This
week we continue our summer series by making a fire-pit complete with
a fire for roasting the marshmallows for the s'mores we made a few
weeks ago. This was such a fun project and I am so pleased with the
end result. I hope you will make one and please share your results on
the Facebook page I would love to see how yours turns out.
I
decided to use some of my pink builders foam simply because I am
trying to use up the last of it. I would like to get a new sheet of
it but I promised myself I have to use up the old on first. If you
don't have any of this you can use just about anything in its place.
I had also thought of using foam core, just cut the rings out of the
foam core and then glue them together to make the correct height. I
am sure regular Styrofoam would also work well. Just about anything
that can be cut to the correct shape and size.
I
did paint the outside edge with gray paint to help it hide, I didn't
want the pink to show through between my stone blocks. You will have
to decide what color yours will need to be painted based on what you
cover the outside with.
Another
option with the builder's foam would be to carve your stones or
bricks right in the surface. I showed you that technique a few years
ago in the toy store series. Miniature Building Construction step 9
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnhuRlZt4gw)
The
patterns I cut to make the fire-pit were as follows:
Fire-pit:
outside dimension 3 ¼”
inside dimension 2 7/8”
Top:
outside dimension: 3 ½”
inside
dimension 2 ¼”
Now
for the what would I do differently if I were to make this again. I
might think about using black sandpaper in place of the black
cardstock to build the fire on top of, or to sprinkle some black sand
over the glue as I placed the wood. The glue is a bit shiny but you
have to actually look at it to notice. In a normal display no one
will ever notice.
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