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I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash
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I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

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Hi, in this tutorial I show you how I made a fairy house lamp recycling some cardboard from an old box, egg cartons, pizza boxes, toilet paper tubes and two plastic bottles.

The only bought materials I used are the acrylic colors, the hot glue and the P.V.A. glue (less than 3$ in total). It took me about ten days to finish, including the drying time. Let me know what you think!

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After cutting the bottom of a bottle, I glued a piece of cardboard to it like this

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

By gluing old magazines to the bottle, I made the “foundation” of the house

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

I also used old egg cartons to make it sturdier

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

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When the foundation is ready, it’s time to move further

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

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Creating a carcass of the house using some cardboards and old pizza boxes

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

Making sure everything is stable

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

Gluing another bottle to the side of the house

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

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This will be our little cell!

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

Taking care of the windows

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

Then, I poured some hot water onto the egg boxes and mixed everything together with PVA glue

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

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I carefully applied the mass I’ve got onto the entire house

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

It should look something like this

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

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Adding the final touches

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

Making the stairs…

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

…and the roof

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

Last but not least – painting everything!

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

Ta-da!

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

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This is how the finished DIY fairy house looks like

I Spent Only 3$ To Make This Fairy House Out Of Trash

You can see the entire process in the video below:

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Hi, my name is Diana and I enjoy crafting, creating fairy houses, mushroom houses, miniature charms, sculpting and painting. I use dirt cheap materials and try my best to make something amazing. So this channel is about all the sweet stuff a crafty mother can create for her children, if she gets the time :) So you'll probably see here a bunch of tutorials about fruit carving, fairy houses, mushroom houses, smurf houses, mushroom gnomes...

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Hi, my name is Diana and I enjoy crafting, creating fairy houses, mushroom houses, miniature charms, sculpting and painting. I use dirt cheap materials and try my best to make something amazing. So this channel is about all the sweet stuff a crafty mother can create for her children, if she gets the time :) So you'll probably see here a bunch of tutorials about fruit carving, fairy houses, mushroom houses, smurf houses, mushroom gnomes...

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow this is done so well... You are really creative and skilled !

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hihi dear Diana! I make handmade earrings by polymer clay and I always try to find some creative stuff for my photoset, maybe you are intresting work with me ? :)

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw, in your profile, that you made a lot more of fairy houses, are beautiful, and you are gifted with great talent https://www.boredpanda.com/i-create-fairy-houses-out-of-plastic-bottles/

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

beautiful, you have an eye for details you might win a craft challenge for making very nice decoration from not valued materials

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

awesome result, but how much did the paints and gluegun cost? if you got them within your $3 budget, I'm impressed...

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The glue and the paint used for this project is actually under 2 $ (I used a very small quantity and it wouldn't be fair to ask about the whole price of the paint and glue when I only used like 5% and I will have it for so many other projects). I had the glue gun, so 1 $ would be the the cost of tool wear :)

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People like this make me realize how little talent I have ... *sigh*

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Wow this is done so well... You are really creative and skilled !

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hihi dear Diana! I make handmade earrings by polymer clay and I always try to find some creative stuff for my photoset, maybe you are intresting work with me ? :)

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw, in your profile, that you made a lot more of fairy houses, are beautiful, and you are gifted with great talent https://www.boredpanda.com/i-create-fairy-houses-out-of-plastic-bottles/

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beautiful, you have an eye for details you might win a craft challenge for making very nice decoration from not valued materials

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

awesome result, but how much did the paints and gluegun cost? if you got them within your $3 budget, I'm impressed...

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The glue and the paint used for this project is actually under 2 $ (I used a very small quantity and it wouldn't be fair to ask about the whole price of the paint and glue when I only used like 5% and I will have it for so many other projects). I had the glue gun, so 1 $ would be the the cost of tool wear :)

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