Fashion Fairy Houses

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Plastic bottles from home become homes for fairies, thanks to paint, scissors, glue and real or faux greenery. Recycled paper and classroom craft scraps, combined with imagination, can easily be transformed into flowers and fairies, too.




FAIRY HOUSE NIGHT LIGHTS


Materials:
  • Recycled plastic bottle
  • Multi-surface craft paint
  • LED tea light
  • Silk flowers
  • Moss
  • Hot glue gun
  • Craft knife
  • Scissors

Instructions:

  1. Cut top portion of bottle off with craft knife.
  2. Remove the lid and set aside. Cut off the plastic band around the neck of the bottle.
  3. Paint both halves of the bottle with colors of your choice. Allow to dry 30 minutes then repeat for a second coat.
  4. Cut a window in the bottle half of the bottle, large enough to fit the tea light inside.
  5. Cut slits halfway up the top half of the bottle, about 1-inch apart. Bend the ends of each slit upward so that they stick out.
  6. Decorate the outside of the house with silk flowers.
  7. Cover the bottle lid with silk leaves or flowers. Place lid back on the neck of the bottle.
  8. Add some hot glue to the inside of the bottom half of the bottle and line the bottom with moss. Add tea light candle.
  9. Place "roof" on top of the "house".



Turn empty plastic water bottles into adorable little fairy houses that double as night lights! Fun for a child's room or a nursery, or even the garden.

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