You will need:
- 5mm round dowel
- square dowel or scraps of dowel
- box cutter
- bottle top
First of all I made the shower head. I just cut two pieces of dowel into oblong shapes.
Glue the shower head together using a good quality balsa/craft glue. Once dried I used sandpaper to sand all the sides down to make it look 'rounder'.
Next move onto the waterfall shower head. I already had a precut round piece of balsa wood. You could either trace around a bottle top and cut out a piece of balsa or you could use a plastic bottle top.
Cut some sections of round dowel to construct the shower rail as show in the picture below.
You will need
- Balsa wood
- Cardboard tube
- Craft glue
- Box cutter
Cut two sides out of balsa wood approx 4cm x 4cm
Cut top and bottom out of balsa wood approx 8cm x 4cm
On this cabinet I tried to mitre the edges to that it fits together seamlessly on the corners. I just rubbed the corners across sandpaper to get an angle on the edge. But the cabinet can be joined easily without changes the corners.
Cut a small section from your cardboard tube. My cardboard tube is the inner from a roll of garbage bags.
Glue your cabinet together using a good quality balsa/craft glue and allow to dry.
Once dry you can paint the cabinet. I like to stain the balsa wood light brown. I use just a tiny spot of brown acrylic paint and mix it with about 50ml of water.
Its best to paint some test wood first to see what colour you like. Once the stain dries you can do another coat if you want to make it darker.
Paint the cardboard tube white to make a basin and add a tap. (Details to make a tap can be found here)
To make a modern miniature tap, I used:
1. Round dowel (5mm) but you could use a paper straw (not plastic as you will not be able to paint it).
2. BBQ skewer
3. Craft glue
First step is to cut 2 pieces of dowel. One for the base of the tap and the second for the 'tap' part. I started with both pieces being 3cm but you can trim them down to suit the size of your kitchen.
Next cut a small piece of BBQ skewer for the tap handle. The two different size dowel and skewer give the effect of a tap.
Lay the pieces out so you can get and idea of scale and how you want it to look.
I used the sharp end of the skewer to make a small hole in the stand of the tap. This will help attach the handle.
To attach the tap onto the base, I folded a piece of sandpaper in half and made a small notch on one end. This is so that the tap will sit nicely on the round dowel of the base.
Glue the handle and the tap to the base, wait until glue dries and then paint either silver or black.
