Yesterday as I was looking at the outside of the toy store, after going ahead and gluing everything in place in the store (except for the bookcase that I can't finish dressing/stocking without the T-Rex charms), I realized that I needed a couple steps to get up to the front door, so I set to work figuring out the easiest/best way to make them. My hold up was that there's a rounded trim around the bottom of the the outside and I needed whatever I made the steps out of to at least somewhat mold around it. I had thought about making steps out of clay, but I wanted the steps to look like concrete and don't have any gray clay, which would mean I would have either had to mix some black and white (which is what I usually do) but then I'd have to square it off after, or I'd have to make them white and then paint them.... And honestly I wasn't sure how well I would do pressing the curve into the back of them without pressing my finger into the front (I'm not always the greatest with clay bahahaha). As I was thinking about what else I could use I realized I had a little piece of floral foam floating around that was too small to actually use for florals so I decided to give it a try.
It was really easy to cut and shape (well except I cut the top of the first one a little crooked, but it was really quick to make another one that was more even).
My only real concern is that floral foam is so soft and I wasn't sure if it would be sturdy enough to hold up to being on the outside of the building. I obviously was going to have to paint it anyway though, so I thought that might make the outside of it a little harder. After two coats of gray paint it looked great, really ended up looking like concrete, with the texture of the foam and it was a bit harder on the outside,
so I decided to try coating it with matte Mod Podge and that seems to have given it a little more toughness at least on the surface so I think I'm going to go ahead and use them because they look so good and just try to be extra careful with the front of the shop. hahaha.
Yesterday I also gave up waiting for the T-Rex charms to actually make it here and went ahead and ordered a couple from a seller on Etsy. Which I was originally going to wait until today to order more, but they only had two left and I actually wanted at least 3 so I didn't want to risk someone else buying one or both of them. Of course, anyone want to take a guess what came in the mail today???? BAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....
Oh well, it was only a few extra dollars that I didn't actually need to spend so not a huge loss. So, as of right now, I'm waiting for the paint on the charms to dry so I can glue them in place on their shelf, and waiting for the last coat of Mod Podge to dry on the steps (I didn't have any Matte so I had to wait until I could run to the store this morning to finish the steps) and then take a few pictures of the bookcase before I glue it in place in the shop and then glue it and the front steps in place and one other thing on the front of the shop and then the shop will be done and I can take pictures and post them! So, maybe tonight, or if not hopefully sometime tomorrow I should have photos taken and posted!
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