Skyscraper CD Tower
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With its cool downtown look, this high-rise music holder will please even the most sophisticated kids.
| Prep Time: Weekend Project | |
| What you need: | |
| Wooden CD-Tower
1 qt. water-based primer paint 2-oz. bottles of acrylic enamel paint (any colors; we used purple, blue and green as our main colors) 2-inch-wide foam wedge brush 1-inch-wide polyester paintbrush Ruler and marker Craft knife and scissors 1 sq. ft. of corrugated cardboard 1 piece of felt (any color) Disposable plates or trays 1/2-inch-wide detail paintbrush Low-tack painter's masking tape | |
| Seasons: Year round | |
| Materials: paints | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | Sand the CD tower if necessary. Make sure it's clean, then use the 2-inch foam brush to coat it with primer. Let it dry. |
| 2. | Use the 1-inch paintbrush to paint the tower purple, inside and out, except for the roof and base. Let it dry. |
| 3. | Next, make the stamps. Using a ruler, marker, and craft
knife, cut 2 shapes from corrugated cardboard: a rectangle for
windows and doors (ours was 2 by 2 1/2 inches), and a triangle
for details (ours was a 1 1/2-inch equilateral). You may want to
vary yours, depending on the size of your tower. Trace each cut
shape 2 times on cardboard and 1 time on felt. Cut these out
(using scissors for the felt). Stack the identical shapes with
the felt on top and use the
1/2-inch detail brush to apply a light coat of paint between each layer (in this situation, paint holds the layers together better than glue). Press the stamps down on a flat surface to bond, then let them dry. |
| 4. | Pour blue paint into a tray, then press the rectangular stamp into it, felt side down. The felt should be thoroughly coated: Test the stamp on paper. Apply the door by making one stamp on top of another, overlapping slightly, depending on how tall you want the door. Wait for steps 6 and 8 to add details. |
| 5. | Before you stamp on your windows, create a guide with low-tack masking tape so they'll be even. Stamp on the windows, working up from the door. Tape and stamp windows on the other side of the tower. Remove the tape when done. |
| 6. | Use the triangle stamp, coated in green paint, to add detail work along the top of the tower and over the door. Let it dry. |
| 7. | Use the 1-inch brush to coat the roof and the base with green paint. When dry, use the window stamp to shingle your roof with an alternating pattern of stamps in blue paint. |
| 8. | Use the 1/2-inch detail brush and enamel paint to add people and other details in the windows. Consider curtains, cats, plants, aliens -- the sky's the limit. |
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