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DIORAMA DISCUSSION: Making a Water Fountain
Posted by Kelsie of Mutant Goldfish Designs on January 30, 2007


Hi Guys and Dolls,
I am very excited to be able to share my idea for a water fountain with you today. Thank you DeeinNJ, your official Diorama Diva instructor and the rest of the DD Mods for this wonderful opportunity.

Today I will be showing you the secret to my "water" fountain.

Please work in a well ventilated area as you will be using both hot glue and plastic.

You will need:

A fountain base.
I got these 3 from Dollar General for under $2ea
(They are stands for fat candles)

A small round mirror
MUST fit in the top of your fountain base.

Piece of Transparency Sheet.
I cut mine from the front of an old Barbie box

Hot glue gun & glue sticks.

Scissors and kitchen sheers.

Ruler and pen.

Scotch Tape

Tooth pix (optional)

If your glue gun is anything like mine it will need a little time to warm up so plug it in and leave it somewhere safe to warm up while we get the transparency sheet cut to size.

You need to cut a piece 5 inches x 1 inch.
Next comes the fun part.

We are going to cut the thinnest strips you can length ways.
Stopping about 1 inch from the end. When your done it should look like the picture on the right.

Next using your kitchen sheers you want to cut a piece of a glue stick about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch long.
Next step you need to put a globe of glue in the center of the mirror and stand the piece of clue stick you cut upright in to the globe,
just like the picture.
Next we are going to wrap scotch tape around the transparency where we didn't cut it and bring the sides together.

Now slip it over your glue stick piece like the picture to the right.

With that done we are now going to dribble glue down the sides of the uncut part of the transparency. Careful not to get to close to the top or the cut strips will start drooping and melting from the hot glue.

We are also going to dribble glue in circles on the mirror. We do not want to much coverage on the mirror, just enough to create the illusion of ripples on the water.

 


To create the fountain above simply skip the transparency treatment, make your piece of glue stick a little longer and just dribble hot glue over it.

Next we are going to start bending over our cut strips.

This is where the tooth pix can come in handy to avoid burning fingers.

The red dots show where each of the strips attaches to the mirror.

To start with we are going to take every other strip and attach it to the outside perimeter.
Now we are going to do the rest of the strips a little closer to the interior of the fountain to create some variation in our "water" streams. The blue dots show where the second row of strips need to be glued.


One last thing, you notice I did not glue the mirror into the base, that way if I wish to switch bases I can.



I hope you found my tutorial helpful and you are now inspired to make your very own water fountain
for your dolls garden.
Thank you!

Kelsie Aman - Mutant Goldfish Designs.

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