learn to make spun cotton gingerbread house miniatures - easy recycled holiday craft and gift

Hello everyone,

I don't know if I'll get a real gingerbread house made this year but I'm happy I made a few of these mini versions - they're simple and quick and made from recycled and household materials. They would be perfect for dolls and dollhouses or any miniature setting or they could be added to a cotton sculpted mouse or bird or you could make a tiny gingerbread village. They're also lovely for a gift topper.

If you have some spicy essential oils like cinnamon or clove, I recommend adding a few drops to your cornstarch mix or your glue mix, it will add to the festive atmosphere as you create and make the ornament smell good - at least for a while :)

you can find the starch video here:    • This gloop is magic for spun cotton ✨️ lea...  

Hope you're having a lovely holiday season and making some good things and good memories. Thanks for all your support and kindness this past year.

Wishing you happy making!
xo
Rosanna

00:00 - Start
00:44 - introduction
03:06 - supplies
06:41 - supply slide
06:53 - making the foil shape
07:51 - adding tape if needed
08:28 - cutting out the cardboard (or fiberboard or thick paper) for walls and roof and gluing on
11:50 - options for the roof and applying the starch and cotton fiber (you can use glue mix in place of starch - if you're using school glue, it's one part glue to four parts water)
14:22 - discussing drying
17:02 - beginning to paint - demonstrating with coffee and watercolor (I recommend painting dry rather than while the fiber is wet)
20:26 - painting detail with white acrylic paint (I recommend watering it down to make it more liquid)
25:18 - looking at the coffee painted house I painted while wet (so you can see how coffee looks and how it can bleed into the roof if painted wet)
26:46 - painting white details on a few more houses
29:06 - adding a chimney
31:27 - painting the brown part while fibers are dry
32:22 - addressing the lady bug in the room :) ( a discussion about bugs and starch)
33:57 - painting the rooves with starch and adding mica flakes
36:30 - conclusion
40:30 - a few final musings....

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"organic" cotton fiber from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TX269W6?...

cotton quilt batting: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BWQQ5WR4?...

mica flakes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JF3XN2E?...

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