Make a mosaic tea-cup bird feeder for your backyard or to give as a gift for the nature lover or bird watcher. Mosaics are easy once you try them and when you have built your confidence you can try more intricate patterns.
Supplies for Mosaic tea-cup bird feeder
prepare your work surface. This is pretty messy so you might want to do it outside or in the garage. I also wear a mask when mixing the grout. Yes, you should wear gloves. Your hands will thank you. Also if you do not want to purchase tiles you can make your own by using old china, or tiles left over from a home improvement project or purchase single tiles from the hardware store.
- Tea cup and saucer
- Diamond Tech Jennifer’s Mosaics: Vintage Mosaic Tile Pieces: Black Toile; Glass Gems Variety: 3/8”
- Diamond Tech Jennifer’s Mosaics Indoor/Outdoor Powdered Grout: White
- Diamond Tech Flower Pot Hanging Kit
- Diamond Tech Jennifer’s Mosaics Tile Nippers
- Aleene’s Liquid Fusion
Basic supplies for Mosaic tea-cup bird feeder:
- disposable gloves, plastic spoon, small plastic bowl, craft stick, grout sponge or paper towels, soft cloth
Instructions for Mosaic tea-cup bird feeder:
1. Use tile nippers to cut tile pieces into 1/2″ and 1-1/2″ pieces. Arrange tile pieces, with Black, Crystal, and White gems from variety pack, on all sides of cup and front side of saucer.
2. Glue tile pieces and gems on surfaces, leaving small spaces between pieces, using liquid fusion. For cup, work in small areas, with cup lying on side, allowing glue to set before moving onto next area. For saucer, leave center open for placement of cup. Let set following manufacturer’s instructions.
3. Wearing gloves, mix grout with water in small plastic bowl into thick but creamy consistency. Use craft stick to apply grout into open areas on cup and saucer. Let set. Use grout sponge to remove excess grout. Let dry overnight.
4. Use soft cloth to buff tiles to remove excess dust.
5. Glue cup on center of saucer using liquid fusion. Let dry overnight. When glue has set, glue center of flower-pot hanging kit to bottom of saucer, allowing three metal extension chains to flair outward.
6. Hang feeder from desired place using s-hook. Fill cup with bird seed.
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