New Candy Box build

Post by **Laurie** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:41 pm

I really liked the Candy Box that Barb found and posted earlier, and since I already had the Santa, I knew I just had to build it. Following her dimensions, I jumped right in. Instead of using wood for the base, I glued together 4 cardboard pieces from the covers of old Golden Books. After priming with 2 coats, I attached the stone siding and then painted over that and added a touch of mica. The tree is made from a section of pipe cleaner and the windows are a heavy type of crepe paper and the door is actually a church window, like the castle Barb found. After I took the pictures, I did add a little snow tex to the tower peak and roof top edge. This was a fun putz to build.

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Post by **maria** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:43 pm

This is superb!

Post by **Lynn** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:49 pm

What a great repro!! I love how the finish came out and the Santa has a new home!

Post by **Howard** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:56 pm

Laurie...
I’m impressed!...looks like it just came from the dime store...you were so fortunate to have the exact Santa...
Howard...

Barb · Post by **Barb** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:37 am

Looks great Laurie! Nice work.

Post by **JCass** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:47 am

Great job Laurie! Can you share your method for the stone siding?

Thx!

John

Post by **Lucy** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:55 pm

Laurie,
The candy box is wonderful. Like Howard says, it looks like an original straight from the dimestore. I am interested in how you made the stone siding as well. It's a great texture.

Lucy

BurghGal · Post by **BurghGal** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 4:16 pm

Wonderful! Like the others, I'm hoping to read how you did the finish.

Post by **Laurie** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 4:31 pm

Thanks everyone. The siding is actually very basic. I bought a bag of rough sand(stone) from Hobby Lobby and then I put a batch through a simple metal strainer. I have a few strainers of various size mesh that I buy at thrift shops for a dollar. Decide how thick you want your coating. The grains that fall through the strainer I then put in my morter and pestle. I grind them down a bit, put them through the strainer again and they're ready to go. Then I paint on Alene's white glue, thinned with a bit of water over one side of the house at a time. Sprinkle on the stone, pat it down gently and let it dry. I just paint over the stone when it's dry. I recently saw some finer stone at Hobby Lobby in the silk flower section that probably could just be used as is, but I just grind what I have.

Post by **Tom Hull** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:50 pm

Interesting texture. I came up with a neat one. It is white "ballast" sand for a model Railroad. It is pretty fine stuff. So I applied it over a fresh sticky paint job but it was too smooth and regular for me so I applied a bit more paint and some more ballast and got a neat texture more complex that replicates some old finishes. Perhaps that is what the Japanese did?