Christmas is right around the corner! Yay!
Today, we'll make an elf door to let Santa's little helpers in. If you have small children around, you could use it to cover an electrical outlet near the floor.
Without further ado, let's start right away!
You will need:
Air drying clay (papier-mâché or salt dough should do) or polymer clay
Paint (I used acrylic paint)
Sculpting tools (if you use salt dough you can work with kitchen ware as well since it's not toxic)
A poster glue strip (removable without damaging the wall)
A poster glue strip (removable without damaging the wall)
How it's done:
If you want to make the door cover an outlet, you will need to use clay that doesn't shrink while drying, so I would recommend using polymer clay here.
Take a piece of your clay and roll it to a strip of about 0.5 -1 cm thickness and a length that will easily fit around the outlet from one side of the floor around the outlet to the other side twice. This strip will be the doorframe. "Fold" it in half and twist it around itself like a vine. Lay your vine to a rounded shape to look like an arch.
Cover the inside of your doorframe with clay as the door itself and smooth it out. If you want to make it super fancy, you can make a separate door and doorframe and attach them to one another with a small hinge so that the door can open.
After making the door flat inside the frame, take a tool to make indents to immitate seperate planks. Add the texture of wood by making lines along each of the planks. They shouldn't be too even and you could add a few branch-holes as well.
Now it's time for decorating your door. You could cut a little heart or star into the door to act as a window. Or you can make a donut shape as a wreath like I did.
Add a little ball of clay for the handle. If you want to, add a hole for the key.
If you want to cover an outlet, add some clay to the back of the frame (and the frame only! No clay to the back of the door) after the front has hardened and blend it in with the frame.
Let everything harden completely and paint it in the colors you like!
To attach the elf door to the wall, use a poster glue strip.
I hope you liked this tutorial! Have a great day!
Cover the inside of your doorframe with clay as the door itself and smooth it out. If you want to make it super fancy, you can make a separate door and doorframe and attach them to one another with a small hinge so that the door can open.
After making the door flat inside the frame, take a tool to make indents to immitate seperate planks. Add the texture of wood by making lines along each of the planks. They shouldn't be too even and you could add a few branch-holes as well.
Now it's time for decorating your door. You could cut a little heart or star into the door to act as a window. Or you can make a donut shape as a wreath like I did.
Add a little ball of clay for the handle. If you want to, add a hole for the key.
If you want to cover an outlet, add some clay to the back of the frame (and the frame only! No clay to the back of the door) after the front has hardened and blend it in with the frame.
Let everything harden completely and paint it in the colors you like!
To attach the elf door to the wall, use a poster glue strip.
This is a splendid tutorial and the instructions which have been presented are excellent. I really like the door pictured and it's great how you've used indents to make the contents inside the door look like wooden planks. The vine like door frame, the door handle and wreath are nice touches too. Thank you so much for sharing this.
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