Easter Bunnies - DIY - Upcycle

These cute little wooden bunnies were so easy and fun to make!

HERE IS HOW!

I made these with items that I had around the house... even to buy the supplies to make them, it wouldn't cost much to make a few... ENJOY!

The items you will need:

2x4 wood pieces (cut into random sizes - but 12 inches or less)

Paint pens (black) (I used colors to sign the backs)

White fabric scraps

Pink fabric scraps

White spray paint

Hot glue gun and glue

Twine

Burlap

Wire (I used jewelry wire)

Hearts (dollar tree)

Scissors

 

I started off by using white spray paint and putting a few coats on my cut 2x4 pieces of wood. This is just my first batch, so I only did 6 for now.

While the paint was drying I started to cut 3 inch pieces of gold jewelry wire, (floral wire would work too) and crimping them with my fingers.

I then took an heart sticker, turned it upside down and used hot glue to glue on 6 whiskers to each nose.

I then took my scraps of white and pink fabric. (I used old hoodies!)

I cut 2 pink ear shapes, and glued them onto the white fabric,  then cut around them to make the ears.

NOW ITS TIME TO BRING IN THE 2x4s!

I took a 4x4 piece of burlap and a 10 inch piece of twine.

I folded the burlap like an accordion, and tied the piece of twine around the middle to make it look like a bow.I used the extra twine attached to tie it around the bottom of the piece of wood.

 

I glued on the ears, and I used a small dot of hot glue to hold the bow-tie in place.

NOTE: For the female bunnies I made a burlap bow and put it in between their ears, instead of around their necks. Then I drew different eyes with eyelashes, instead of the round black eyes. (See last picture at end of post)

I used a small piece of twine to tie a bow to cover up the small amount of hot glue that was showing between the ears.

I then took my black paint pen (I used Sharpie brand) and drew on two eyes, and the mouth of each bunny.

I glued on the noses and tah-dah!!!!! 

You now have adorable bunnies to display for Easter!

 

 

If you make your own version of these, please command and share a picture of them below, or tag #CVA on Instagram.. I would love to see you creations!

DIY Light House Bird Feeder

My Grandma loves light houses.

I am always trying to think of and find light house craft ideas.

Well here is an easy one!

Here is what I bought:
- red spray paint (not pictured)

- white spray paint (not pictured)

-3 different size pots

- 1 small pot tray

- super glue

- E6000 glue

- cream colored multi-purpose rope

- black crafting paint

- 1 bird seed bell

 

I placed all 3 pots and the 1 pot trey on a piece of scrap board from our storage shed. 

 

I then sprayed each of them white with my white spray paint.

(I didn't worry about the tops because you won't be seeing them; why waste paint right?!)

 

After the white paint was dry, I took Frog painters tape and taped off a strip around the rim edge of each pot. 

 

I then took my red spray paint and sprayed the entire rim of each pot.

(NOTE: I had to use a piece of paper to shield the white paint, you don't want red speckles! But maybe you do, so if you do, more power to ya!)

Oh, I also painted the bottom of the small pot tray red.

 

When the red paint was finished drying.

I took more Frog painters tape, and made window shapes on each of the pots. 

 

 I then took my black crafting paint, and painted the window holes.

I let that paint dry completely, and then I slowly took off all of the Frog painters tape.

 

You're almost done!

The next step is to stack the pots on top of one another.

I used E6000 glue (clear) to attached the small pot tray to the smallest painted pot I have. 

(I did not glue them together because I figured it would be easier to store it in the winter months if it can be taken apart.)

Now, take your rope and wrap a piece around each pot, at the lip of the pot and the top edge of the red paint. 

I measured each piece of rope, then glued it using E6000 glue.

I then took super glue and squeezed some in the crease between the pot and the rope to make it more sturdy.

The last part it, place it where you want it, and place your birdseed bell on top!

TAH-DAH!

  

Now you have a beautiful light house bird feeder!

 

DIY *B*Dazzeled Candles

Whelp. I am now 25 years old.

WOW.

 I know that it is not OLD but gosh do I feel old today. I'm sure this feeling will pass. 

To add a little sparkle to my birthday this year, I decided to dress up some plain ol' candles that I bought at WalMart. 

I bought the 2 and the 5 separately.

 I also bought a small package of rhinestones.

They came with assorted sizes.

This little DIY project was so quick and simple.

My 2 year old nephew put all the other candles in the cake. Hes such a doll. ☺

 

I plugged in my glue gun, let it heat up and got to work!

(with no glue stick)

I simply took the tip of my hot glue gun and touched it to the part of the candle where I wanted a rhinestone.

The hot metal tip melted the candle wax, and I placed the rhinestone.

The wax hardens again.

I repeated these easy steps over and over again.

On the front and the back sides... and tah-dah! 

*B*Dazzled Candles! 

 

DIY Bonfire Plaque

My oldest brother loves to have company over. He loves to have hang out in the garage. Play lawn games. Play darts. All while having a bonfire burning.

It is always such a fun time over his house.

For his 28th birthday this year, I decided to make him some homemade presents that he would truly enjoy.

For the first DIY gift, I bought:

a wooden plaque

white alphabet stickers

a 3D bonfire sticker (came in a camping sticker set)

wall mounts (for the back of the plaque)

black spray paint

a clear coat spray paint

The first thing I did was, paint the wood plaque with my black spray paint.

I ended up coating it about 3 times, I wanted it to be covered, and sometime wood will soak up the paint on the first coat or 2.

 

When the plaque was completely dry,  I then laid out my stickers where I wanted them, then stuck them on one by one.

After the stickers were each in the right place, I then took the clear coat can and put 2 layers of clear coat over the entire plaque. 

I let the clear coat dry, and then I wrapped up the present for my brother. 

 

I thought this plaque and quote would be perfect for my brother to hang somewhere around his house. He loved it! He ended up hanging it in his garage, because that is where we hang out the most at his house.

Other than the paint drying times, this DIY project was fairly quick and extremely easy!

Who doesn't love bonfires? Marshmallows? Drinking?

 

DIY Easter Center Pieces

I purchased everything for this project at the Dollar Tree!

The supplies I used are:

-Peeps & other marshmallow Easter animals

-Fake flowers (orange, white and pink) ((2 bundles of each))

-4 Easter themed buckets

-a pack of kabob skewers

-ribbon (stripes and egg print)

-clear party favor bags

-2 bags of jelly beans

-1 bag of yellow Easter grass

-4 round floral foams (2 packs)

oh! and scissors!

For a total of $24 

(to make 4 centerpieces!)

 

Step 1: Place a round floral foam in the bottom of each bucket.

Step 2: fill the rest of the bucket up to the rim with Easter grass.

Step 3: Sort the flowers into 4 piles to make sure they are all even and matching.

Step 4: Cut off the thick steps to the flowers (the ones that hold the bunches together)

Step 5: Start placing your flower in each bucket by pushing the stems into the floral foam. You may need to trim the stems down a little depending on the look you are going for. I trimmed all my stems way down because I wanted the flower to be low and look like they were almost pouring out of the buckets.

Step 6: After all your flowers are placed in, trim any Easter grass that is hanging out over the sides.

Step 7: Fluff the flowers and maybe reposition any that you want to.

Step 8: Step back and look at the beautiful centerpieces you just created.

           Now onto the next part of the center pieces.. the edible part!
   

You will need to use your peeps, jellybeans, bags and skewers now.

Step 1: Take a kabob skewer and start sliding on peeps, marshmallow animals and jellybeans. Until it is about 3/4 full. 

Helpful tip: I used Pam and sprayed each skewers first, it made it easier to slide on.

Here is a picture of some of the candy kabobs that I made...

Step 2: Carefully wrap each candy kabob in a clear party favor bag and use the twisty ties that came with the bags to secure it.

Step 3: Place each kabob into the floral foam between the flowers to add a fun little edible touch to your already beautiful center pieces.

I also ended up adding a few styrofoam Easter eggs on kabob sticks that I bought from the dollar tree as well. It was just a last minute touch sort of thing that jumped into my mind this morning. (the 1st picture in this post has them photographed in it)

Now your beautiful masterpieces are ready for display!

And a perk of using fake flowers... all I have to do next Easter is just replace the candy kabobs! SCORE!

DIY Upcycled Garden Owl

The supplies I used for this are:

- 1 pie tin

- 2 aluminum can lids

- 2 spaghetti sauce jar lids

- 2 bottle caps

- 2 square bolts and nuts

- jewelry wire

- 2 smaller twigs

- 1 long twig

- 1 piece of bark

- E6000 glue

- drill

- my very handsome husband for the use of the tools

For this project. All I did was lay out the jar tops and lids where I wanted them to go. I had James drill the pieces, then I used the nuts and bolts to connect them all together. I then used the E6000 glue to attach the twigs for the eyebrows as well as the tree bark for the beak. After letting the glue dry for a few hours, I made a loop to hang by on the top hole of the pie tin, and I used jewelry wire to attache the long twig to the bottom two holes. I also tried to make the bottom wires look somewhat like feet or claws. It really was that easy! and very quick too! oh and cheep! The only thing I had to buy was a pie tin from the Dollar Tree! 

Yay for cheap and cute upcycled DIY projects!

I will be giving this to my mom and dad inside their Easter basket this year. I just know they will love it for their garden!

I have a 'Monster' Crush on you!

James is a big Monster drinker... like almost daily... well for the work trip that he is taking soon. I bought him a 4 pack of monsters to put in his suitcase. But before I packed them... without him knowing I opened them and taped a cute message around one of the cans. I am excited for him to open this at his hotel and find this fun little and simple surprise!

Bead Obsessed!

The other day, James bought me a ton of wooden and acrylic beads.... I had some stretchy elastic at home in our craft-office already and so I got to beading immediately! I made over 200 stretchy beaded bracelets... of all colors, sizes and styles. It is clear to say... I am obsessed. I did not do a tutorial on any of these... however, I still wanted to share them with you all because they are so self explanatory and so easy!  ( oh and fun too! ) All you need are some beads... ( wooden beads.. pony beads... paper beads... homemade beads... clay beads... any kind of beads! ) and some elastic or stretchy jewelry thread. Slide the beads on the string in the pattern you want and make it the perfect size for you or a friend as a gift... then stretch out the string a little as you tie the knot and bah-bam! you are done! So simple... easy and fun!

Below are a few pictures of the beads that I have been using and also some pictures of a few bracelets that I have made.

If you make some please share them! I am excited to see what styles you come up with!

 

Pack Up Your Christmas Stuff Fast + Easy! (OH! + Cheap too!)

As much as I love Christmas + all of the fun decorations... the wreaths, the mini village on our stairs, the tree, lights and many many ornaments... I also get to a point after New Years where I just can't wait to get our house back to being itself and put all of the Christmas clutter away.

 

Last week I went to Big Lots and purchased 4 of these "It's a Keeper" Ornament storage boxes. Let me tell you these little things are $8 life savers! Yes I said only $8! 

I know that may sound like a lot for what it looks like, however, I fit ALL of our Christmas tree ornaments in ONE of these. I wrapped up our little glass village and other mini fragile decorations into another one of these. Then I used the 2 left over ones for mini trees, pillows, Christmas blankets, lights, and anything else I had left laying around.

I then labeled each one with the contents and into storage they went! Then I picked up our Christmas Tree over my shoulder and tossed it into the backyard. I love the look, smell and spirit that a Christmas Tree brings, however I am so sick and tired of the needles thinking that they can move in with us and take over our house! 

 

These things don't look like much, I know... but believe you me.... I am extremely happy with these bad boys. Made my Christmas organization so much easier than what I have done in the past. 

Say goodbye to random Tupperware that have funny shapes and only hold certain things. 

I love how these are cloth and flexible, they form into our storage spaces and bend, stretch and collapse if they are not completely full! SCORE!

New Years Eve Pie [ EASY ]

For New Years Eve this year, I decided to bring a pumpkin pie at the last second... But I also wanted to make it NYE themed. I decided to make it into a clock that has just struck 12! It looks sloppy because the frosting tubes I used were running as soon as they hit the pie. Plus, I love curly looks on cakes. It tasted delicious and it was a huge hit at the party! So easy, fun and perfect for the event!

Hair Buddy

I have a ton of headbands, and hair clips that just sit in a boring old box and I wanted to do something fun with them. I took an old washed out lemonade can and covered it with cute and girly scrapbook paper.

 

 

On the outside I put some of my headbands around it and then inside I put my clips and hair pieces inside it.

 

So quick, easy, cheap and cute!

 

Lost Clicker Problem? Solved!

I always get so annoyed when I get into bed at night and I cant find either of the clickers!

I kept telling myself that there has to be a way to keep track of them at all times, and now I have it!

 

I used the Velcro 3M tabs (one on the back of the clicker and the other on the wall)

 

 EASY AS THAT!

 

 

 

So easy and hey, it doesn't look that bad, right?!