Sunday, May 14, 2017

How to Make a Doll Fairy Garden

Today I am going to show you how to make this adorable doll sized fair garden!


   You will need: A small pot, dirt, some small flowers, I found mine at a local park, and they're actually weeds, but they look like doll sized flowers, water, and anything small to make your mini fairy world, I used toothpicks for the fences, tiny rocks I found in the dirt in our yard for stepping stones, and a tiny house I found I Michaels. Some other ideas for decorations would be blue sequins or small pebbles to make a stream, a bridge made of toothpicks, and really any tiny charm such as the Eiffel tower or a light house. (you can find them at Michaels in the jewelry making department.)

   First put a bit of dirt in your pot, get it damp, plant your flowers, and fill in the rest of the pot with dirt.





Plan out how you will want your fairy garden to look, like what you want in it and how you want it arranged. I placed toothpicks around the outside as fences an tiny pebbles as stepping stones leading to the middle of the flowers. (I later flipped the toothpicks over to get a nicer looking fence)





Now you can find the small thing you would like to be in the middle of your flowers, whether it be a tiny house, a small charm, a mini gnome, or really anything you would like. Be creative! (I found these tiny houses at Michaels)



Have fun making your own fairy garden!










Ignore the neck strings and the cat tail...












Saturday, May 13, 2017

How to Make a Doll Fidget Spinner

   Hey guys, today I am going to show you how I made these awesome american girl doll fidget spinners (That actually spin)!!! ☺

                  
   You will need 4 small nuts, some sort of strong glue (I used welders glue, but if you don't have that hot glue or some other strong glue should work), the tube from the inside of a pen (you could also replace this with a small screw or toothpick) Hot glue (optional), and tin foil and scissors (not pictured)             

   First you will want to glue your four nuts together to make this shape (This will be the main body of your fidget spinner) 
 
   Then while the glue dries you can cut a small piece of the tube from your pen (or a piece of toothpick) for your axle. Make sure you cut the tube where there is NO ink, if you cut into the ink it will get EVERYWHERE...
 
   You can also glue a couple layers of tin foil together and cut a couple of small circles out (for the ends of your axle)


   Glue one tin foil circle to the end of your axle (the piece of ink tube)

   Place your axle inside your spinner and mark it so there is just a little bit of excess (enough so that it will spin, I marked mine at a little more than a 16th of an inch)

   You can now cut it and glue the other circle of tin foil on.


   After the glue dries you can put little dots of hot glue on either side of your axle so it is easier for us humans to hold and spin. 😊


   Finally you just need to line the outside with hot glue, this helps it spin better and looks more realistic. NOTE:  Be careful hot glue is hot, if you are young you may want to ask a parent for help!!!


AND YOU'RE DONE!!!!
I used a small screw for the blue spinners axle and I painted it with nail polish.








Friday, May 12, 2017

Welcome!

           The Dolls of North Dakota will have a variety of different posts. These will include doll crafts, photo shoots, room tours and set ups, and reviews, as well as some other random pictures! See you soon! 😊