DIY Sparkling Leaves Garland
Spruce up your home and get ready for Autumn with this easy to make sparkling falling leaves garland. This is a great craft to do with kids and get them excited for Fall!
What You’ll Need:
- Artificial leaves (can be purchased at Dollar Tree or craft stores)
- Paintbrush
- Elmers Glue
- Glitter (natural colors)
- Hole punch
- Ribbon
Directions:
- Pick out about 10-12 leaves that are the nicest (or however long you want to make your garland).
- Doing 1 leaf at a time, paint a medium layer of glue over a leaf and cover with glitter. Let dry and shake off remaining glitter.
- Use hole punch and punch a hole in the middle at the bottom of each leaf so they will hang upside down.
- Tie a long string of ribbon in each leaf and hang from a long string of ribbon to create the garland. Hang and enjoy!
Thank you to Boxwood Clippings for the great decorating idea!
Kids Recycled Cardboard & Yarn Snowflakes
It’s snowing already in many places in the country. Besides green and red decorations, what else can we create and have our kids be involved? Snowflakes of course! This is a simple and adorable craft made from recycled cardboard and any yarn you’d like.
Materials:
- cereal box (or any thin) paperboard or cardboard
- yarn in any colors
- kid’s washable glue (like Elmer’s)
- glitter, rhinestones, beads, buttons, etc.
Directions:
- Make snowflakes from squares of paper and trace them onto the cardboard.
- Cut out the shapes (for small details use tiny manicure scissors or a craft knife. It’s not necessary, but it’s a pretty addition).
- Squeeze glue onto the cardboard snowflake in the pattern you’d like to place and decorate with your yarn.
- Carefully lay the yarn down into the glue and add additional glue and details as desired.
- Decorate however you’d like! Go nuts!
- Hang and enjoy!
Thanks to Creative Jewish Mom for the idea!
DIY Fresh Orange Clove Candles
The smell of a fresh aroma in your home always makes it that much more comforting! Give your home that extra touch with this great idea for a Fresh Orange Clove Candle. It’s incredibly simple also! Simple cut an orange in half, take out the pulp of the orange, insert a votive candle and poke cloves around the top! So easy and smells amazing! You will not be disappointed.
DIY Paint Chip Wall Art
Need to find that perfect decoration for your bare looking room? This is a great solution! Stop by your local Hardware store and visit their Paint section. Pick out different colors of paint chips that will compliment your room of choice. Then when you get back home, create a creative design using all those Free paint chips! It will make for a great matching piece of Wall Art to your once plain looking room! Get Creative!
DIY Pistachio Flowers
If you have a little bit of time on your hands, check this out for a fun afternoon art project! Make yourself these gorgeous flowers using Pistachio Shells! Next time you are just tossing out those empty shells while enjoying a snack. Think twice and create this fun project. They look amazing! Get the step by step guide HERE.