Nothing gives me the fever to start decorating for Easter more than cute pastel colors. It just screams Easter and spring to me and I just can’t help but get excited to bring a little of that into my home after a long and dreary winter. Strolling through all of the stores and seeing these beautiful colors just puts me in a cheerful mood, so who wouldn’t want to be surrounded by that in your own homes. Right? Well, I hope this craft inspires you to do just that!!
As soon as I saw these cute pastel pom pom garlands in the Dollar General Store a couple of weeks ago, I knew I had to make a craft with them or use them to decorate with somehow. If you watched my Live video on my Designs by Dina Facebook page, you heard me say that I snatched every one of them up. My husband and I shopped at all the Dollar General Stores in our area…five of them to be exact. HaHa!! If they had them, I bought all they had. At the time, I had no idea what type of craft I would make with them, but I knew I would be able to use it somehow. Aren’t they just the cutest?
Inspiration hit me while cleaning my closet…haha!! About a year ago, I purchased several of these boards from Hobby Lobby for an upcoming Chalk Couture Make and Take workshop. I ended up changing my mind when I came across something else that I felt my group would love better. So there they were, stacked up in the corner of my walk-in closet just waiting for this project. I chose to use Waverly Chalk Paint in the color Silver Lining for the board. My first thought was to do a light dry brush on the board, mainly because I wasn’t sure if I had enough paint to cover the whole board. HaHa!! I ended up changing my mind…again…and painted the whole board…and yes….I had enough paint to cover it…woohoo!!
I picked up this Happy Easter wooden cutout sign at the Dollar Tree…for a dolla!!!! HaHa!! It fit perfectly inside the board even leaving room at the top for my cute little pom pom garland. I decided to paint the Happy Easter part of this sign with again…my go to paint…Waverly Chalk Paint in the color white. For the bunny, I decided to cover it with reindeer moss from the Dollar Tree …again…for a dolla!! WARNING…this moss does not smell very good at all! But…it was cute so I took one for the team and held my breath while working with it. HaHa!! I hot glued small sections of the bunny and added the moss to it. It works better if you pull the moss apart and break it into little pieces. After I covered the entire bunny, I took my scissors and gave it a hair cut…trimming off all the longer pieces that were hanging off the sides. Every little bunny needs a cotton tail, so I grabbed a cotton ball from the bathroom. It was a little too big for this size bunny, so I just pulled it apart and used half of it. I then hot glued it to the bunny and made my very own sweet little Peter Cottontail.
Next, I hot glued the Easter sign to the board as close to the bottom as I could allowing room for the garland at the top. I measured to see how much of the garland was needed and cut that section off. I hot glued the two pom poms on the ends to the board in the top corners and then moved each pom pom to space it out evenly.
This was such an easy and quick project for very little money $$$!! If you want to see a video of this project, HOP on over to my Designs by Dina Facebook page. You can also enter for a chance to win this cutie by simply sharing the video on your Facebook page with your friends and family!! Don’t wait long though…drawing will be soon and this giveaway will no longer be valid.
I hope this has inspired you to add a little Easter Cheer to your home and begin turning your house into a home you love too!!
Blessings Friends!!!
So cute!!!
Thank you!!!🤗