4 Easy Spring & Easter DIY Decor Ideas on a Budget You Will Love

Hey everyone welcome or welcome back to my channel. Today I have some spring and Easter DIYs to share with you that you're really going to enjoy 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 for this one we're going to use some white tissue paper and we're going to use a piece of copy paper and we are going to cut our tissue paper where it has about a half inch overhang all the way around your paper and then we are going to tape this onto our copy paper. So just make sure you get enough so you can tape it off into the back and then just center your copy paper on there and then just tape it all the way around. Now don't worry about the wrinkles because you're not even going to see these once we get done with our project but you want to tape it on there good enough there it'll go through your copy machine without buckling up or tearing. So put quite a bit of tape on it and try to get it straightened out as much as you can. After you get all this taped I've given you an image in the description below. You can just download it and then we're just going to print it on the front part of this tissue paper and I'm just using a regular inkjet printer. I got this rabbit at Hobby Lobby it ended up being about two dollars and fifty cents. You don't have to use this rabbit you could use a large egg you could use just a rectangular piece of wood just something that is big enough where that whole picture covers it and then you want to pick two colors of paint for this you want to pick a dark color and then you want to pick a light color something that matches the print. My base color I'm using a burnt umber and I'm going to paint the entire thing with this. This is going to be your base color which is going to be the dark color and if you can find something that has cutouts like this rabbit does it's going to be a little bit more of an interesting piece once you get your print on it and I'm going to paint the front the back and the sides all with this brown color. Now you don't have to use the picture that I'm supplying you can pick any kind of picture that you want to just as long as you can print it on a full eight and a half by eleven sheet of paper. Okay next I'm going to cover the entire bunny with a crackle medium now you can use an Elmer's glue on this if you want to but I will give you the link for the one I'm using because I really do like the way it works but you want to cover the entire front with this and try not to let it drip down the sides and the heavier that you apply it the more crackle you're going to get so try to get plenty on there and then you're going to set this aside and you're going to let this dry completely mine took about two hours to dry completely after my crackle medium has dried I'm going to take some vintage white paint this is like a cottage white color and then I'm going to take my big paintbrush and I'm going to start painting it now you want to try to go up and down strokes and you want to move fast because this is going to start cracking super fast and you don't want to go over the same section two or three times because once it starts cracking you'll end up covering it up with the paint so you can kind of see that this is already starting to crack just let it do its work and then just set it aside and let that go now for about 15 minutes that's how much mine cracked and then you're going to take your tissue paper and you're going to cut it off of your copy paper and we are going to decoupage this onto our rabbit so get all your paper off now mine was shy about maybe a quarter of an inch from covering my entire bunny but I'm going to fill it in with a piece that I take off so just figure out exactly where you want it on here I just wanted a little bit of the face and a little bit of the ears but this is really an interesting piece once you get done just kind of get as much of it onto your rabbit as you can and then we're going to apply mod podge to it to attach it so really coat your piece with the mod podge but you want to make sure that this is completely dry from the paint that you just put on here otherwise you're going to move it around and then I'm not going to let this dry I'm going to put my tissue paper right on top of it and then I'm going to smooth it out with some cellophane plastic wrap but you do want to get an even coat on this you don't want to overdo it on this and then once you get that on just kind of line your picture up over the top part of it and then take your plastic wrap and start smoothing it out the plastic wrap works really good because it'll let you smooth it out without it sticking to your hands or sticking to anything else it smooths it out really nice but you want to make sure you're getting all the way to the edge on this because once we start taking the excess paper off you're going to need it to be glued all the way to the edge and this moves out real quick and easy with the plastic wrap and then just set that aside and let that dry really well that's dried I'm just going to kind of go around the edges and kind of get most of the paper off and then that way you can see what you're working with and then you see at the very top where the white's still showing I'm going to take another piece of that paper and I'm going to stick it up there and blend it in and this is where I'm just going to cut another little piece kind of just a random piece and I'm going to glue it on here and this will blend in real good here in a little bit just kind of figure out exactly where you want it and then go ahead and glue that on and then let that dry and then once we get done with this you're not going to see all the lines between the two and you're just going to grab a little hand sander and you're going to start going away from your bunny so you're going on the edges and you're moving away from it and to drag the pieces off this is an easy way to get this off of here with this sanding pad and I'm going to get most of it off now I am going to have a piece that's going to go inside that I'm not going to get to be able to get to and I'll show you exactly how I'm going to do that piece but you have to make sure that you're glued all the way to the edge and if you have any that like that white spot right there I'm just going to blend it in with some paint and then just continue till you get all your paper off and this really didn't take that long and it wasn't that hard and it doesn't tear up your piece either it works really good these little hand sanders is that I couldn't get with the sander I'm just taking a lighter and just going inside there and it's going to burn the rest of it off next to make it a little bit more distressed around the edges I'm taking some Tim Holtz walnut stain and I'm going all the way around the bunny and I'm going to put a pretty generous amount on here and it did kind of blend in with the colors of the picture and it does look really good doing it that way and you're just going along the outside edge this is what's going to give it the more vintage look and try to put it on kind of as heavy as you can if you have any places that lift like right there just go back in with your mod podge and lay them down and then that's all I'm going to do with this one to complete the project I think it didn't need anything like a bow or anything like that I think it just looked really good just like this let me know what you think in the comments which one's your favorite today this next one I'm just going to take a piece of cardboard and then I've given you this pattern for these glasses in the description below just download them and cut them out and then we're going to cut these out of just some cardboard once you get that cut out we're just going to lay it onto a piece of cardboard and we're going to trace it out and then we're going to use an exacto knife to cut this out and then after we do the outside edge we'll cut the center as well but you want to make sure that your pencil is dark enough once you lift your glasses off there so you can see it with the exacto knife cut it out since you pretty much have some straight lines right there just use a ruler and cut against the ruler and then you can get your top and your bottom and your sides cut out pretty easy then we'll just do the curved area kind of free-handed and I'm just going to kind of curve right around there with my exacto knife to cut that off on the corners on all four sides once you've got the outside cut we're just going to take our exacto knife cut down in the center and we're going to cut the center out and then we're going to trace it onto our cardboard as well and then just cut it out with the exacto knife this does not have to be perfect because we are making a little caricature with this and then once you draw your inside part just take your exacto knife and just cut it out just like you did the outside edge next I'm just going to take some black acrylic paint and I'm going to paint the inside the outside and the back of these black just kind of really get into where those openings on the cardboard is so you can kind of make sure that you do get those filled in good you don't have some smooth edges on the inside of your glasses just take your fingers and just kind of push them into the cardboard and you might want to wear some gloves on this part because I did get quite a bit of paint on my hands next I got these rabbit feet from Hobby Lobby and I'm going to use the back side of them because I'm making a chicken and I am going to fill the hole in with some wood filler and then I'm going to paint these with a Martha Stewart carrot colored paint I started to use the paint that I have here but I switched over to the Martha Stewart carrot color and I'm only going to paint this side of them I'm not going to paint both sides just kind of brush it to the edge so you don't get it all over the sides and then just set those aside and let those dry and these rabbit feet worked perfect for this for my chicken's body I'm just going to put some glue on the bottom of one of the flocked big eggs that I got at Hobby Lobby and I'm going to center it over my feet and I think this is like a 10 inch flocked egg and then just set that aside and let it dry really good next I'm just going to center my glasses right over the front part of his face this just gave him a little bit more studious look and I'm just going to put a little bit of glue around the inside edges across the nose and right there I'm not going to put it all the way around and it'll stick up off of this face a little bit just kind of hold that there until it dries good his eyes I just got this little doll eye kit from Amazon I'll give you the link for it and I'm using some eyes that are about maybe a half of an inch and I'm just using the exacto knife to poke my hole right here and then I'm going to put the eyes in then I am going to pull them back out a little bit and add just a little bit of glue just push it on in there and then do the same thing with the other and then we'll just lift them out and get a little bit of glue under them not too much and I'm just kind of centering these in the glasses and I'm just backing them out just a little bit to just put a little bit of glue behind his eye they stayed in there pretty good they were pretty tight but I think just a little dab of glue will do you and I'm doing that for both eyes next to give him some eyebrows I'm just going to cut a sliver out of a black craft foam just kind of do a little u-shape on them they don't have to be perfect and you're going to cut two of them and then I'm going to glue both of them on just kind of at a diagonal on both sides don't put so much glue that you see it oozing out just a little fine line and then kind of tilt them at an angle and do the same thing with the other one kind of matching it he's already starting to look cute for his beak I'm just going to use two little small hearts and I'm going to paint them orange now I'm going to paint the front the back and the sides completely with this because you are going to see it so make sure you do paint it completely for those have dried we're going to join the two together kind of at a diagonal so that his mouth is open so you're just going to put a little glue on the very back part of the heart and then leave an opening in the front where his mouth is open and then we're going to put a little glue on the very back of it and just attach it to his face for his hair I'm going to take a sheet of crepe paper this measures 10 inches tall it comes on a roll I'll give you the link for these I get them on Amazon and then I'm going to fold this in two thirds so just go across till you get to the center and then we're going to fold it over again to the opposite side and then we're going to cut along the bottom edge to open it up completely the top edge of your crepe paper is completely open and then on the bottom you want to go ahead and glue it together now just put you a small fine bead of glue you don't want too much because we are going to have to roll this once we cut it but the top edge has you'll have three sheets of crepe paper and they'll just all be separated at the top next you take your scissors on the top side and you're going to cut all the way till about half an inch from the bottom so you're cutting down to the end that we just glued so you have all your little pieces open at the top I just flipped it over from where I was just gluing and then just go all the way down and you're just doing about quarter inch cuts all the way down next we're just going to start rolling it and we're going to roll from this end all the way to the other end and we're going to put some glue along the way just to hold this together but just keep going until you have it completely rolled up to the other end and try to keep the bottom edge straight because it will want to tend to kind of pull out of the bottom but just try to get it as straight as you can get it and then once you get it completely glued just start opening it up just kind of start fanning it open and then I am going to cut the bottom off just a little bit shorter don't go all the way up to where you just cut those little strips just cut a little bit off the bottom put a big dollop of glue all along the bottom edge here really get a lot of glue on there and then just put it right in the center of his head and glue it on and hold it until it dries and then we're just going to fan all those out kind of over his head and pull it down enough to where he has really a lot of hair on top of his head so I'm going to take some wide ribbon this is about one and a quarter inch and I'm just going to make a little bow tie for him so just kind of make two loops and you're going to cut another piece to go around the center and we're going to glue the loop in the back right here we're also going to flip it over and we're going to put a little bit of glue in the center our piece that goes around the center of it we're just going to glue both sides and fold those in just kind of make it a little bit skinnier and then just kind of squeeze your bow tie together and then we're going to wrap this around and then glue this in and we are going to have to kind of cut it off it's a little bit long and just kind of squeeze it in like a bow tie and then just cut that short fold that over and then we're going to do the same thing on the opposite side and just glue that into the back and I'm just going to glue it right to the very front all right that was pretty easy that's pretty much it look how cute he turned out let me know what you think in the comments this next one we're going to take a wash rag and I measured mine at 11 and a half inches by 11 inches it's supposed to be a 12 by 12 but that's not what it is if you can get a one that's a square try to get one that's a square and I'm going to go a little bit slow on this so you can see what I'm doing we're going to fold our fabric over at a diagonal and then we are going to make two loops for some bunny ears so just gather those up right there and make them equal and we're going to put those side by side and we're going to take a rubber band and put it around the top part or around the bottom part of the ears to hold these together just kind of make sure that they are side by side and then put your rubber band around them okay next you can kind of straighten out your wash rag and you're going to start folding it up now you try to get it as smooth as you can as you're rolling it pull the sides out a little bit on both sides and then keep rolling until you get all the way up to the ears and this is going to be for the head so once you get there try to smooth that out because that is the head and then just wrap that around there and put a rubber band to hold that together and you're going to put the rubber band around the bottom part of the head and around the back part of the ears and just double that up so that is pretty tight and straighten out the back part of the bunny kind of straighten them out together and then we are going to roll this under to make his feet so roll it under like that put a rubber band around there so you'll have two little bunny feet side by side and you're only going up maybe about a half of an inch and then that's the little feet and we're just going to fold it under come up underneath his chin and then we're going to put a rubber band around the legs and around the head to hold all this together just kind of tuck some of that in there and then put your rubber band around the top part all the way around the bottom legs i'm going to take a green and white check ribbon and i'm just going all the way around where the bottom of the feet are all the way around to the top part of the head and i'm just going to tie this into a bow these are cute little bunnies and you give these to your friends or just group them in a little basket they're just little cute little bunnies you could decorate their face up too but i thought they were really cute just plain like that next bunny super simple you're just going to take a square wash rag and cut your tag off then you're going to start at the diagonal and you're going to start rolling it all the way up till you get to the opposite side this one would be good on a place setting for your like a easter dinner just fold it in half and then we're going to put a rubber band around the center part just to hold this together and then we're making the head here just make sure that your ears are the same length and then take a rubber band and wrap it around the top part to create the head and then we're just going to take a green and white check ribbon and we're just going to tie a bow around it this one was super simple and again these would be super cute on a plate all right you can't get any simpler than that let me know what you think in the comments make plenty of these because you can give these to your friends as well look how cute those are okay i hope you enjoyed the video today i hope it gave you some inspiration if you like these kind of videos be sure and 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