Hi, in this tutorial I made a fairy garden terrarium with mushroom lights and a fairy mushroom house. I used some extruded polystyrene (xps styrofoam), battery operated led lights, transparent sanitary silicone sealant, tin foil, copper wire, hot glue, a little bit of polymer clay, moss and acrylic paint. I also used a glass cake cover.
↚
Step 1: Preparing the Board
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F4V/JH9H/J0MOPHSB/F4VJH9HJ0MOPHSB.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F43/DIOU/J0MOPHSM/F43DIOUJ0MOPHSM.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FR4/X7E9/J0MOPHSX/FR4X7E9J0MOPHSX.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FKQ/0TJH/J0MOPHT9/FKQ0TJHJ0MOPHT9.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FFW/APRI/J0MOPHTM/FFWAPRIJ0MOPHTM.LARGE.jpg)
I first cut the styrofoam board to fit the glass cake cover. I adjusted the corners with a cutter, then I painted it black.
↚
↚
Step 2: Adding the Lights
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FI4/D7IR/J0MOPHU1/FI4D7IRJ0MOPHU1.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F3F/GC32/J0MOPHUD/F3FGC32J0MOPHUD.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F92/M660/J0MOPHUH/F92M660J0MOPHUH.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FDP/X6V4/J0MOPHV9/FDPX6V4J0MOPHV9.LARGE.jpg)
I then glued the lights to some pieces of copper wire. I made the wires in different lengths and also left more wire in the upper side (that will be helpful when making the mushroom caps). I glued the copper wires to the foam board with hot glue. I added some volume to the board using tin foil and hot glue.
↚
Step 3: Making the Mushrooms
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FFD/NDWD/J0MOPHVN/FFDNDWDJ0MOPHVN.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F0R/FF3D/J0MOPHVY/F0RFF3DJ0MOPHVY.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FSM/08RQ/J0MOPHWC/FSM08RQJ0MOPHWC.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FK2/RYXI/J0MOPHXQ/FK2RYXIJ0MOPHXQ.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F35/8DIC/J0MOPHYJ/F358DICJ0MOPHYJ.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FE7/PQNY/J0MOPHZP/FE7PQNYJ0MOPHZP.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F9U/2PQ9/J0MOPI0Y/F9U2PQ9J0MOPI0Y.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F5T/8BOP/J0MOPHZE/F5T8BOPJ0MOPHZE.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FZH/BCV6/J0MOPHWW/FZHBCV6J0MOPHWW.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F32/QXR1/J0MOPI13/F32QXR1J0MOPI13.LARGE.jpg)
I mixed some red acrylic paint with silicone and made a paste. I applied the paste on the wires and leveled it using soap and water. For making the mushroom caps I used the silicone paste and wrapping foil. I applied some paste on the plastic foil, and covered it. Then I started shaping it into a mushroom cap. For making the round shapes I used the cones inside of an eggs carton. I also covered the tinfoil base using the same silicone paste in black. Using some tin foil I made a cone and covered it with polymer clay. I sculpted a little house, baked it and painted it with acrylic paint.
↚
Step 4: Moss and Details
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FQI/5R1A/J0MOPI14/FQI5R1AJ0MOPI14.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FVV/5UNZ/J0MOPI1H/FVV5UNZJ0MOPI1H.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/FCM/KHM7/J0MOPKDE/FCMKHM7J0MOPKDE.LARGE.jpg)
![](https://cdn.instructables.com/F4C/9YAA/J0MOPKF8/F4C9YAAJ0MOPKF8.LARGE.jpg)
I placed the moss over the board, carefully mixing the patches and used toothpicks to fix it in place. I also made some cute white dots on the house using white silicone.
I love the result! The transparency of the silicone makes the mushrooms look amazing, and when the glass cover is on, it really looks like an enchanted miniature fragment of a fairy tale is in my house! :)
Commentaires
Enregistrer un commentaire