5 NEW Dollar Tree DIYs That Look EXPENSIVE (You Won’t Believe These)

Hey everyone, welcome, or welcome back to my channel. Today I've got a compilation of some of my very favorite spring DIYs for your inspiration. So, if you want to know how to make them, stick around. I'll show you how. Thank you so much for being here. I really appreciate it. Right, Maxwell? Okay, I'm going to start with a pattern I've given you in the description below. And then some regular foam board. And this is almost a half an inch thick. And you're going to lay your pattern onto the foam board. Take a pencil and then just trace over it. And add pressure because what we're trying to do is get the indent on this. So just go right over this. Draw it out. If you don't get it exactly perfect, don't worry about it. You can straighten it up once we remove it and we draw our next line. Just go all the way around it with your pencil. Trying to create a groove in the foam core board. Okay, then remove your paper and then stand it up a little bit. You can see the indent if you hold it up. And then just draw your pattern on it. You could cut the whole thing out and just trace around it. But this was the easier way to get the pattern pretty much perfect. Okay, next we're going to cut this out with an X-Acto knife. Just take your knife and kind of trace over the picture. Kind of adding pressure. You're not going to go through the whole thing yet. You're just going to probably go about two-thirds of the way through it. And then we'll have to finish it out here in a minute. Just kind of take your time on this part and you can get this pretty even. But try to keep your X-Acto knife standing straight up. You don't want to cut at a 90 degree angle. Next layer, you're just going to take your knife and you're just going to kind of saw with it. Kind of poke it all the way through. You're going to go all the way through to the bottom layer. Just kind of take your time on this. It's kind of just like you're pushing it in and out of there all the way around until you get it straight. Just kind of take your time on this part and then you'll cut all the way through to the next layer. You're just kind of making an up and down motion on this. Just kind of sawing it. And you're holding it straight, not at an angle. Get completely cut out. We're going to start sanding it. And you're just going to take like a 220 grit sandpaper and just lightly go over it to get all the excess foam off of there. Next we're going to take two quarter inch by six inch dowel sticks and sharpen both ends. And I'm just sharpening mine with a pencil sharpener. And then I'm just going to push these up into the bottom so that the little duck will stand up. Just push them right into the styrofoam. It doesn't matter how far you push them in right now because we are going to take them back out and glue them in later. Next I'm going to paint my little duck and the little sticks. And I'm using a FolkArt matte light blue color. It's their number 402. So I'm taking a piece of wood that measures about three eighths inch thick and I'm going to cut it at three inches. And I'm cutting two of these because I'm going to make two of the little ducks. And then I'm going to offset them at the end. And then this piece of wood is about almost five and a half inches wide. I want to show you a handy tool for this project. This is a nail punch. It's definitely handy and I'll show you how to use it here in a second. Now I'm going to take my wood and I'm going to turn it on its side. I'm putting wheels on this. These are just one and a half inch round circle wood. And I'm going to measure one and a quarter inches from the end and I'm going to mark it. And I'm going to do it from both sides on all four corners. And I'm also going to set my little duck up here and I'm going to do two circles around both of the little dowel sticks so I can drill a hole for these too. And those are quarter inch. You're going to brace your piece of wood against another piece of wood and then we're going to take that nail setting punch, put it right in the center of that one and a quarter inch mark and hammer it in just a little bit. This way it makes a groove in there so that when you do take the drill bit it won't move around. It'll stay right into that hole. And you're going to do that on all four corners. So I'm going to drill a pilot hole into each one of those spaces that I just did that nail punch in. And I'm going to start with a small pilot hole and then I'm going to graduate up on my drill bits. You want to start small and then graduate up so you don't crack your wood. So I'm starting with my smallest drill bit and then I'm going to move up until I get to the size of the dowel stick that I'm going to run through my wheels. Then I'm doing the same thing on the face of the piece of wood where I did the circles around my quarter inch dowel sticks. I'm going to start with a smaller drill bit and graduate up. Wheels, you're going to need four one and a half inch pieces of wood. And I'm just going to draw a circle in the center, take my nail punch and punch the center. Then I'm going to start with my smallest drill bit again and graduate up until I get to the size of the dowel stick that's going to go through this. And then once you get this one drilled to the right size you can use it as a gauge to mark all the other ones exactly the same place. And then the last hole you drill will be the same size as the dowel stick that's going to go through it. And then you're just going to push that on in there. And these dowel sticks are about three sixteenths of an inch and I'm going to cut them off at three quarters of an inch. And these actually came in a little box with some little wheels and stuff like that but I'm not using the wheels because there only had six and I'm making two of these. I'm just going to hammer my little dowel stick right into the wheel until it's flush on the opposite side. And this is a pretty tight fit so you don't really have to glue these. And you can buy wheels that are already made. Hobby Lobby sells them. Just get a dowel stick that will go through them. And to attach them to our base we're just going to push them right into the side here and then take your hammer and hammer them on in. And these are going to be pretty tight. You're not going to get these back out so if you put these in here don't worry about gluing them because they are not going to come back out. Once you get them all in you can just turn your wheels until they are level. Just kind of spend a little bit of time playing with them a little bit just so you can make sure that you do get them level. And I'm painting them with that same blue paint that I painted the ducks with. And I'm going to paint the front, the back, the sides, the wheels, all of this. I need my sticks the same color blue also. The paint is drying. I'm going to take some DOS air dry clay. It looks a little bit on the beige side but once it dries it dries solid white. And I'm just going to roll it out with a little rolling pin to about a quarter of an inch thick. And I'm going to cut out two hearts that are about one and a half inches each. Just kind of get it rolled out there about a quarter of an inch and then go ahead and cut your hearts out. And then once you get them cut out you're going to take your finger and kind of rub the edges, kind of make them smooth around the edges. And then I'm going to take a straw to poke a hole in the center so I can hang these. Now these take about 24 hours to dry. You want to let them dry about 12 hours. Flip them over and let them dry another 12 hours. But just take a straw to make your hole and then just set these aside to dry. I decided to come back in with a little embossing plate and kind of emboss them. Just pushing it down onto the hearts to give it a little bit of a texture. And you can get those on Amazon. I think that's where I got them. I'll have to find the link for those. Next is smooth out the edges of my styrofoam. I'm just taking some fast and final spackling, my finger, and I'm just going to start filling in the little crevices. This will give it a nice smooth edge once you do this. Just try not to get it on the front or the back. And just kind of rub your finger on it until you've got those holes all filled in. It didn't take that long to do and then just let it dry overnight. And then we're going to come back in after this dries, sand it down just a little bit and then paint it. Next I'm just going to add some little polka dots. I'm just dipping my paintbrush, the tip of the bottom of it, into the paint and then just dabbing it on here. Now I've had this idea since a couple of years ago. I saw these on Pinterest for sale and I saved it, but then I went back to look the other day because I was going to buy these and the link was gone. So I decided to create these for y'all. So we're just going to take some hot glue and glue our sticks in. Next I'm just going to push it through the holes of the little wagon and push it all the way down until it's flush with the bottom. And I'm not going to glue these in either. These were really, really tight. And then I'm going to take the other ones and I'm going to cut about an inch off the bottom and then put those onto the other little wagon. To attach the hearts, I'm just taking some jute rope and I'm going to stagger these two hearts. So I'm going to have one that's a little bit shorter than the other one. So just run your jute through your heart, tie it off, and then we're going to tie a knot at the top to attach it. Okay, and I'm going to attach these with a ribbon I'm going to put around the duck's neck. So I'm going to double this up and then just cut this in half and I'm going to tie a ribbon around the duck's neck. And then I'm going to attach those to that. So just go ahead and tie your knot on the top where they are staggered. You're going to trim the excess off at the top. Tie that really tight. And then open up your knot there at the top and then thread those on and we're just going to tie this into a bow. And then take your knot, pull your rope over the top of it and cover that up with just a little bit of glue up there. So I'm giving you these in the description below. Just download them. That's a two-inch punch. Just punch that out. And then we're going to take a little hole punch, punch a hole in it. That's an eighth-inch hole punch. I'm going to attach it with some baker's twine and some blue and white. Just going to tie it right around the top part. Okay, and these labels, they were printed on just some craft-colored cardstock. Okay, then to decorate it up, I'm just going to attach a white bow right here. I just tied some ribbon into a bow. Adding a white one and then I'm going to come in and put a little blue and white polka-dotted one over the top of that one. Then I'm layering a couple little paper flowers that I had and I'm just going to glue it right onto the top part of my blue ribbon. To decorate the bottom part of my little wagon, I'm just taking some little greenery, kind of putting it all together. I'm going to put a little rubber band around it to hold it together. And I'm going to finish it off with a jute ribbon, tying it around the bottom and tying it into a bow. And then I'm just going to stick this right through the center of those two sticks and glue that into the back. Just kind of line it up like that and then just glue it in. Alright, and that was pretty much it. That was pretty easy. Look how pretty that turned out. Let me know what you think in the comments. For this next one, I'm taking a napkin that measures 12 by 16 and I'm just going to cut it in half the long ways. Now you could just use a regular piece of fabric for this. I just had these napkins and I'm not using them so I thought I would craft with them. Okay, then I'm going to cut it to the length of my felt and my felt is 12 inches in length. Because we're going to sew these two together. And then we're just going to cut it straight down the front part so that we have two layers exactly the same size. And then you're going to take your napkin and you're going to turn your facing sides together. So this is going to be the back part. And it ends up measuring 12 inches by 6 inches. And then I'm just going to pin it together all the way around because I am going to show you this cute little sewing machine that you can do by hand. You could glue this project if you want to but I'm going to show you how to sew it pretty easily. Okay, then take your ruler. You're going to measure up 7 inches and you're going to mark that with either a pencil or a pen. And you're going to do the same thing on the opposite side as well. So you're coming up 7 inches from the bottom. I got this little sewing machine from Amazon. I'll give you the link for it. You just turn it, pull some thread out, and then just lift up the base and you stick your fabric up underneath it. And then they have a guide. I'm just going to go along the edge and make sure it goes along the same thing. But you could glue this if you want to. So starting at that 7 inch part, I'm just coming down, removing my pins as I go along. And this is just a push button. You control whether it moves or whether it doesn't move. And then I'm going to come off the edge a little bit and then I'm just going to turn my fabric so that I can go along the bottom and then back up the other side. Now this is a loop style. It's like a chain stitch. So when you get to the opposite side, you will have to secure it. Otherwise, it will pull apart. If you crochet and you know what a chain stitch is, once you pull your thread, it comes right back off. So that's what this is. This is the principle of this sewing machine. But it's super easy to hold. It's lightweight and it moves real easily. And then when you get to the other 7 inches, you need to go ahead and pull some thread out because you are going to have to attach this. And I'm just going to use hot glue on this project to secure this. And then I'm going to sew it as well. So just turn it back over where that loop is. Just put a little bit of hot glue on both sides and then that will secure it and then you can tie it off as well. But if you're not going to use hot glue, you have to come back through the back and go through one of those loops and pull it tight. And that's what I'm going to do right here. I'm just going to come into one of the little loops, run my thread through it, and then I'm just going to tie a knot. Next, we're going to make a boxed bottom on this. So just open it up on the bottom and then fold your two corners inward and pin them. And I'm only going over maybe about an inch. Just fold over the corner and then pin it. And then we're just going to take some needle and thread and we're going to hand stitch this part. And use a thick thread. I get that at Hobby Lobby. That's more like an upholstery thread, but you want to use something that's kind of thick. And then we're just going to kind of spot thread in here and then we're going to tie it off. Just make a few stitches. You don't have to do a lot. And then just tie that in a knot and do the same thing for the opposite side. This just gives it a little bit of a flat bottom so it'll stand up. And then do the same thing right here. Next, remove all your pins and then turn it right side out and then push your corners on out. So you want your bottom to be flat. And then I'm just going to fill this up with a few little rocks that I had just to kind of make sure it stands up and then I'm going to fill the rest of it up with some polyfill. And you're going to fill it all the way up until you have it right to that line that you sewed to. And then we're just going to put a rubber band around it and then we'll tie that off here in a little bit. Okay, straighten your fabric up and then we're going to put a pin on top on both sides just to hold this in place until we can cut our bunny ears. And then we're just going to take our scissors and we're going to cut right straight down the center and then we're going to cut two little bunny ear shapes on both sides. Okay, next we're going to take some jute twine. You're going to take a long piece, double it up and then we're going to tie this right around the front and tie it into a bow. For the tail, I'm just taking a felt ball. I'm just going to cut the bottom of it off so it has a flat spot on it and then I'm just going to glue it right to the front part of my bunny. So this will be the back of the bunny which will be the front where the bow is. And I'm just going to glue it right there down at the bottom. Next, I'm going to take a piece of linen and I'm going to cut it to about 1 inch by 2 inch and I'm just cutting it with pinking shears. Okay, next I'm taking these little snap together letters. I got these from Michael's. You just pull them apart and they snap together to create some words and I'm creating the words Happy Easter. And then I'm just going to use a black rubber stamp to stamp it onto my little tag. And this doesn't have to be perfect. We are going for more of the vintage look on this so if it isn't just exactly lined up, that's fine. To dress this a little bit, I'm just going to take some of the Tim Holtz Distressing Ink in the walnut stain color and I'm just going to brush it right around the outside of the tag and I'm going to brush it on the outside of my bunny ears. And if you don't like the distressed look, you can just skip this step completely. But I am going to rub a little bit on the body of my little rabbit and I'm going to put a little bit on the tail as well. Next, to attach my tag, I'm just going to take a hole punch, punch a hole in this and I'm just going to use some jute to tie it around the neck. And I'm going to have this one facing in the front. Okay, and this one was pretty simple. That's about it on this one. Look how cute that turned out. Let me know what you think in the comments. For this next one, I'm going to take an easel that I got at Michael's and then I'm taking some driftwood slices that I got at Dollar Tree. You can get them from Amazon as well. And I'm just taking some of that same stain I used a minute ago and I'm going to stain each piece of these. Now, I started off just by doing the sides, but go ahead and stain the entire thing because I did go back and do that. But you want to get the top and the sides really good. You don't have to do the back, but just go ahead and get all the sides done good because you will see those. And then go ahead and stain the faces of them. Those are dried. I'm just going to take some orange paint and I started to use a brayer because I was trying not to get paint on the edges, but it wasn't laying down good, so I did have to use a paintbrush and just kind of paint it, you know, from the center outward and you'll keep from getting the sides painted as well. And it took about three coats of paint to get these completely painted. And while those are drying, I'm going to stain my easel using that same stain. And I'm going to stain the back too, even though it is just a particle board on the back. I did paint some stain on there too, just to kind of blend it together. And I'm just doing the black solid and then on the front, I'm going to distress it a little bit. Distressing it just like I did before with the paper towel and the chip brush, kind of lightly brushing it on here. And I did, I did put quite a bit on here. Okay, next we're going to arrange our pieces into a carrot shape. We're going to start at the bottom, put one in the center, and then we're going to start building upward and outwardly. So just hot glue that on there. And then you put the next two kind of like that at a diagonal. And then we're going to put another one over the top of that. We're going to continue to go up until we have our complete carrot made. And I'm going to lay mine out a little bit right here at the top, just so I can make sure I get it exactly where I want it before I glue it. And that's how that's going to look. So you can start in the center with this one and then put one on each side and then put the two over the top. And you could use wood glue on these if you want to. I think hot glue is plenty enough for this project. Okay, next I got this greenery at Hobby Lobby and I'm going to just put it at the top just to make it look like a carrot, the greenery on a carrot. So I'm just peeling it apart. I'm going to use all of this one and then I'm going to use a couple off of another one. But you get a big bundle of these at Hobby Lobby. So I'm just going to put them up here just to see how I want them to do it and then I'm going to grab them all together and glue them at one time. So once you get them where you want them then just pick the whole bundle up and then put hot glue down on the bottom and glue it in. And then you don't have to add any more if you don't want to but I did want it to be a little bit fuller so I did add a couple extra pieces. I just wanted it to be a little bit fuller so I did add just a few extras. But actually right there, that would probably have been enough right there. Next I'm going to make a bow out of some burlap ribbon and I'm just going to cut a little V down both sides. Just kind of go into the center first and then cut into your V so that you have it even. And I'm doing the same thing on the opposite side and I am going to match them up so that they do match. Okay, so I'm just going to kind of gather it up like this and I'm going to put a little bit of glue onto the back to hold it together. And then I'm going to do the same thing for the front. I'm going to put a little bit on the front as well. I'm going to use an orange and white polka dotted ribbon to go on top so I can double up on this and I'm going to crimp it the same way. I'm going to cut the little V on both ends just like I did the first one. And then I'm going to crimp it up together too and then I will glue those together onto the carrot. And I'm going to start by just gluing my burlap ribbon down first. Let that dry. And we're going to attach our second one exactly the same way. And then to finish off, I'm just going to attach a little button right in the center. And then I decided to go back and distress the little carrot a little bit with the same stain. Just with a chip brush, kind of lightly brushing it on. Next, I'm going to take another napkin. I'm just going to open it up and I'm going to fold the two sides in kind of until they meet into the middle. And then I'm going to fold them again over completely and meet in the middle again. And I would recommend ironing your napkin. I did go back and iron mine. Then I'm going to take four pipe cleaners and I'm going to put two of them together for each side. Just kind of twist them together so they stay together. And then we're going to join the two in the center and that way we can make our... This is going to be for a rabbit as well and we're going to make our rabbit ears be able to bend over. And you want two pipe cleaners per side because the napkins are a little bit heavy and otherwise you won't get the bend that you want. And I went back in and ironed my napkin and I'm going to take my two pipe cleaners I'm going to join them together so that just each end goes to the point of the napkin on both sides. And then you're going to fold your napkin in half and then you're going to fold it in half again. And then we're just going to bend it in half. And you want to make sure that your two ears are going to be even. So make sure that you get them straight. And then we're just going to take a clip and clip it right here. Then pull the bottom to kind of straighten it out. Next I'm going to take another one of those plastic eggs and I'm going to draw a bunny face on this. And I'm just using a fine point sharpie to draw it and then I'm going to color it in here in a second. So just draw a little rabbit face on there. It doesn't have to be perfect. Just kind of freehand it. And then add some little whiskers. And then I'm going to color the nose in with the fine point sharpie because it worked a little bit easier. And then I'm going to come back in on the eyes and do those with a little bit of a fatter sharpie. You can get your eyes more round if you do a little bit bigger sharpie like this. And then I'm going to take an embossing gun to kind of dry it up a little bit because you don't want to smudge it. And then just put your egg inside that hole, kind of push it down to the bottom and then take a rubber band and tie it in there so it is tight. Just wrap your rubber band a couple of times around there and then we're going to come back in with a ribbon here in a little bit. Just try to get it centered so you have an even amount of egg on both sides. And then I'm adding a little green sprig right at the very top just like I did on the last one. And then I'm going to take a contrasting ribbon and tie a bow around the front. And then just trim off any excess ribbon which I know I end up trimming a lot of ribbon off of here. But I do save my ribbon scraps for other projects. Then I'm just adding a little flower right to the center of the bow. And I got those at Michaels. And then I'm just going to bend my ears down. These are cute on a table as well. Just put them right on the center of a plate. Next I got this little wooden rabbit at Hobby Lobby. If you watched my shopping trip then you saw me pick this one up. It was $4.99 but I think they're on sale now. And if you just take a heat source like I'm doing here you can pull that label off pretty easily. Now Dollar Tree also has a rabbit very similar to this. You could use that as well. Okay next I'm using some acrylic paint by Martha Stewart and the color is Carrot. And I'm just painting the edges only of this piece. Try not to get it on the front or the back. If you get a little bit on there don't worry about it. But try not to get it anywhere except on the edges. Okay next I'm going to cover this with some cotton fabric. I'm just using some orange with white dots and some Mod Podge in the matte color. And I'm just going to put a thin coat onto my rabbit and then I'm going to put a thin coat onto my fabric. Now you want to use a piece of wax paper or freezer paper to put your fabric on because it won't stick to that. But just get a thin coat on your rabbit and then a thin coat on your fabric and then we're going to join the two. Just kind of make sure you don't put too much. You don't want to just ooze out the sides. You just want kind of a thin coat. And then the same thing on the fabric. Just do a thin coat on that as well. And then just place your fabric over the top part of your bunny. And then we're going to use a brayer to smooth this out. Just get it lined up really good. Kind of push it down with your fingers at first. And then just smooth it out with a little brayer. Just kind of roll it over this and then it makes it pretty flat on here. Then you'll get out any of the wrinkles or any of the bubbles. And this is a great tool to have for a lot of different projects. You can get them on Amazon or Michaels. But I would definitely pick one of these up if you see them. Then to speed dry this I'm just using an embossing gun to dry my glue real fast. It works real quick if you do this. Next I'm going to use a pair of scissors to kind of cut off the excess fabric. And then we're going to use an X-Acto knife and some scissors to kind of trim it off right up close to the edge of the wood. Just kind of get the bulk of it off of here right now. And then we're going to put it onto a cutting mat and trim out the rest of it. Then I'm just using an X-Acto knife to kind of trim around the rest of it. And then I've also got these little scissors. This gets into grooves pretty easily. These are just some little bitty scissors I got at Amazon. I'll give you the link for those. But you can get pretty close to that piece of wood to trim that out. And then use your X-Acto knife to finish it out. But you will need a pretty sharp X-Acto knife. And then just keep trimming until you have all your fabric trimmed off of there. Then we're going to use a little sanding pad and sand the edges of it. Just kind of push away from the fabric. And then that will get any excess off of there that you have. And you can use just a real coarse nail file for this. And you're just kind of brushing away from the fabric. And this really does work good to kind of clean up your edges. Then you're going to repeat that exact same process on the back. That way if you have it sitting on a table and somebody walks to the back part of it, it's completely finished on both sides. But you're going to do it exactly the same way as you just did the one on the front. Okay, next I'm taking some Tim Holtz Distressing Ink in the Walnut Stain color. And I'm just going to go around the edges of this on both sides just to kind of distress it up a little bit. Kind of give it a little bit of definition around the corners. And then anywhere where you had your fabric, if any of it came off the wood, it kind of hides all that. And I'm just going outwardly on the motion. Just kind of take it and go outwardly only. And then we're going to distress the center of it as well here in a minute. But you can see it gives a little bit of nice definition and a little bit of a vintage look. Now if you don't like the vintage look at all, skip this step completely. I'm just going to brush it onto my fabric as well on the front and the back also. Just right down the center of it. And you don't have to do a lot, just a little bit. Next to dress it up, I got these little roses from Hobby Lobby and the greenery came with those. And I'm just putting a piece of greenery right down in the center, gluing it right at his neckline. And then just put a little bit of glue underneath the leaves as well to hold it in place. Okay, next I'm going to start adding my roses and I'm cutting the tips all the way down to the bottom. I'm going to start in the middle, put one, and then I'm just going to put about five of these on here. Just kind of stand them up and then we're going to put some other ones kind of leaned out a little bit. And I'm going to kind of go fast on this so you can see what I'm doing. But you are going to cut the bottoms of those roses off, that way they'll stand up straight. And you could put just one big flower right in the center if you want to, but I thought these little roses looked cute. I'm taking another piece of that little greenery just to stick down in the center to kind of just dress it up a little bit more. And next I'm just taking a one inch felt ball and I'm just going to attach it right to the back for his tail. And then I'm just going to take a ribbon, tie a little bow on it, and I'm going to put this right on top of his ear. And that's just a little cotton ribbon. And I'm just going to glue it right there. Alright, look how cute that is. For this first one I'm taking a scrap piece of wood that measures eight inches and I'm marking my center point and then I'm coming down on both sides three and three quarters of an inch and making a mark. And that's where I'm going to draw my peak from the top point to that line on both sides. We're going to create a house. And then I'm just going to take it outside and cut those two corners off. Okay, next I'm going to measure ten inches from the top peak and I'm going to draw a line across there and that's where I'm going to cut the bottom of my piece of wood. We've got our house shape, we're going to make our roof and I'm just using some pieces from a stir stick that's a five gallon stir stick and I'm going to come down an inch on each side on that peak. So overlap those at the top and then mark your inch on the opposite side and then just going to cut those off. So our little roof is going to overhang about an inch on both sides. And then just cut that piece off. I'm also going to create a base for this. I'm going to overhang it on each side probably about a half of an inch and then just mark that and we're going to cut that one as well. And then just make sure everything lines up right now so if you need to make any modifications you can. Next I'm going to paint the sides, the front, the back, the bottom, everything with a rich black chalk paint. And I'm just using a chalk paint paint brush to get it on here real good. You don't have to worry about getting your strokes up and down so well. You can kind of just do what you want to do on chalk paint because it just dries solid without any streaks. But just get it really filled in on the front and the back. Get all of it painted black. I'm using some Crackle Medium by FolkArt. And I'm going to add a generous amount on here. The heavier you put your Crackle Medium on it, the more crack it does. Now you can use Elmer's glue for this same thing but the heavier you put it on, the bigger your cracks will show up. And I'm just going to do it on the front only on this one. But I am applying a pretty heavy amount and then once I get it on here, I am going to make my lines go straight up and down. I am going to smooth this out. I'm not going diagonal everywhere. I'm just kind of right now trying to get it on here. And then I am going to put my brush strokes up and down so that they're more uniform. And I'm doing the whole front part of this. And then you're going to set this aside and let this completely dry. I'm coming up with some titanium acrylic white paint and I'm going to brush this on really fast. Acrylic paint works the best for crackle medium as opposed to chalk paint because chalk paint tends to start to dry quicker and this stays a little bit damp while you're getting it on. That gives you an opportunity to really get it smoothed out good. But you want to work fast. You don't want to go over areas two or three times. And you can already see it's starting to crack and it's cracking big cracks because I am using the acrylic paint. But you can really see how much that cracked. While that's drying, I'm going to take a piece of cardstock and I'm going to take a piece of tissue paper. Just white tissue paper. Just one layer. And I'm going to cut it out where it is a little bit bigger than my paper because I am going to tape this onto the back of my paper. And this way you can run it through your printer and you can get a nice decoupage piece without having to pay for a decoupage. And I'll give you the artwork for this one that I'm doing here too. And this is how pretty this one turned out on the tissue paper. Then you're just going to take your tissue paper. Just gently remove it from the back. You don't want to tear it. And then again, the artwork will be in the description below. I've got several of them for you today. You can just download them and print them. And I'm printing this on just a regular inkjet printer. Once you get it removed, you want to start cutting around it. Just carefully cutting around it. Get as close to the picture as you can. Now where there's pictures are places where you can go between the ears. Go between the ears because you want to try to get as close to the print as possible. Leaving very little of the excess tissue paper on the outside edge. And do it kind of in shapes. Don't just do a square or anything like that. Kind of do some curves and kind of go down into the center of the ears and cut that out. But don't do exactly don't cut a square. Next, kind of position your art exactly where you want it to be. Then we're going to take some Mod Podge and we're going to not take it off of there. We're going to lift up the sides and glue it while we're holding it. This will help you from using too much Mod Podge outside of the art area. But you do want to put a generous amount underneath your piece of art. And then you can go ahead and push down one side and then pull it back and do the opposite side. And then just take your hand to flatten it out. And then we're going to take some cellophane to put over the top part of it to really push it down into the grooves of that crack. And you'll be able to see all the cracking coming through the picture. It really does give it a nice look. But just take some time on this part and definitely use cellophane because that way you won't tear up your art. Okay, next I'm going to take some burnt umber acrylic paint and I'm going to paint my pieces. Now I'm going to take a sponge brush and I'm going to go over these pieces of wood kind of lightly to kind of give them more of a stained look instead of a painted look. And this went on kind of thin because I didn't put a lot of paint on my brush to kind of just get it all smoothed out if you're doing it this way so that you don't have any stroke marks on it. To attach these, I'm just going to put a little E6000 glue onto the wood pieces and then I'm going to put hot glue onto the actual frame or actual house. And then I'm going to attach these. Go ahead and take your two pieces of wood and put them on exactly at the same time just to make sure you do have it overlapping right. And then glue the other piece in. And then I'm going to line my house up at the very back edge of this little platform and center it in the center so that you do have a little overhang on both sides. Next I'm going to make a little frame with another piece of the stir stick and I'm just trimming it out with some smaller pieces of wood and I'm just going straight. I'm not going to cut miter edges or anything like that. I'm just going to cut straight across for the top and then straight across for the bottom. Just kind of line them up, get them even and then once you get them on there then you can measure out your two side pieces. And we're actually going to build this on top of this piece of wood, not on the sides. This is just for measurement purposes. And I'm just going to assemble this with hot glue. So just put your two shorter sticks on top of the two longer sticks to build your frame. I'm just going to stain that with that same burnt umber paint. And I'm going to paint the front, the backs and the sides. And then on my little block of wood, I'm going to paint the sides so that they'll all blend in together. For the top, I'm just painting it with some black chalk paint. Try not to get it on the edges just try to get it on the very top only. Okay, next I just cut out some lettering that said Hello Spring with my Cricut and I'm just going to center it right in the center of my frame. Now you can get lettering at Hobby Lobby or Michaels that say similar things to it as well. I think even Dollar Tree has some things like that. And then once I pull that off, I'm just going to center my frame right over the top part of it and I'm just going to glue it on with some hot glue. And then I'm just going to attach it with some E6000 glue and some hot glue and I'm just going to center it right at the very top. Alright, and that was pretty much it. Look how cute that turned out. Next one I'm using some spindles that I got on Amazon and I'm just going to cut them right down the center. And you get several of these in a package. And I'll give you the link for them. Next I'm taking some 1 inch wooden beads and I'm just going to clamp these to a piece of wood to stand up straight with the hole upright. So that I can drill a hole a little bit bigger than what came in these. Now I'm going to start with a smaller drill bit and graduate up because I don't want to crack the bead. And this is an easy way just to enlarge the hole. I'm just enlarging it a little bit more so that I can put some greenery in it. Next I'm going to take my half spindle. I'm going to take a 1 inch wooden ring and then I'm going to take a 1 inch wooden ball and that's the one that I drilled the hole through. And I'm just going to assemble all this together with some hot glue. Okay, and I'm going to start by putting a little bit of glue right around the top edge. Then I'm going to add my ring on top of here. And then just kind of make sure that you do get it straight so that your bead sets up straight when you get it glued on as well. You just put a little bit of glue right in the center. You want to fill it up, not a little bit of glue. You want to put quite a bit of glue in the center. And then just put your bead hole facing upward and then just let that dry real well. Next, just to secure it a little bit more, I'm just going to use a screw that will go down inside of here. And I'm going to screw that in about halfway through that bead. If you're going to sell these, you probably want to make sure you do this step. If you're not, you can just glue it and then just leave it. But this kind of just reinforces it a little bit more. Okay, next I'm going to paint these. I'm just using some Martha Stewart acrylic paint in the color Carrot. And it took about two coats of paint to paint each one of these, but I'm painting the entire thing. Coming back in with a little bit of a detail brush to kind of get around the edges a little bit better. Okay, next I'm going to use some of the Waverly Antique Wax. Take a soft rag and I'm just going to kind of rub it on here and then kind of rub it off. So I'm just kind of trying to distress it just a little bit to give it a little bit more aged look. And you don't want to put too much on this, but just kind of start getting it on there and then just kind of wiping it off. And most of it will come off and then what needs to stay will stay. It just gives it a little bit more of a vintage look. And again, if you don't like the vintage look, then you can just skip this step. And then I'm taking a little paint brush just to go around the edges to kind of get the little detail a little bit finer inside these lines. And I'm going to do all of those like that. Next to decorate them up, I'm just taking some ribbon that I had and I'm just going to tie a bow right around the center. Just put a little bit of glue in the back to hold it in place. And then come around to the front and then just tie a bow. And these really do look clustered with several of them together. That's why I'm making six of them. And I'm just using a little bow for these. And then I'm just going to cut the excess off a little bit. Next for the carrot top, I got this greenery from Hobby Lobby and I'm just going to cut five little sprigs from this. You get a little bush of these and I'm just taking five of them, putting them all together. I'm pushing them down together to the bottom, holding them tight, and I'm going to insert those into that hole in one shot. So go ahead and add a bunch of glue in there and then push it on down in there. Pretty good depth in there, as far as you can, and then just let that dry. Alright, and that was a pretty much easy project. And these turned out so cute. For this next one, I'm going to use some of the five gallon stir sticks and I'm going to use five of them on the bottom as the base. And I'm going to cut these off at 14 inches in length. All five of them. And I'm just using a miter saw to do this. If you're looking for an inexpensive miter saw, I'll link this one below. This one was $1.99 but it does everything that a big saw will do. And you're going to cut all of your pieces exactly the same size. I'm going to line up my boards. I'm going to take another one of the boards and mark it on the side and I'm going to cut two of these exactly the same length. And one's going to go on the top and one's going to go on the bottom. For the assemblies, I'm just going to take some wood glue, run it down the side and I'm just going to glue all these together. Now I'm not going to clamp this because I am putting the two boards on top and that's going to hold it together as well. I'm just kind of doing these kind of roughly just kind of glue them all the way across until you have all five of them glued together. Then we'll put the top and the bottom on. Just kind of line them up good. And then be sure to wipe off your excess glue that's oozing out. Take the time to do this part. And then we're going to glue the top part and the bottom part just across the face and we're coming up about an inch from the bottom and an inch from the top. And then just make sure that your boards are straight. And then set that aside and let that dry real well. And then I'm going to take some sandpaper and kind of sand between the boards just to make sure I got all the glue off. Okay, then I'm taking a water-based stain and I'm going to stain the entire thing. And I'm going to stain the front and the back. Okay, then I'm going to tape off the two bars going across because I don't want them painted as much as I want the rest of it so I'm just using some painter's tape to kind of cover those up. And then I'm going to come in with some white chalk paint and I'm going to distress this. I'm going to paint it pretty good, give it a good white wash and then I'm going to come back in and put a little bit more just to kind of distress it up a little bit more. And then I'm spritzing it with water just to kind of make sure that I do get it even and then I'm just coming in with a rag and kind of smoothing it all out. And then after I get all the white on there I'm going to come back in with a little bit more white and kind of distress it up a little bit. And then I'm going to take the paint off of my two bars going sideways and then I will distress those just a little bit with the chip brush. And next I'm taking these little furniture dots. These go like onto the bottom of a chair. I'm using 12 of these and I'm going to paint them some metallic paint in an espresso color, a rose gold color and black. I'm just trying to make these look like they're rusty. After they've dried I'm just going to place them, six of them on each side. Just kind of space them out evenly. And they have adhesive already onto the back of them so you do not have to glue these. And I'll give you the link for these in the description below. I'm going to do the opposite side exactly the same way, kind of mirroring the other side. Okay next I'm going to take an inch and a half ribbon. I'm just using this orange and white ribbon and I'm just going to make a carrot shape. I'm just kind of going down and then gradually moving inward as I get towards the bottom. And this is a wired ribbon. For the top part of the carrot I've got this greenery from Hobby Lobby. You can use any kind of greenery you want but you want like a cluster of it. And I'm just going to attach it with a rubber band just to hold it all together. Then starting at the top of your ribbon you're just going to start gluing it in. Just go straight across, put a little bit of glue up there and then start gradually gluing it in as it goes down. You don't have to put a lot of glue, just a couple little dots here and there will be perfect because you want the ribbon to kind of stand up a little bit. And then just attach your greenery right to the top and open it up and then we're going to just glue that in. You want to put quite a bit of glue to hold it in place. And then we're just going to finish it off with a little bow right on top. This one was a pretty easy one. Okay I hope you enjoyed the video. I hope it gave you some inspiration. I have some new videos coming really soon for Spring and Easter. If you like these kind of videos be sure and give me a like. Subscribe and ring that bell to be notified when I have a new video upload. Thank y'all so much for being here. I really appreciate it. And if nobody's told you today you're awesome. See you next time. Thanks for watching.