Today I am sharing yet another fun FALL project that is super quick. Like, takes about 15 minutes quick! I am sharing how I made FALL leaf trees to decorate one side of my mantel for fall. I had found these leaves last year at a craft store and was wanting to make something with them this year. I also love these tree forms you can pick up at any craft store as the possibilities of ways to decorate them are endless and I love that.
For
the supplies, grab a paper mache tree or two from the craft store (I picked these up at Hobby Lobby), make sure to have your glue gun fired up and ready to go, and of course a whole bunch of fall leaves to glue on.
** I later decided to glitter some of the leaf tips, so if you would like to do this as well, grab some glitter and your ModPodge. ;)
Step 1:
Start gluing leaves onto your tree form (I started at the bottom). I didn't follow any kind of pattern, just more or less did random gluing to cover the entire tree form, overlapping as I went.
Step 2:
Keep gluing until you reach the top. I also added a few of the extra flower heads that I had leftover from my Fall Flower Topiary project, so I went ahead and glued these on as well.
Step 3:
If you would like to add a little sparkle (and who wouldn't) go ahead and glitter some of the leaf edges and you'll give your tree that added pizzaz!
Step 4:
Place your completed Fall Leaf Trees in that perfect spot you already had picked out for them. Mine was on my mantel, like I mentioned earlier. It ties in so well with the decor I had to go around it. What do YOU think?
I just love fall crafting don't you? Anyone inspired to try and make one of these trees? Raise your hand . . .
please let me know below if you think you will try this project as I
would love to know if anyone was inspired. Or maybe you have already
done a craft similar to this . . . let me know what you did below . . . ;)
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Today's fun FALL project involves showing you how to create glittered letters to use as word art in your home decorating. This project is always so much fun to create as I have a LOVE for typography, so anything with letters or creating word art is a FAVE of mine! What I love most about this simple and easy project, is the possibilities are seriously endless. Trust me, this is seriously one EASY project! Feel free to create new word art for EVERY holiday or event as it's so inexpensive to do and takes about 20 minutes to complete. I chose to do a word art design that says 'FALL' as a new addition to my newly decorated FALL mantle I worked on a few weeks ago.
For the supplies, grab the letters you wish to spell for your word art, from any craft store in the paper mache department, a couple different paint colors (even though I only used the one), paint brushes, some glitter and some ModPodge.
Step 1:
Simply choose the paint color of your choosing and completely paint the letters to your word art. Did I paint the backs of mine? I did but it's not necessary.
Step 2:
Start by spreading (or painting) a little bit of ModPodge over one half of the letter. Sprinkle your glitter of choice over the area of ModPodge you just applied. (FYI - it was my first time using these glitter shakers by Elmers and I have to say I am hooked and NO they didn't pay me to say that but I am so impressed with these glitter shakers and will be using them again!) ;)
Make sure to apply ALOT of glitter to make it very glitter-y as it will look better and the excess will fall off anyway & you can use it again. Then go back and repeat the process and do the top of the letters with the ModPodge & glitter. I chose to do a multi color glitter on the top of all of the letters and the bottom with the dark red glitter.
Step 3:
Allow plenty of time for all of the letters to dry.
Step 4:
. . . finding the perfect spot to enjoy your new Fall Word Art Letters! I put mine on my mantle as I have been wanting to do this for awhile and love the way it looks! What do YOU think?
Don't ya just love super quick and easy crafts? I know I do as you can make the time for something like this and get it done pretty quick and enjoy it. Anyone inspired to try and make one? Raise your hand . . .
please let me know below if you think you will try this project as I
would love to know if anyone was inspired. Or maybe you have already
done a craft similar to this . . . let me know what you did below . . . ;)
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Today I am sharing a fun project I created for my mantle when I decorated it for fall, this year. Every couple of years, I feel like adding a new piece or two to my fall mantle as I like to switch things up every now and then. I also wanted to get 'my craft on' so I decided to make this craft, a Fall Flower Topiary after looking though my craft stash and throwing these supplies together.
For the supplies, I used a styrofoam topiary from FloraCraft, a couple different paint colors, paint brushes, my glue gun and some bunches of flowers I was no longer using.
Step 1:
I painted the pole of the topiary brown to resemble a tree branch and then the base and the spheres I painted a burgundy color for fall, so it would resemble potted flowers. Obviously feel free to use whatever colors fit into your color scheme and have some fun with it.
Step 2:
Pop the flower heads off all of the bunches of flowers you have collected and put them in piles according to color.
Step 3:
Start gluing the flower heads onto the sphere of the topiary with your glue gun. Make sure to alternate between the different flower heads to get a nice pattern going. Keep gluing until both spheres are nice and full.
Step 4:
Add a simple bow to the base of the topiary to give it that little bit of something extra. ;)
The last step is finding the perfect spot to enjoy your new Fall Topiary! I chose to put mine on my mantle to add to the array of pumpkins I have going on. I think it's the perfect item to soften up the items up there . . .what do you think?
Super fun for fall right? Anyone inspired to try and make one? Raise your hand . . .
please let me know below if you think you will try this project as I
would love to know if anyone was inspired. Or maybe you have already
done a craft similar to this . . . let me know what you did below . . . ;)
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