Main supplies:Paint: turquoise, pink, orange, lavender, light green, black, white
Brushes: ¾” flat, #8 flat, liner brush, checkerboard brush
Basic Supplies:
Wood, hammer and nails
8” light weight chain and screw eyes for hanging
8” ¼” dowel
Tin can 4.25” tall
Birdhouse detail:
2 roof pieces – Using 1” lumber, cut 2 roof pieces – 6.75” X 3” and 6.75” X 3.75”. Cut the front and back 5.5” tall at the peak, 3.75” wide, and 3.5” to the roof slope. The front needs a 1” hole and below it, a 3/8” hole. The back needs only the 3/8” hole. See photo for placement. The ¼” diameter dowel needs to be 7.75” long. The tin can is a regular 13 to 14 oz vegetable can.
Painting directions:
Basecoat:
Roof – light green
Front & back – lavender
Roof edges – orange
Inside walls and edges, can – turquoise
Dowel – pink
Paint dots on the roof with the #10 flat brush using pink.
Use the liner brush with black to paint a wavy line on the roof edges. Embellish with brush tip dots in lavender.
Use the checkerboard brush to paint stripes across the back and checks on the front with white. Line them with double rows of black.