Unfinished Wood Craft Project ~ A Special Gift
There are many great things about having all boys. Not being able to ever sew a frilly dress, have a tea party or buy a tutu are some fun things I missed out on. But, now since the boys have girlfriends, I’m getting a chance to make some cute girly things.
Last weekend, we celebrated Nick’s girlfriend, Brittney’s 16th birthday.(remember, she shared her Snickers Cupcakes with you) Her parents had a surprise Luau Party for her. I had the privilege of baking cupcakes, which I will share soon, I sewed her an apron with cupcakes on it and these super easy, fun wooden initials.
She actually has 2 bedrooms, 1 at her Dad’s and 1 at her Mom’s, so I made her one for each room that match her decorations.
I bought the unfinished wooden initials and the embellishments at my favorite craft store, Hobby Lobby. You may notice that I didn’t use the small blue flowers. While looking for an exacto knife, I came across some old wallpaper border that had the bright colored daisies on it. When Brittney re-decorated her bedroom last summer, I had given her some silk daisies that I wasn’t using any longer that matched that wallpaper. So, I decided to cut out one of the daisies and use it instead.
I had the scrapbook paper, ribbon, paint and glue on hand.
Using the unfinished wooden initials as a pattern, I traced them onto the paper first. For the striped paper, I traced on the front because I wanted to be sure to position the stripes so they looked right. The other paper didn’t matter, so I traced it on the back.
I used regular black craft paint to paint the edges and back of the unfinished wooden initials.
After the paint dried, I added the ribbon, for a hanger, to the back with my glue gun. I tied a knot in the ribbon so it would hold the glue better, and after I glued down the knot, I put another small amount of glue on top of it to make it a little stronger.
Then I added the embellishments. For the butterfly, I simply cut the wire off and for the daisy, I just glued it on with tacky glue.
I think these initials would also be super cute in a babies room or even a college dorm. They cost less than $5 for both initials. And she really loves them. 🙂
What fun DIY project have you done lately? Share your ideas!
Did you use the tacky glue to attach the scrapbook paper to the wooden initial?
Hi Renee, you can learn how we did it here – http://hoosierhomemade.com/spring-craft-diy-home-decor/
Happy Crafting!
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Tar’Lese
absolutely love this idea! i will have to use for my daughters room. now that we are redecorating it!
thanks again, i will be back
el
These are so cute! Love it!
I love these. I made a “J”, but need to add a flower or something to it. Thanks for the idea.
My daughter will turn 13 in May, and I’m having a hard time trying to figure out what to do…
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These are so pretty! And how sweet of you to make one for both rooms.
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Very cute and there is to much cute paper! The choices are endless.
Oh! Those are cute! I actually did something similar for my daughter but I’ve been having trouble figuring out a nice way to mount them to the wall. Perhaps I’ll give the ribbon method a try! Thanks for sharing.
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Those turned out really cute, Liz!! I love the patterns you chose!
I love wood crafts. These are really great! Very creative 🙂
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i love these letters, i have them in my kids rooms too! cute!
I only had boys too and no girlfriends at the moment so I just have to be content making stuff for me. Love your letters and I can see why she loved them 🙂
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So cute!!