Ellis Family

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

DIY: Magnets

This project has been sitting on my counter for a couple weeks now, so I figured I'd finish it today! I saw these cute magnets at Urban Outfitters, but wanted to try to make them myself.

1) Supplies: Find an assortment of animals of your choice. Buy any gold spray paint of your choice. I bought Krylon brand (the lady at Hobby Lobby said the glitter gold spray paint was globby) just FYI. Purchase 2 boxes of craft magnets (each with 6 in a box). Glue gun/sticks

2) Start by placing animals on newspaper. Shake spray paint for about 2 minutes then spray animals. Let dry. Repeat this step several times until animals are coated evenly with the paint.

3) This step is pretty hard and only should be done this way if you don't have an electric hot knife, which I didn't so... Find two old knifes that you don't care about. Place knives on stove top for a couple minutes until the tips are red hot. Carefully cut animals in half with hot knife. Note: your home will smell of melted plastic and isn't the loveliest smell).

4) After all animals have been cut in half, spray paint the inside of the animals and the parts that were burned from the hot knife. Literally. :)

5) After completely dry, using hot glue gun place a dot of glue in the center of the animals front half and back end. Glue on magnet.

6) So easy and so cute!

Sunday, December 30, 2012

DIY: Deer

1) Google deer print and print off deer of your choice on hard stock paper.

2) Cut out print.

3) On flat surface use medium paint brush to coat front side with paper mod podge.

4) Coat deer with gold glitter (may need to do this step several times to ensure all spaces get covered)

5) Let dry 15-20 minutes.

6) To set glitter, spray aerosol hairspray over glitter.

7) Let dry for 20 min or until completely dry.

8) Spray Elmer's craft bond extra strength spray adhesive on back side of deer.

9) Carefully place deer on canvas.

10) Voila!