Showing posts with label Dollar store craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dollar store craft. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Its Snowing in Chicago

 It's snowing in Chicago and the temps have dipped down into the teens.  Today is especially blistery with the winds clocking at 45 miles per hour.  

The holiday season is over and it's winter has set in.  As I've mentioned before, I really like crafting for my two favorite holidays - Christmas and Halloween the most.  But winter always makes me want to stay indoors more so I like to make the most of that time.  Making waterless snow globes seems like an appropriate craft project for this time of the year.  

My first attempt uses a dollar store globe that I filled with a tiny paper house and a few bottle brush trees.  I added a little fake snow, trimmed the cap with some twine and viola - a wintery scene captured. After making this little gem I realized I should have bought more globes.  




My next snow globe project involves upcycling a pickle jar.  I hope to post that picture tomorrow,

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Easy Dollar Store DIY

I love miniature buildings of all kinds  and always enjoy the tiny villages and churches at Christmas time.  When I saw the white glittery churches at the Dollar Tree that are supposed to be used as ornaments, I just knew I could step it up a notch by adding something more to them.  So here's a simple DIY using the ornament, bottle brush trees and some upcycled tree cookies cut from Chicago's Park District tree trimmings.

Simply paint the edges and top of the tree cookies with white paint.   Position and glue the church on to the tree cookie.  Now glue down the bottle brush trees and you are done.