Fake Mod Podge Furniture Tutorial

I just LOVE unique furniture (and unique anything else in my house for that matter)! I really wanted to mod podge some scrapbooking paper to the inside of my newly facelifted hutch, but I didn't want to commit to it. So I came up with a removable solution :-)

Removable Furniture Decoration

Start with a piece of foam board. Mine came from the Dollar Tree. Cut it to be the same shape and size as the flat surface where you want to create your faux mod podge look. You may have to cut some nooks and crannies...


If you need to piece it together, just do it with some glue and foam board scraps like this.

This is the final shape I ended up needing. Once you have your piece cut to fit your furniture, go ahead and glue on your scrapbooking paper. I just used a glue stick, and I wasn't super particular about lining it up at the edges. Whatever ;-)

This is what you'll have. Now it's time to insert it into your furniture!

Just put it where it goes... and...

Voila! Fake Mod Podged furniture :-)

This is so simple, easy, and cheap that there's no reason not to try it! You could switch them out for the seasons- or whenever you felt like having something new to look at! Best part it- your hubby can't get upset that you did something else "weird" to one of the pieces of furniture because it's totally removable :-D

Fairy Peg Dolls

Continuing my princess crafts for my daughter's Christmas presents, I made some fairies to go with her princess dolls. :-)


To Make your own, paint the peg doll and seal it like this and have 5 appropriately colored pom pom balls ready. Hot glue them on to make the skirt :-)


Cut the wings from felt and paint anything you desire on them. When they're dry, glue them to your fairy's back.

Voila! Fairy Peg Dolls! :-)

DIY Bob The Tomato Toy

I'm still working on my homemade kids presents for Christmas. I made a cute little veggie tales toy today. It was super cheap, easy, and fast. Check out the finished project:

Click here to find directions on how to make it yourself
on my other blog! :-)

DIY Princess Furniture

Remember my Princess Peg Dolls? Well, they're in need of a place to live and some furniture. I decided to start with a bed horribly uncomfortable to real princesses everywhere ;-)

Princess and the Pea Bed!

What you need:

• Some wooden hearts (.25 at Michael's, AC Moore, or Joanne's Fabric) with one of them slightly sawed off at the bottom
• A variety of felt and fun foam (both available at the Dollar Tree)
• Some Popsicle sticks
• One green bead
• Hot Glue
  

Start by gluing your green bead "pea" to one of your Popsicle sticks. Then connect the 2 sticks with your first pieces of fun foam for the base of your bed as shown.


Now just keep gluing on sheet after sheet of your desired arrangement of fun foam and felt rectangles. I think the story indicates 20 mattresses and 20 blankets. I had a total of 30 something.

When you've reached your desired height, finish it off with a felt blanket and pillow. Last, glue on the hearts for your head and foot board, and decorate as desired! Voila! A Princess and the Pea bed that you made yourself!


Ok, gotta go. Lots of more princesses, furniture, and castles to work on ;-)

Princess Peg Dolls

Anyone else making homemade Christmas presents this year? I'm making a whole slew of princess peg dolls for my daughter. This is the first batch. These were actually a present for my niece's birthday, so when I make them for my daughter I'll take pictures along the way and give you guys some tutorials.

Left to Right:
Rapunzel, Pink Princess, Prince Charming, Green Fairy

How To Make:

They all need to be painted and sealed first. Click here to see the directions I found for painting these. It worked really well and was super easy!

Rapunzel~ Her braid is made from 3 strips of braided felt. I glued it on her head and then hid it by making a princess hat from felt and a scrap of sheer fabric. Her skirt was made from pieces of lace. Detailed directions for making the skirt can be found here. All of it was hot glued on.

Pink Princess~ Once painted, make the crown from felt and red glitter glue. Use hot glue to attach the crown. For directions on how to make the skirt, see my post here.

Prince Charming~ After painting, cut the sword from foil and attach with a glue stick. Seal over the top with your same sealer and make his belt from felt. Then paint the handle for the sword. Fashion his crown from felt with red glitter glue dots and hot glue onto his head.

Green Fairy (aka Tinker Bell)~ Paint her leotard down to the top of her legs. When done painting doll, glue pom pom balls around her for the "skirt". Her wings and bow are cut from felt and then hot glued on. Don't forget to cover her with glitter "fairy dust" ;-) Be sure to seal over the glitter to prevent it from coming off.Hope you enjoyed the diy instructions! Now go make some fairy tale Christmas presents ;-)

Remember to check back for more directions! Soon I'll be posting on making more fairy tale dolls, making princess furniture, and also making a castle for all of them to live in :-D

How To Paint a Face, Step by Step...

Ok, I had so many of you tell me that you're sure your peg dolls wouldn't come out like mine because you couldn't paint them that way... so I'm here to prove you wrong! ;-)

I have broken down painting a peg doll face into very simple and easy to follow steps. No blending, no nothing. Just different colors of shapes. You think you can do that? Good! Here we go!

I linked up at Today's Creative Blog for Get Your Craft On! :-)

Introducing My Peg Family

Peg dolls, clothes pin dolls, wooden peg people... whatever you want to call them, I'm hooked on making them! :-)

{Meet My Peg Family}

{How to make peg dolls}

I linked up today at Kimba's DIY party! :-)

Make a Romantic Lantern

Hi Super Readers! Today, I thought I would share a dollar store craft with you. Check out what I did with a plain paper lantern:


The best part? You can make your own for just $2.00! The lantern came from the dollar aisle at Michael's. Gotta love that dollar section ;-)


The bag of faux rose petals came from the Dollar Tree for a buck. You can't beat that with a stick!

How I did it:

I started at the bottom, and glued on the rose petals one by one, working my way up the lantern in a spiral. I used regular school glue. I turned them all the same way rather than going for a random feel. I left quite a bit of space between them because I wanted a lot of pink to show through.

Here is a picture where the lantern is not lit to help you see how I did it:



I love the way it glows when it's lit up! Isn't it dreamy?


I have a few more to decorate and then I'll be turning them into a light fixture. I'm hoping to post pictures of the completed project soon!

Now I'm up, up, and away to catch up on my housework! ;-)

Check Out My Post at Dollar Store Crafts!

Guess what everyone? Your favorite superhero is now a new contributor at Dollar Store Crafts! :-D

Head over to my post to check out my tutorial on how to make this play flower box. It's totally interactive. The flowers can be picked and re-planted, plus it's super easy to make!


A big thanks to Heather for asking me to be a contributor. If you're not already a reader of Dollar Store Crafts, you should be ;-) Who doesn't need thrifty craft ideas?