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Chunky Bunnies – DIY Spring Craft

Lolli — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:00:22 +0000

I’m so glad you’re here! You’ve probably seen this adorable Chunk Bunnies craft on Pinterest and I’m so glad you’ve made it over here. I hope you’ll stay and look around a while!

My crafty friend, Lisa, comes up with the most adorable crafts to share on the blog (don’t believe me? See what she’s created for us already).

I know that Lisa and I have both been eager to welcome spring (so far the handful of sunshiny, slightly warm days hasn’t quite satisfied my hunger for spring…I want more!). In honor of spring and Easter coming up in a few short weeks, Lisa made these adorable “Chunky bunnies” – a perfect decoration to get your home ready for spring.

As always, Lisa has included gorgeous step-by-step visual instructions for making this craft, so I’ll let her take it from here.

Materials Needed for Chunky Bunnies:

See the list below for the basic materials you’ll need to make your chunky bunnies. Important: after you’ve gathered your supplies, you’ll also want to print off this Bunny Ear Pattern (simply click that link to access the PDF that can be printed on your computer).

Ready for the directions? Click the button below to see the step-by-step instructions with images HERE or skip ahead to the printable instruction HERE.

DIY Wood Shamrock Magnets

Lolli — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:21:39 +0000

I’ve got another Craft by Lisa to share, and it’s perfect timing! This quick St. Patrick’s Day craft is easy to put together to give away as a gift for a friend or to add a little St. Patrick’s Day charm to the fridge this week.

The steps are easy, and all you need are a few simple and inexpensive supplies: a small block of wood, printed paper, mod podge, a magnet, and then supplies like a pencil, a pair of scissors, a sponge brush, and a hot glue gun. I was excited that I already had everything I needed to make a set myself.

Ready to get started? Lisa has put together simple step-by-step visual instructions to make it as easy as possible!

How to make a Shamrock Magnet for St. Patrick’s Day:

While the mod podge is drying, get another set of 3 hearts ready (same size as the first set, but in a contrasting paper).

And that’s it! Now go get crafty and have fun making Shamrock magnets for St. Patrick’s Day!

DIY St. Patrick’s Day Tissue Box Make-Over

Lolli — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:59:24 +0000

I wish we didn’t need to use so many tissues this time of year…but it’s March and tissues just seem to be a fact of life right now. My resident crafter, Lisa, came up with the cutest way to make that boring tissue box a little more fun for St. Patrick’s Day with this quick tissue box make-over.

All you need are paper, glue, and a few embellishments. Feel free to show off your box and share some tissues…but keep those germs to yourself!

Here are the step-by-step instructions for making your own embellished tissue box for St. Patrick’s Day. Of course, you can decorate your tissues for any holiday or any decor based on these instructions. Have fun with it and make it your own!

Supplies used:

Tissue box
Brown paper
Glue sticks
Buttons
Burlap
Hot Glue
Twine
Miscellaneous paper embellishments

How to make-over a tissue box for St. Patrick’s Day

One more little tip: If you love your tissue box but end up emptying the box too fast (hey…when your nosy is runny, what can you do?), you can carefully open the decorated box back up and insert a fresh stock of tissues from another box, seal it back up and be on your way.

I’ll keep my fingers crossed that none of us will need all of those tissues. We can hope, right?

DIY Antiqued Clay Pendant

Lolli — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:14:37 +0000

My crafty friend, Lisa, is at it again! I am constantly amazed by the clever and easy craft ideas that she sends my way. Not only did she send me a fun tutorial for making a DIY clay pendant (with an antiqued look that I love!), but she gave me the finished pendant to keep.

I was at Michaels yesterday picking up some clay for one daughter’s middle school project and some stuffing for a pillow that another daughter crocheted over the weekend, and I spent several minutes looking at the different colors of sculpey clay and imagining all of the things I could make. I never guessed that it could be so easy to make something so beautiful (and honestly, so not-homemade-looking!) with clay.

Supplies

Here’s what you need to get started:

Sculpey clay (polymer oven-bake clay)
Cord for necklace
Items to “stamp” on your clay
Brown acrylic paint and paint brush
Damp cloth
Oven

How to Design Your Own Antiqued Clay Pendant

Look around the house for some fun possibilities to “stamp” on the clay. A drawer handle, a button, ornate key, etc…

Roll Sculpey into a ball. This one is just under an inch.

With a bowl or plate, squish the ball down flat. The more pressure you use, the flatter it will be.

If it isn’t all thin as you want it, press again then carefully pull it off the bottom.

Press item you want to “stamp” onto pendant gently onto the clay.

For the embossing template, I used a stylus to help push down on the small sections. Careful! Sometimes the point slips off. The good news is that you can start all over again if you mess up!

Punch a hole on the top before baking.

Read the directions of the back of the box for cooking temps and time.

After the pendant has baked and cooled, cover the top with brown paint.

Before it dries, wipe off the paint with a damp cloth.

Tie on cord.

Wear with pride!

That’s it! Don’t you love how simple that is? What design would you like to make on a clay pendant like this?

DIY Wood Gift Tags and Ornaments

Lolli — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:26:38 +0000

My friend, Lisa (ie, my resident crafting genius), sent me a new Christmas craft project that I am loving SO MUCH. I was not familiar with wood burners for crafting use outside of boy scouts before Lisa told me about the wooden gift tags she made this year. Now I’m itching to add a wood burning tool to my Christmas wish-list so I can make some of these, too.

How cute are these wood gift tags?

How to make reusable wood gift tags

Here is all you need to make these adorable gift tags:

Here is the pattern to print off (just click the image below to download the PDF).

Tada!

If you’ve never worked with a wood-burning tool, check out how easy it is in this video from Lowe’s:

Lisa and her daughter made a short video of how to transfer the design onto the wood, too!

These wood gift tags can be added to a gift box or bag (like the fabric bags I made for gifts this year) and then added to the Christmas tree or re-used to gifts next year.

Easy Spring Craft for Kids: Dry Erase Funny Face Cards

Lolli — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:26:00 +0000

Who is ready for easy Spring crafts for kids?

My crafting friend, Lisa, made these fun, super-easy dry erase photo cards for one of her kids recently and the whole family had such a blast drawing funny faces on family members that she knew she needed to share. I am dying of the cuteness!

How fun would these little laminated photo cards be inside your kids’ Easter baskets? They are a perfect non-candy Easter treat that will provide hours of entertainment.

How to make Dry Erase Funny Face Cards

It’s so easy to make these! Just take a photo of your child, print it on quality paper, laminate it, and have loads of fun drawing, erasing, drawing and erasing again and again with a dry eraser marker and a piece of dark felt.

Tips:

If taking a picture with your digital camera, use a solid background like a wall or white sheet.
You can photoshop out the background too. Negative space all around is a good idea to draw hats and feathers and bow ties or whatever.
Use dry erase markers.
Dark felt squares hides the smudges from erasing best.

Spring Easter Egg Button Wreath

Lolli — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:39:14 +0000

When my friend, Lisa, was over at my house last Wednesday, we were chatting about crafts. Lisa has been rocking the crafts for me lately. I happened to mention to her that I had found a bag of buttons at the thrift store that I just *had* to buy and was trying to figure out a fun way to use them in a Spring craft.

Lisa asked if I’d like her to come up with something. After her Pinch Proof Onesies and DIY Photo Blocks, how could I turn that offer down?

I was confident that Lisa would create something beautiful, but I was blown away when she emailed me this picture the very next day:

I couldn’t wait to share her awesome Spring Easter Egg Button Wreath, using just a few simple materials: cardboard, yarn, buttons, tulle and ribbon.

The materials:

Lisa has made it so easy to make this Spring craft. To get ready, gather materials listed above and then print out the PDFs of the wreath template: Top to Print and Bottom to Print.

Then follow the visual directions below. Have fun with it!

That’s it! Isn’t it adorable?

I can’t wait to get back to the thrift store to find more fun materials for our next craft!

DIY Photo Blocks {Easy Craft Tutorial}

Lolli — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:41:26 +0000

Photo Blocks: an easy DIY craft project that uses your favorite family pictures and turns them into beautiful decor for your house!

I love finding simple crafts that add a personal touch to my home. The problem is that I have a tendency towards complete unoriginality when it comes to crafting. Give me a pattern or a template, and I do just fine. Ask me to come up with an idea? Probably won’t happen.

Luckily, my friend, Lisa, has an abundance of amazing craft ideas…and she loves to share her talents. This week, she’s got a tutorial for adorable DIY photo blocks.

I love that Lisa created a craft tutorial that is so easy that even the most craft-challenged of us can create something personalized and unique. Make them to decorate the shelves in your family room or give them as a gift. You could even make holiday-specific photo blocks to decorate for your favorite celebrations.

Now the question is…what photos would you put on your photo blocks??

Gather these supplies and follow the step-by-step instructions below to make your own photo block craft:

Materials Needed for Your Photo Blocks

(affilate links so you can order supplies online that you might not have sitting around at home):

your own photos, printed
2×4 #2 pinewood, cut to six inches long
medium grit sandpaper
ruler
pencil
wax paper
black acrylic paint
mod podge
foam brushes
self adhesive laminating sheets (optional)

Click HERE for the printable instructions:

St. Patrick’s Day Craft – DIY “Pinch Proof” Onesies

Lolli — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:20:21 +0000

I have amazingly talented friends. This week, my friend Lisa has shared a fun St. Patrick’s Day craft with us. Lisa is my photo-walking friend who not only makes beautiful crafts but takes fabulous pictures, as well. I can’t rave enough about her.

This week, she has an adorable DIY project to make “Pinch Proof” onesies (isn’t this such a fun idea?) – don’t stop with onesies, though…grab a white t-shirt for everyone in the family and make sure you’re all safe from pinching this St. Patrick’s Day!

Materials needed for Pinch Proof Onesies:

Onesies
Green paint
Matching ribbon
Wax paper – place in between to prevent paint from bleeding through
Sponge Brush
Sharpies
Shamrock pattern – cut out on card stock paper
Scotch tape – to hold pattern in place

Click this shamrock for a PDF of the stencil. Print on card stock:

How to make your own Pinch Proof Onesie:

1. Print out Shamrock (or design your own stencil).
2. Cut shamrock stencil out.
3. Put wax paper or a ziplock bag in between layers of onesie to prevent paint from seeping through.
5. Tape stencil to onesie.
4. Use dry sponge to paint inside (or outside) the stencil. For a cleaner edge, do not use a lot of paint around edges.
5. Let paint dry.
6. With a Sharpie, write out PINCH PROOF. TIP: Find a cute font, print it out and trace by putting it under the shirt.
7. Attach bow (TIP: you can sew it on, hot glue it on, or use your imagination. Want it removable? Attach it with a snap).

Are you more of a visual person? Follow these no-words-needed pictures of each step.

Who would you make this cute Pinch-Proof Onesie for?