Stencil Subway Art

It is spring brake for my kids. They have been home all week, and they are a little bored.  They had a Phineas and Ferb marathon one day. We went to the park and played with some friends another.  I think we have played the game Sorry about a million times.  My son has asked to do some craft project almost everyday.  Today, I said we can.  We did a fun craft for their room.  Subway art is very popular right now.  I thought we would do some subway art for their room above their dressers. Let me walk you through what we did.

 This is my oldest child.  He is the one that has been asking me to do crafts.   I had my husband cut MDF board 1/4 inch thick 12x12 inches.  You can also have you local home store cut it for you.  I just had extra wood at home.   Paint your board with craft paint.  My son loves comics, so he read comics when he was letting the paint dry.

 This is son # 2.  He loves green.  Can you tell?  He is 6.  I would say 6 years old is probably a little young for this project.

 This is the vinyl stencil we will be using. Rub the top of it with something hard like a credit card. Then peel the backing off.

 Place your vinyl stencil on the wood.  Rub the stencil down with something hard.

 Peel the top plastic cover off.  The stencil should stay.  If not, put the top cover back down and rub some more.

 Paint, paint, paint.  Just be careful not to go out of the lines.

 This is what it looks like when it is all painted.  When it is dry, peel the stencil off.

 This was the final result.  Lots of fun!

 This is sons #2 board.  I actually really like the stencil on the green.  We didn't even need to paint the board.  But we did.

 He had a great time painting.

 This is son #2 finished board.

Then I made one for a birthday party my daughter is going to next week.  Her best friend is turning 4.  I called his mom to get all of his favorite things.
In the next few weeks we will have some more fun stencils for you.  We are going to come out with seasons, and holidays.  This is a great project for Super Saturday, YW, family reunions, FHE... We also will be doing custom work. 

PS. If you see any miss spelled words, or grammar errors I am sorry.  I get a phone call from my mom every time I post, because I didn't spell something right or I used wrong grammar.  It is 11:15 at night.  I am a little tired, and the spell checker is broken. :)

Fun Rustic Shelf

I have been trying to find something to fill up my wall in my living room.  I saw this fun shelf at Faded Country and I knew I had to make it.  I love the blogging world.  There are so many fun things to make!

Here is my shelf project.

Materials:

(1) 1x4x8  (cut the board in half so the wood is 4 feet long) (I had Home Depot cut my boards)

(1) 1x6x8  (Cut the board in half so the wood is 4 feet long)

Trim for top and bottom.

Wood Glue

nails (I used my brad nailer)

Something to hang it to the wall

Calking

 Opps! Just imagine the picture turned.

 After I had the trim on, I put calking on the trim and in the nail holes.  Let it dry.

 To get the distresed look, sand the board down so the stain shines through.  I actually put extra stain on the white paint to give it more of an antique look. 

The hardest part of this shelf was the trim.  I have a hard time thinking about angles and putting them together.  I went through a lot of trim to get it right.  My husband does well at the angles, but I wanted to do it all by myself.   If I can do it, anyone can.  My husband did help me hang it.

Planter Box Improvement

I was on the lookout for something I could use to put greenery in for the top of my piano.  I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere.  Our nearest craft store is 1 1/2 hours away.  With gas prices so high, and me driving a suburban I knew I wouldn't be getting out of my town anytime soon.  I went to our only craft store in town, (Walmart) and there was nothing. They didn't even have greenery.

This weekend my kids helped me weed my flower bed for 2 hours so I took them to the dollar store.  I saw a plastic planter box there that had some fun design on it.  Then the light bulb went off.  I can use this planter box as my decorative piece for my piano. 

 This fun planter cost $1.00.  It is actually very sturdy.

I went to Walmart and picked out this fun spray paint.  It bonds to plastic really well. I sprayed my planter and let it dry. 

I put a floral green sponge thing at the bottom of the box and stuck in some ivy.  This ivy was used in my wedding 10 years ago. It is a little dusty, but I thought it turned out great, and it cost less than 5.00 to make.

Knotted Headband

I came across a fun cute head band the other day on You Seriously Made That. I saw that it was crocheted and then I said, "Well it is cute, but all I know how to crochet is a huge long chain." Then I read on.  All you need to know is how to make a chain and opperate a glue gun and you can make this cute headband.   This is my kind of headband.  Simple, easy and cute! It took me less than 15 min to make it.  I made one for my 3 year old, but she doesn't want to match her mommy.

 You know how hard it is to take a picture of your head.  I had to go outside to get the right light, and neighbors that drove by stared at me.  They were probably thinking, what in the heck is she doing taking a picture of her head.  Do you see any grey hairs?  I am turning 31 tomorrow and I am starting to get grey hairs.