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I was able to share this craft over on Shaped By Grace for part of Blog Your Way to Disney.
The Goof, has been talking about our October trip non-stop since we returned. Not a day goes by that he doesn’t bring it up. So, I wanted to make him something special for Christmas for his room to commemorate the trip.
The Goof, has been talking about our October trip non-stop since we returned. Not a day goes by that he doesn’t bring it up. So, I wanted to make him something special for Christmas for his room to commemorate the trip.
For this craft you will need
• a wood plaque (range from $1-$3 at Hobby Lobby)
• Wood Letters
• Paint (I used red, yellow, and a little black)
• Paint Brushes
• Mod Podge (I fell in love with the spray kind for this project)
• Picture
First, print your picture (or print it at your local store’s photo lab) in the size needed to fit on your plaque.
TIP: If you are planning a trip to Disney I strongly suggest you take a picture of your child ALONE with their favorite character. Luckily, I have photo editing experience, but it took 3 hours to fix this mistake that could have been avoided if I would have caught a picture of The Goof and Mickey alone while at the park.
Once you have your picture- paint your plaque. Choose a color that is in the picture, but not the main focus. I chose red to match Mickey’s pants. Paint the wood letters as well. For those I chose yellow to match Mickey’s bow tie.
When I was painting, I had what I thought was an awesome idea…paint the edges black. Well, I got paint on the front of the plaque. So then I thought “I will distress the edges of the front.” Sounds cute right? NOPE! It looked awful. I was in such a hurry to fix my mistake I forgot to get a picture of how horrid it looked. Oh well! So it took 3 coats to cover up the black and make the red look good, but my mistake did add a nice grain to the plaque that you can see a bit of in the picture above.
Once all the paint is dry, take your letters and pictures and lay them out to make sure you know where everything needs to be placed. Trim your photo if needed.
Take the plaque (without the letters/photo on it) and use mod podge to coat it, and then attach the photo. Let it dry.
Now go find something to entertain yourself. You know the saying a watched pot never boils? Well, watched mod podge never dries. So find something to do while you wait for it to dry.
Once the mod podge is dry, go over the top of the photo and plaque with a second coat of mod podge. I personally always screw up this part. No matter how dry my first coat is, when I put on the second coat, my photo bubbles. Enter- Mod Podge Spray!!!! This saved me. I simply sprayed on a light coat and no bubbling!!!!!
Now, it is time to attach the letters. I used my handy dandy E 6000 glue. It worked great! Wood glue would probably be another great option. Be sure to lay out all the letters to make sure they are how you want them, then pick them up one by one and glue them on and put them back in place.
To finish it off, I used some seal coat spray that I had and put 3 light coats on.
Walla! Now you have a cute wall hanging to remember your trip or special memory!
The Goof loves this photo, and it was well worth the time it took me to edit it for him to have this in his room.
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i want so much to win the Kindle Fire. Do you think i have a chance? BTW, my pastor and his family just went to Disney World. Their pics were awesome!
Love your blog! I’d love to take my family of 8 to Disney!! Thanks for the giveaways!
You have so many neat ideas!!! I’m always looking for a new Disney craft and I just found one! Thanks!