Check out these adorable summer DIY’s!
Use a funnel or Water pot and fresh flowers to create this beautiful door hanger!
- Drill a hole through the back side of the funnel or water pot.
- use wire to create a loop and hang one side of the funnel or pot to your door!
- Use nail polish to create beautiful water colored mugs!
- Use only 5 – 6 drops of polish per mug & simply dip your white mug into the water!
- You can find cute and inexpensive white mugs at Dollar tree or Dollarama!
- Use fabric paint and water to transform white pillows into dreamy pastel watercolors!
- Find a white pillow that has a removable pillow case. Soak the pillowcase in warm water
- Using a fabric dye, mix equal parts dye with water. (RIT dye works great, you can find it at Wal-mart or Amazon!)
- Remove your pillowcase from the water & ring it out. The more water you keep soaked in the lighter your design will be
- Using a sponge brush, paint your pillowcase with as many or as little colors as you want!
- Cover the pillowcase completely with plastic wrap. Microwave for 30 seconds (watching carefully the plastic wrap doesn’t begin to melt). Flip over and microwave for 30 more seconds
- rinse the pillowcase in cold water when removed from the microwave, and machine wash cold & air it out to dry. And you’re done!
- Use a plain wreath & faux flowers to create a beautiful Summer Wreath for your door!
- Find a plain 18′ wreath (you can find these at Michaels or Wal-mart)
- Using faux flowers & faux leaves, decorate the wreath how you like! Decide whether you’d like an off-side focal point like this one, or a fully flowered wreath!
- Using a hot glue gun, glue your flowers and leaves on however you like!
- Use faux leaves & fabric pens to create cute name cards for Summer BBQ’s!
- You can find faux leaves and fabric pens at Michaels or Wal-mart
- For an added touch, glue the leaves to the back of a plastic plate to create a cute impression!
- Make your own Jumbo Chalk!
- You will need:
- Toilet paper tubes
- Duct tape
- Wax paper
- Plastic container for mixing
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1/2 cup Plaster of Paris
- 2-3 tablespoons finger paint
- You can find Plaster of Paris at Wal-mart, but do not put any access down your drain! It will harden in your pipes! Use plastic containers for mixing that you can dispose of after so you don’t need to rinse any containers.
- Duct-tape one end of your toilet paper tubes
- Cut a strip of wax paper & place inside of the toilet paper tube (so the chalk, once hardened, can slip out easily)
- For each color of chalk you’re making, fill a container with your water & an entire container of finger paint.
- Stir in the Plaster of Paris & mix well. tap the tube on the sides and tap on the table to get out all the air bubbles.
- Place the finished tubes aside and let sit for about an hour or until hard!
- You will need:
