where the flowers and plants were placed on the front of the house. I just rolled up a few pieces of clay and placed them on the house to cover the hole.  When the clay had dried for a few days I painted the plants with green acrylic craft paint, let it dry and then sprayed it with a clear coat.

The second Tudor stone cottage was a bit trickier. I placed a larger piece of flattened Model Magic and placed it over the hole so that it was on the cottage about a half to an inch beyond the edge of the hole. I then smoothed it out thinner and thinner away from the edge of the hole to help it blend into the solid part of the house.

Then using the handle of a skinny paintbrush I replicated the pattern of the stone and thatch of the cottage into the clay. When it was just the way I wanted it I let the clay dry for several days.

Painting this cottage was a little harder because I had to try to match the unique colors. For the stone I used a creamy white and let it dry. I used a green color that matched the under color of the thatch and the color in the cracks. Next, I rubbed the green on the white to dirty it up a bit. For the bottom thatch on the house I painted it green and then I mixed several shades of brown until I found the right shade. I then painted  over the green with the brown, let it dry and then sprayed it with a clear coat.

The last house was damaged the most and had the biggest hole. I took a thin piece of wood that was shaped like a heart that has from past projects. I glued the heart inside behind the hole with hot glue. This was to keep the clay from falling inside the hole.

 I used a thick piece of Model Magic and placed in over the hole. I molded the clay into a leaf and a half of another leaf. Then I used the end of the brush again to form the veins and spine of the leaf. Once the hole was covered and the leaves and vines were formed I let the clay dry for a few days.

I mixed several brown shades of paint for the house, and a few shades of green for the leaves and vines shading the dark green with some lighter shades of green. After the house was painted and dried I sprayed it with a clear coat.

All the houses were finished and ready to go back into the Fairy Garden. We moved the FEMA (Fairy Emergency Management Agency) tents to a special spot that will now be the Fairy's camping vacation spot.

 Next time we have a predicted hail storm the Fairy Garden will be evacuated to the patio.