Craft Night - Christmas Ornaments

 

Life has been a blur lately. I got caught up in Christmas craziness, got sick and there some other crazy stuff going on in life. As a result I forgot to post this about my latest craft night!

In the holiday spirit, we made Christmas ornaments!!! They were simple to make and did require that many materials. I cut out some shapes from old cereal boxes and added some mod podge and some Christmas themed scrapbook paper.

I was glad to see all the folks who came out. Some fabulous ornaments were made and it was all in all a fun time.

 

Even though it is a bit past Christmas, here is how you can make your own ornaments! After all it's only 12 months till next Christmas.

Materials & Tools

• Cardboard (cereal boxes work great!)
• Christmas themed scrapbooking paper
• Ribbon
• Mod Podge
• Foam brushes
• Scissors
• Hole puncher

Instructions

• Determine the size and shape of your ornament. I used Picmonkey.com to find some really nice shapes and I formatted them to the size I wanted.
• Trace your shapes on cardboard and cut them out
• Go through all of you christmasy paper and figure out what you would like to put on your ornament. Be sure to make them double sided for twice the Christmas magic!
• Once your design is figured out begin putting them together with Mod Podge. I recommend doing this step in layers alternated between mod podge and paper.
• After your ornament is assembled, use your hole puncher to make a hole towards the top of your ornament
• Take some ribbon and tie it around your ornament. Place that baby on the tree!

 

A Very Geeky Christmas.....

Hello out there! Its less than three weeks till Christmas. This is a fact that is freaking me out! If you are feeling a little unprepared for the holidays this year I have put together an Etsy treasury full of some of the geeky-ist items for all of the nerds on your list!

Last year I got some of my friends candles from Bubble & Geek and they smelt so good that I debated keeping them for myself! Hopefully this will help give you some holiday ideas!

'A Very Geeky Christmas' by Nerd Craft Librarian 

The holiday season is upon us! Here are some Etsy items to make any pop-culture obsessed nerd in your life quite happy for the holidays!

Star Wars ATAT holiday ... DoodleButton $12	Super Nintendo Holiday-... AwkwardAffect... $5	And To All A Who Night ... NinjaGreeting... $3.5	Gamer Geek hand decorat... ThePerfectCup $12
Christmas Is Coming Dir... ClassyWhaleTe... $12	Christmas Pinback Butto... TheOneStopBut... $4	BATMAN COMIC Christmas ... forbiddenfrui... $16	Handmade Comic Book Upc... Bookity $25
Gift Tags - Nerd Tags -... ableandgame $7	Star Wars Han Solo Bot... GeektasticCre... $6	Lord of the Rings inspi... NerdAlertCrea... $45	Harry Potter Book Movie... parenholly $40
I Love You More Than A ... rachaelwindem... $18	I like big books and I ... vitaminaeu $18	PICK 4 - 8 oz Jar Candl... bubbleandgeek $38	Luke Skywalker on Taunt... Megatone230 $45

Treasury tool by StylishHome.

Candy Corn bottles

With October in full swing I have been doing more and more decorating each day. I added some flair to our front yard complete with cornstalks! I'm quite proud of myself and how it is coming together.

I've also been doing a lot of indoor stuff and one such project is turning old wine bottles into something spooky. Here is how I've made some candy corn bottles!

Materials & Tools

• Recycled glass bottles 
• Spray Paint in these colors: 
• white
• Orange
• Yellow
• Painters tape  

Instructions

• Remove the labels from the wine bottles. You can check out in detail how I did that for my potion bottle tutorial
• Once the label has been removed and the bottle is dry, you are ready to spray paint! Make sure you are either outside or in a well ventilated area. I use a dust mask while painting. 
• For the first coat, paint the entire bottle white. Then allow to dry and remove the tape.
• 1/3 of the way down tape up the bottle and get ready for your second coat. To prevent your next color from bleeding over take a piece of newspaper and wrap it around the bottle. Spray paint yellow and allow to dry and remove tape.

Painter's tape fail

• I've learned that my painters tape is super duper strong and ripped up the paint. So for the last coat I wrapped some newspaper around it while I spray painted. 
• Now you are ready for some 'corny' halloween fun! 

If you like this craft then check out some of my other Halloween Tutorials! 

Halloween Wall Art

Hello Girls and ghouls! I'm happy that it is finally October! Its the month of birthdays (Tim and mine have birthdays two weeks apart) and its also the month of spooktacular fun! Last year I posted a few different Halloween themed tutorials including Halloween potion bottles and burlap bunting.  This year is no different! I'll have a different tutorial each week to help get you in the spooky spirit.

We're starting off with an easy one! Halloween Wall Art! They are easy and fun. I had a lot of fun looking up funky old timey clip art! Here is what I did to make my wall art here is how you can to:

Materials and Supplies:

• Picture Frame (I went with 8 x 11 from the Dollar Tree) 
• Sand paper 
• Spray paint 
• Halloween clip art

Instructions

• Open up the picture frame and carefully remove the glass and put it in a safe place. 
• Use your sand paper and rough it around the edges of the picture frame. (this will help the spray paint adhere to the frame) When you are done make sure to wipe away any saw dust. 
• Use some white paint and do a base coat. Allow to dry.
• Pick out some holloween-ish colors and start spraying it down. Allow to dry 
• Now the fun part, find your art work! The Graphics Fairy lives up to her name and is quite amazing. 
• Once your frame has dried, put together the frame and insert glass and your pictures. Now you are read to decorate your house!