Thrift Flips Archives - Manda Panda Projects https://mandapandaprojects.com/category/crafts-diy/thrift-flips/ In the Pursuit of Craftyness Thu, 11 Sep 2025 02:36:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://mandapandaprojects.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-MandaPanda-Projects-with-Panda-e1578891238716-1-32x32.jpg Thrift Flips Archives - Manda Panda Projects https://mandapandaprojects.com/category/crafts-diy/thrift-flips/ 32 32 Decoupaged Wood Round Bunny https://mandapandaprojects.com/decoupaged-wood-round-bunny/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=decoupaged-wood-round-bunny Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:30:09 +0000 https://mandapandaprojects.com/?p=14099 Thrifted wood round decoupaged with a succulent floral spring napkin to look like a bunny with Jute twine ears, a messy fabric bow, a hangtag that says "Hop" and pink bunny feet for diy Spring and easter crafts and decor.

Thrifted wood round decoupaged with a succulent floral spring napkin to look like a bunny with Jute twine ears, a messy fabric bow, a hangtag that says "Hop" and pink bunny feet for diy Spring and easter crafts and decor.

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]]> Thrifted wood round decoupaged with a succulent floral spring napkin to look like a bunny with Jute twine ears, a messy fabric bow, a hangtag that says "Hop" and pink bunny feet for diy Spring and easter crafts and decor.

This thrifted wood round is transformed into a beautiful decoupaged bunny with a floral succulent napkin and a beautiful fabric bow. The hand lettered “Hop” tag sets this one off into cuteness overload for Easter and Spring!

Thrifted wood round decoupaged with a succulent floral spring napkin to look like a bunny with Jute twine ears, a messy fabric bow, a hangtag that says "Hop" and pink bunny feet for diy Spring and easter crafts and decor.

Decoupage a thrifted Wood Round with a napkin from my Big Pack of Craftkins napkin subscription!

The Big Pack of Craftkins is my quarterly subscription of adorable napkins sent right to your door so you never have to buy entire napkins for Crafting ever again.

Thrifted wood round decoupaged with a succulent floral spring napkin to look like a bunny with Jute twine ears, a messy fabric bow, a hangtag that says "Hop" and pink bunny feet for diy Spring and easter crafts and decor.

Add some Jute ears, a fabric bow and a little HOP tag and you got yourself adorable DIY Spring or Easter decor!

Thrifted wood round decoupaged with a succulent floral spring napkin to look like a bunny with Jute twine ears, a messy fabric bow, a hangtag that says "Hop" and pink bunny feet for diy Spring and easter crafts and decor.

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Supplies needed to make a Decoupaged Wood Round Bunny

Floral Succulent Napkin

How to Decoupage a Wood Round Bunny

I made this Wood Round Bunny on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

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Watch the video HERE

Thrifted wood round decoupaged with a succulent floral spring napkin to look like a bunny with Jute twine ears, a messy fabric bow, a hangtag that says "Hop" and pink bunny feet for diy Spring and easter crafts and decor.

I hand lettered the HOP tag myself, using skills I am learning in a hand lettering course I am taking called “Hand Lettering for Beginners”. It’s so fun to be able to letter my own tags!

Hand lettered HOP tag.
Pink wood Bunny foot.
Messy beautiful Fabric Bow.
Lace bunny ears.
Back of the wood round.
Thrifted wood round decoupaged with a succulent floral spring napkin to look like a bunny with Jute twine ears, a messy fabric bow, a hangtag that says "Hop" and pink bunny feet for diy Spring and easter crafts and decor.

Are you going to make a Decoupaged Wood Round Bunny? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

If you’ve got a million projects on your crafting ‘to-do’ list like I do, than you need my FREE Craft Project Planner so you can plan to make *all the things*! When you sign up for the craft planner, I’ll also send you lot’s of fun, easy, and budget friendly ideas for you to fill it up with!

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Completed bunny staged with other decor on a table.

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]]> Hand Painted Snowman Thrifted Teapot https://mandapandaprojects.com/hand-painted-snowman-thrifted-teapot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hand-painted-snowman-thrifted-teapot Sat, 30 Nov 2024 03:13:54 +0000 https://mandapandaprojects.com/?p=13294 Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

You will never look at a thrift store teapot the same again after you see how I hand painted this one to look like a snowman. Move over Frosty, theres a new guy in town! Christmas and winter decor score!

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]]> Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

You will never look at a thrift store teapot the same again after you see how I hand painted this one to look like a snowman. Move over Frosty, theres a new guy in town!

Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

Every year, for the past 3 years, I have done a Countdown to Craftmas where I go live on Facebook from 12/1-24 for 24 days of Christmas Crafty Inspo.

And this Hand Painted Snowman Thrifted Teapot was Day 4 of our 2023 countdown!

Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

I saw this Teapot for $3.50 at my local thrift store, and I IMMEDIATELY knew what I would do with it. I know, the sticker says $6.99 but everything is 50% off all day everyday so = $3.50.

Black thrifted teapot with a price tag that says $6.99.

For as adorable as this Thrifted Snowman Teapot is, it was actually pretty easy to paint!

Don’t let the “hand painted” title intimidate you, I CANNOT paint, but I show you how to do it step by step in this blog.

Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

I wasn’t 100% happy with the bow on the handle, which you will see if you watch the Live replay tutorial, but it grew on me and was cute enough.

Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

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Supplies Needed to Hand Paint a Thrifted Snowman Teapot

Black thrifted teapot.

How to Turn a Thrifted Teapot into a Snowman

I painted this Thrifted Teapot on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

Amanda holding the completed craft on a facebook live thumbnail.

Watch the video HERE

First things first, I gave the bottom of the Teapot a good 2 coats of white chalk paint with Waverly “Plaster”. Then I painted the handle black. (I know the handle was already black, but it was shiny and I wanted it to be matte, so I went over it with the black chalk paint).

Amanda painting the entire black teapot all white.

Next, I painted the “spout” with Waverly “Pumpkin” chalk paint, and then added light lines with Antique Wax to make it look more “realistic” carrot.

The spout of the teapot painted orange with brown lines to look like a carrot.

For the eyes, I drew the outline with a pencil FIRST so that if I messed the shape up, I could just erase and fix it. This took a LOT of pressure off! The outline shape looks like this…

The outline of the eyes drawn on with pencil.

Then I traced over the pencil with black Sharpie.

Amanda drawing over the penciled outline of the eyes with black Sharpie.

Your eyes will look something like this after you have outlined them…

The completed outline step of the eyes before they were colored in with paint.

Remember, progress over perfection! Don’t get too hung up on whether they are perfectly even or the exact same size. Just do your best and it will be cute, even if it’s wonky.

Next, I used a small paint brush and painted sort of half circles on the left sides of each eye like you see below…

Step by step of the painting of the snowman eyes, adding the black half circles to the center.

The hard part is over! Now, add a small white dot with a line under it on the inside edge of each black part of the eye.

Step by step of the painting of the snowman eyes.

Finish the eyes off with 3 small eyelashes on the outer upper eye “lid” and a small line above for the eyebrow.

The completed hand painted snowman eyes with eyelashes.

For the rosy cheeks, I dry brushed some pink paint in large circles. You want hardly any paint on the brush, so wipe almost all of it off on a separate piece of paper before doing your cheeks. You could use actual blush as well. If I were to do it over I would do that instead of the paint.

On top of the blush I added a white hashtag and some random white dots for character. I used the end of a paint brush to make the dots.

Rosy pink cheeks with a white hashtag and white dots.

For his mouth, I did the same thing as the eyes and used a pencil to draw the wavy simple mouth. Once I was happy with it I outlined it with black Sharpie.

Drawing on the snowman mouth with black Sharpie.

I added a small “wrinkle” underneath his mouth for character. (I used an image of another painted snowman for inspo. I told you, I am NOT a painter).

The completed hand painted snowman face.

While I was dotting the cheeks, I decided that the black handle and lid needed a little somethin’ somethin’, so I decided to add polka dots to them as well.

The handle and the top of the teapot painted black with small white polka dots.

Last but not least, I wanted to add a scrappy fabric bow to the handle so I just simply tied some strips of ripped fabric to it and called it a day.

Scrappy red white and black fabric bow tied to the handle of the teapot.

I just love Day 4 of the 2023 Countdown to Craftmas!

Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

I mean c’mon, how darn cute is this Hand Painted Snowman Teapot!?

Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

Are you even a crafter if you aren’t RUNNING out to the thrift store to get a teapot right now?

Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

Are you going to hand paint a teapot to look like a Snowman for Winter or Christmas this year? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

If you’ve got a million projects on your crafting ‘to-do’ list like I do, than you need my FREE Craft Project Planner so you can plan to make *all the things*! When you sign up for the craft planner, I’ll also send you lot’s of fun, easy, and budget friendly ideas for you to fill it up with!

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Black thrifted teapot with a $6.99 price tag.
Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.
Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

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]]> Thrifted Snowman Lamp Flip https://mandapandaprojects.com/thrifted-snowman-lamp-flip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thrifted-snowman-lamp-flip Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:03:39 +0000 https://mandapandaprojects.com/?p=13181 Turn and ordinary thrift store small lamp into adorable and budget friendly Christmas and Winter decor by painting it to look like a snowman. With the lampshade being the "top hat" with a cute red, black, and white bow and a jingle bell, and the lamp body painted like a snowman face.

You will never look at a thrift store lamp the same again after you see how I flipped this ordinary lamp into adorable Christmas and winter decor. This Thrifted Snowman Lamp will put Frosty to shame! Countdown to Craftmas for the Win.

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]]> Turn and ordinary thrift store small lamp into adorable and budget friendly Christmas and Winter decor by painting it to look like a snowman. With the lampshade being the "top hat" with a cute red, black, and white bow and a jingle bell, and the lamp body painted like a snowman face.

You will never look at a thrift store lamp the same again after you see how I flipped this ordinary lamp into adorable Christmas and winter decor. This Thrifted Snowman Lamp will put Frosty to shame!

Turn and ordinary thrift store small lamp into adorable and budget friendly Christmas and Winter decor by painting it to look like a snowman. With the lampshade being the "top hat" with a cute red, black, and white bow and a jingle bell, and the lamp body painted like a snowman face.

Every year, for the past 3 years, I have done a Countdown to Craftmas where I go live on Facebook from 12/1-24 for 24 days of Christmas Crafty Inspo.

And this Thrifted Snowman Lamp is by FAR my fave from 2023!

Turn and ordinary thrift store small lamp into adorable and budget friendly Christmas and Winter decor by painting it to look like a snowman. With the lampshade being the "top hat" with a cute red, black, and white bow and a jingle bell, and the lamp body painted like a snowman face.

For as adorable as this Snowman Lamp flip is, it was actually pretty easy to make!

Don’t let that face intimidate you, I CANNOT paint, but I show you how to do it step by step in this blog.

Thrifted snowman painted lamp next to a tall santa decor.

And can we talk about that bow!? I normally prefer fabric bows, but for this particular project a ribbon bow was in order. And of course it came out just PERF thanks to my Bowdabra!

Huge black red and white bow on the thrifted lampshade.

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Supplies Needed to Make a Thrifted Snowman Lamp

A black and brown small thrifted lamp.

How to Turn a Thrifted Lamp into a Snowman

I made over this Thrifted Snowman Lamp on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

Amanda holding the completed craft on a facebook live thumbnail.

Watch the video HERE

First things first, I took the lamp shade off to work on the “face” and “body”.

Here is the surface that we’re working with. I decided I would first paint the entire bottom part of the lamp all white with Waverly plaster chalk paint. A good two coats did it.

The bottom portion of the thrifted lamp.

Now for the face, it’s best to watch the replay to see exactly how I painted it, but I will show you the steps the best I can here. Pardon the pictures, they are screenshots from my live video, but it’s better than nothin’!

First, with a pencil I drew 2 ovals, kind of wonky, leaning in towards each other like you see here.

Step one of the snowman face: Draw two ovals with pencil.

I then outlined the pencil with black Sharpie and painted them in with black paint.

Two oval eyes painted black.

I used a fine tip sharpie to draw 3 wispy eyelashes on the outer bottom eyes, and painted a small white line on the right sides of each eye.

Half drawn oval black eyes.

I dry brushed some pink paint to make the rosy cheeks.

Dry brushed pink paint on the snowman face to make rosy cheeks.

Then painted on the orange carrot nose.

The snowman face with everything but the mouth painted on.

And finally, I drew on the squiggly wonky smile with the fine tip black Sharpie again.

Here is the face alllllll done! Not perfect, but done. And cute.

The completed painted snowman face.

For the trim around the “top hat” lampshade, I used this buffalo check ruffle trim that was sent to me in a PR box by the company. It’s “Place and Time” brand and can be found at Joanns Fabric in stores and online. I did find some on Amazon, but it’s red instead of black (would still be cute!).

Black and white buffalo check ruffled trim on the spool.

I just hot glued it all around the bottom rim of the lampshade.

Buffalo check ruffled trim being glued by Amanda to the bottom rim of the lampshade.

Here’s how it looks once it’s on there. Cute, right!?

Buffalo check ruffled trim glued to the bottom rim of the lampshade.

I also glued some thinner buffalo check ribbon around the top of the shade.

Thin buffalo check ribbon glued to the top rim of the lampshade.

Time for the star of the show..the BOW! Thanks to my Bowdabra, this was super easy, and the first time I ever used ribbon instead of fabric with it.

Amanda making a bow with a Bowdabra.

Of course I had to add some greenery and berries along with a rusty bell.

A huge black red and white bow with a rusty bell and greenery and red berries.

Like I said….my FAVE from the 2023 Countdown to Craftmas!

I mean c’mon, how darn cute is this Thrifted Snowman Lamp!?

Turn and ordinary thrift store small lamp into adorable and budget friendly Christmas and Winter decor by painting it to look like a snowman. With the lampshade being the "top hat" with a cute red, black, and white bow and a jingle bell, and the lamp body painted like a snowman face.

Are you even a crafter if you aren’t RUNNING out to the thrift store to get a lamp right now?

Turn and ordinary thrift store small lamp into adorable and budget friendly Christmas and Winter decor by painting it to look like a snowman. With the lampshade being the "top hat" with a cute red, black, and white bow and a jingle bell, and the lamp body painted like a snowman face.

Are you going to flip a Thrifted Lamp into a Snowman for Winter or Christmas this year? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

If you’ve got a million projects on your crafting ‘to-do’ list like I do, than you need my FREE Craft Project Planner so you can plan to make *all the things*! When you sign up for the craft planner, I’ll also send you lot’s of fun, easy, and budget friendly ideas for you to fill it up with!

Make time to make stuff free printable craft project planner. Digital editable planner. #craftplanner #projectplanner

Free printable Craft Project Planner

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A black and brown thrifted lamp.
Turn and ordinary thrift store small lamp into adorable and budget friendly Christmas and Winter decor by painting it to look like a snowman. With the lampshade being the "top hat" with a cute red, black, and white bow and a jingle bell, and the lamp body painted like a snowman face.
Turn and ordinary thrift store small lamp into adorable and budget friendly Christmas and Winter decor by painting it to look like a snowman. With the lampshade being the "top hat" with a cute red, black, and white bow and a jingle bell, and the lamp body painted like a snowman face.

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]]> Thrifted Cute Ghost Makeover https://mandapandaprojects.com/thrifted-cute-ghost-makeover/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thrifted-cute-ghost-makeover Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:27:59 +0000 https://mandapandaprojects.com/?p=13184 Thrifted Wood Ghost Makeover with black glasses and a burlap banner that says BOO.

This thrifted wood ghost was cute when I bought him, but once I made him over with some cutesy glasses he went from cute to BOO-tiful. DIY Halloween decor at it's finest!

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]]> Thrifted Wood Ghost Makeover with black glasses and a burlap banner that says BOO.

This Thrifted Wood Ghost was cute when I bought him, but once I made him over with some cutesy glasses he went from cute to BOO-tiful. DIY Halloween decor at it’s finest!

Standing wood ghost from a thrift store with an orange pumpkin.

This is your reminder that if you see something cute-ish at the thrift store, but you don’t absolutely love it, then grab it anyway! Because you can make it over to be something even more amazing.

I mean, this ghost really was cute when I first got him. But I knew right away that he wasn’t gonna stay as is. In fact, HE became a SHE! No surgery required LOL!

Major GLOW UP here!

Cute thrifted wood standing ghost makeover with a black and white polka dot pumpkin, a burlap banner that says "BOO", black eyeglasses, and an orange and black fabric bow.

I thought about him being almost like a wood craft kit…but cheaper! ($1.95)

Cute thrifted wood standing ghost makeover with a black and white polka dot pumpkin, a burlap banner that says "BOO", black eyeglasses, and an orange and black fabric bow.

I got this gorgeous Halloween fabric at JoAnns Fabrics, and it made for the absolute perfect bows for this project.

I am not huge fan of the color orange, but this fabric is quickly changing my mind this Halloween season.

Cute thrifted wood standing ghost makeover with a black and white polka dot pumpkin, a burlap banner that says "BOO", black eyeglasses, and an orange and black fabric bow.

Since I don’t normally love orange, I made a similar BOO Banner Ghost last year that was Rainbow theme. It kind of reminds me of this cutie since she was holding a Boo Banner as well. I guess you can say my own project inspired this one.

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Supplies Needed to Makeover a Cute Thrifted Wood Ghost

Standing wood ghost from a thrift store with an orange pumpkin.

How to Makeover a cute Thrifted Wood Ghost

I made over this Thrifted Cute Ghost on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

Amanda holding the completed project . a Facebook Live thumbnail

Watch the Video HERE

The ghost was already white, but since I wanted to paint over the current face to redo it, I painted another coat of white over the entire thing. Here is the back, before I did a second coat.

The back of the thrifted wood ghost painted all white.

When I ripped the pumpkin and bowtie off, it pulled up some of the MDF, so I decided to turn it around and make the front be the back.

I like my crafts old and grungy so I used my Kilz Dark Wax and “antiqued” all around the edges of the wood ghost using a finger dauber.

The ghost edges all grunged up with Kilz dark wax.

For her face, I used a spouncer to make large round black eyes, and the end of a paint brush to put a dot of white inside.

I painted the wood eyeglasses black, and glued them to the ghosts face.

For extra cuteness, I made a simple “hair bow” with some pretty argyle fabric, a twine shoestring bow, and a small black button in the center.

Black eyeglasses on the wood ghost and an orange and black bow in her hair.

For the BOO banner, I cut 1 perfect triangle out of cardstock, and then used that as a template to cut the 3 triangles out of burlap. I coated the back with Mod Podge to make them stiff and prevent them from fraying.

Next, I painted the one inch wood letters B-O-O orange, and glued them to the burlap pendants.

Then, I glued the burlap pendants to a long piece of twine and attached the banner from arm to arm by gluing the twine around the “arms” to the back.

The ghost holding a burlap banner that says "BOO" in orange letters.

To decorate the pumpkin, I first pulled it off of the ghost (I heated the glue up with my heat gun first, to loosen it up). Then I traced it onto a piece of black and white polka dot fabric, cut it out, and decoupaged it to the pumpkin using Mod Podge.

For the stem, I wrapped it in twine and secured with hot glue.

Of course I had to make a mini fabric bow for the pumpkin stem using my Bowdabra, but you could totally make a bow without that. I used a combination of fabric and ribbon, and glued a mini black button to the center as an embellishment.

A pumpkin that is black and white polka dots along with an orange and black bow at the top and a wine stem.

To finish it off I glued a small resin pumpkin to the bottom left on the base of the ghost, because I just felt like it needed a lil’ somethin’ somethin’ there.

I think this lil’ ghosts name should be Paisley. Paisley got a MAJOR glow up from her original thrift store version!

Cute thrifted wood standing ghost makeover with a black and white polka dot pumpkin, a burlap banner that says "BOO", black eyeglasses, and an orange and black fabric bow.

She also coordinates perfectly with the Foam Cone Witch Hat that we made in my exclusive subscription group, The CRafterparty!

You can go HERE for deets on being apart of this amazing group of crafty women, and get the tutorial for this Witch Hat too.

The completed thrifted ghost all made over next to a coordinating witches hat.

Are you going to makeover a thrifted ghost? Or thrifted ANYTHING for that matter? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

If you’ve got a million projects on your crafting ‘to-do’ list like I do, than you need my FREE Craft Project Planner so you can plan to make *all the things*! When you sign up for the craft planner, I’ll also send you lot’s of fun, easy, and budget friendly ideas for you to fill it up with!

Make time to make stuff free printable craft project planner. Digital editable planner. #craftplanner #projectplanner

Free printable Craft Project Planner

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Cute thrifted wood standing ghost makeover with a black and white polka dot pumpkin, a burlap banner that says "BOO", black eyeglasses, and an orange and black fabric bow.
Cute thrifted wood standing ghost makeover with a black and white polka dot pumpkin, a burlap banner that says "BOO", black eyeglasses, and an orange and black fabric bow.
Cute thrifted wood standing ghost makeover with a black and white polka dot pumpkin, a burlap banner that says "BOO", black eyeglasses, and an orange and black fabric bow.

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]]> Fall Floral Thrifted Watering Can Flip https://mandapandaprojects.com/fall-floral-thrifted-watering-can-flip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fall-floral-thrifted-watering-can-flip Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:43:05 +0000 https://mandapandaprojects.com/?p=13056 Thrifted watering can flipped into a galvanized metal watering can with a fall floral arrangement, leopard print and gold pumpkin picks, leopard print leaves, and gold acorns, with a leopard print and sunflower pumpkin napkin decoupaged to the front of the watering can for DIY fall centerpiece or home decor.

Flip a thrifted watering can into a gorgeous DIY Fall Floral Arrangement with some neutral, gold, and leopard print florals, pumpkins and leaves. You'll have *all the fall feels* in your home this season!

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]]> Thrifted watering can flipped into a galvanized metal watering can with a fall floral arrangement, leopard print and gold pumpkin picks, leopard print leaves, and gold acorns, with a leopard print and sunflower pumpkin napkin decoupaged to the front of the watering can for DIY fall centerpiece or home decor.

Flip a thrifted watering can into a gorgeous DIY Fall Floral Arrangement with some neutral, gold, and leopard print florals, pumpkins and leaves. You’ll have *all the fall feels* in your home this season!

Thrifted watering can flipped into a galvanized metal watering can with a fall floral arrangement, leopard print and gold pumpkin picks, leopard print leaves, and gold acorns, with a leopard print and sunflower pumpkin napkin decoupaged to the front of the watering can for DIY fall centerpiece or home decor.

This neutral, leopard print, and gold Thrift Flip Watering Can was the start of my Fall neutral frenzy.

I saw these florals at Walmart, and it started it all! From here, my entire DIY fall decor theme was full of leopard, neutral, gold, and cremes, and I am totally here for it again this year.

Thrifted watering can flipped into a galvanized metal watering can with a fall floral arrangement, leopard print and gold pumpkin picks, leopard print leaves, and gold acorns, with a leopard print and sunflower pumpkin napkin decoupaged to the front of the watering can for DIY fall centerpiece or home decor.

I do more of a “Fall-O-Ween” vibe because who has time to decorate for both Fall AND Halloween.

Not me!

Thrifted Fall Floral Watering can on a bookcase next to a book page pumpkin and gold heat shaped eyeglasses.

See that gorgeous Leopard Print Sunflower napkin on the watering can? That was one of the napkins from my Big Pack of Craftkins napkin subscription!

Thrifted watering can flipped into a galvanized metal watering can with a fall floral arrangement, leopard print and gold pumpkin picks, leopard print leaves, and gold acorns, with a leopard print and sunflower pumpkin napkin decoupaged to the front of the watering can for DIY fall centerpiece or home decor.

With Craftkins you get 18 seasonal and holiday decoupage napkins sent to you once every 3 months, so that you never have to buy napkins for crafting ever again! Get on the waitlist for when it opens next HERE.

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Supplies Needed to Make a Fall Floral Thrifted Watering Can

A purple thrifted watering can "before" picture.

How to Flip a Thrifted Watering Can into Floral Fall Decor

I made this Floral Fall Watering Can on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below. Unfortunately, Facebook cut me off so the video is in TWO parts:

Watch Part 1 HERE

Watch Part 2 HERE

Amanda holding the completed watering can decor on a Facebook live thumbnail.

Here is how the thrifted watering can started. It’s purple and don’t get me wrong, it’s pretty but it’s not what I was going for.

Amanda holding the purple thrifted watering can before it was remade into diy fall decor.

So I painted it to look like galvanized metal. First, I coated the entire watering can in grey paint. Then I dabbed on the silver, the black, and the white in layers with a sponge and just kept dabbing until I got the galvanized metal look I was going for.

You can watch how I did it in part one of the live replay.

Closeup of the watering can painted to look like galvanized metal.

Next, I ripped out the image on the napkin using a water pen and then separated the plys of my napkin down to one ply. I then decoupaged the napkin to the front of the watering can.

Close up of the leopard print and sunflower pumpkin napkin decoupaged to the front of the galvanized metal watering can.

Time to add the florals, pumpkins, leaves, and greenery! Trust me, I am NOT a florist by any means, I just kept tweaking and arranging until it looked nice and full and I liked the way it looked.

A top view of the fall floral arrangement.

I glued the leopard print pumpkins and leaves to skewers and stuck them in randomly as well.

A leopard print fall leave pick in the floral arrangement.

I was SO happy when I found this sparkly sequin gold pumpkin, so of course I added that into the arrangement as well.

A sparkly gold pumpkin pick sticking out of the fall floral arrangement.

How gorgeous with a capital G is this Thrifted Fall Floral Watering Can Flip!?

Thrifted watering can flipped into a galvanized metal watering can with a fall floral arrangement, leopard print and gold pumpkin picks, leopard print leaves, and gold acorns, with a leopard print and sunflower pumpkin napkin decoupaged to the front of the watering can for DIY fall centerpiece or home decor.

There is also a matching neutral, gold, and leopard print Fall Sign that we made in my subscription group, The CRafterparty! Don’t they look FAB together?

The completed thrifted fall floral watering can next to a FALL porch sign that coordinates with eachother.

Are you going to flip a Floral Fall Watering Can? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

If you’ve got a million projects on your crafting ‘to-do’ list like I do, than you need my FREE Craft Project Planner so you can plan to make *all the things*! When you sign up for the craft planner, I’ll also send you lot’s of fun, easy, and budget friendly ideas for you to fill it up with!

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Thrifted watering can flipped into a galvanized metal watering can with a fall floral arrangement, leopard print and gold pumpkin picks, leopard print leaves, and gold acorns, with a leopard print and sunflower pumpkin napkin decoupaged to the front of the watering can for DIY fall centerpiece or home decor.
Thrifted watering can flipped into a galvanized metal watering can with a fall floral arrangement, leopard print and gold pumpkin picks, leopard print leaves, and gold acorns, with a leopard print and sunflower pumpkin napkin decoupaged to the front of the watering can for DIY fall centerpiece or home decor.
Amanda holding the purple watering can BEFORE the thrift flip.

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]]> Thrifted Patriotic Window Frame https://mandapandaprojects.com/thrifted-patriotic-window-frame/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thrifted-patriotic-window-frame Fri, 07 Jun 2024 23:15:24 +0000 https://mandapandaprojects.com/?p=12783 DIY Patriotic Window made with a thrifted frame and Americana Grunge rice paper designs to decorate for memorial day and 4th of July in your home decor.

Show your American pride with this DIY Patriotic Window made with a thrifted frame and 4 Americana Grunge rice paper designs from Digital Deco Designs. The perfect way to decorate for Memorial Day and 4th of July in your home. I love USA!

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]]> DIY Patriotic Window made with a thrifted frame and Americana Grunge rice paper designs to decorate for memorial day and 4th of July in your home decor.

Show your American pride with this DIY Patriotic Window made with a thrifted frame and 4 Americana Grunge rice paper designs from Digital Deco Designs. The perfect way to decorate for Memorial Day and 4th of July in your home. I love USA!

DIY Patriotic Window made with a thrifted frame and Americana Grunge rice paper designs to decorate for memorial day and 4th of July in your home decor.

OK, OK, OK……this Thrift Flip is literally EPIC! It takes not one, not two, not three, but FOUR gorgeous prints from Digital Deco Designs and puts them together in one amazing Patriotic Window Frame DIY!

The frame, of course, was thrifted. And it was HUGE. The perfect size to fit all 4 of these rice paper prints.

If you are not familiar with Digital Deco Designs you are MISSING out with a capital M! She makes gorgeous rice paper printables that you can either download and print at home, or you can have them printed and shipped to you.

I have a printer, so I download and print them onto rice paper at home, but either way, once you start Mod Podging rice paper, you can’t stop!

I was so happy I could use 4 designs for this one because that meant that I didn’t have to decide on just one. The four I chose are all from her new “Americana Grunge” collection:

1.) AMERICAN GRUNGE BALD EAGLE 3 (#F069)

2.) AMERICAN GRUNGE FLOWER POT (#F061)

3.) AMERICAN GRUNGE TRACTOR (#F066)

4.) AMERICAN GRUNGE RED TRUCK (#F065)

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Supplies Needed to Make a Patriotic Window Frame

How to Make a Patriotic Window with a Thrifted Frame

I made this Patriotic Window Frame with Digital Deco Designs on video, so you can WATCH it or click on the picture right below.

Watch the full video here

I also have a short 1 min sped up video overview of the process and you can see that one HERE.

This was a live tutorial I did over on Facebook, so for the step by step instructions I would recommend watching the replay since I don’t have in progress pictures, but I will do my best to explain.

I printed my designs at 60% size, so that all 4 would fit in my frame. Depending on the size of your frame, you will most likely need to print your designs smaller than 100%.

First, I stained the entire frame with my Antique Wax, as well as the paint sticks. Then I added some candle wax to them so that I could do the “chippy method”. The wax helps the paint to chip off after the next step.

Over the top of the wax, I painted the frame and paint sticks white. Once it was all dry, I used a paint scraper and sanding sponge to distress the entire frame and paint sticks, making it look old and grungy (the wax makes this part easier!).

To add to the grunginess, I used my Kilz Dark Wax and grunged up the edges and corners of the frame even more, and went along the edges of the paint sticks as well. I wanted the frame to go along with the “grungy” vibe of the rice paper.

The paint stick was not long enough to go down the center vertically, so I braced two paint sticks together using a jumbo craft stick on the back. This made one long paint stick going down, and one shorter one across. I glued them both to the frame from behind, to make it look like a window.

Next, I glued in the 4 prints in each of the “window panes”.

To jazz it up, I found these corner embellishments from Hobby Lobby. I added a bit of Antique Gold Rub n’ Buff and glued one to each corner of the window frame.

This thrifted frame didn’t come with glass or a backing, so I covered the back with kraft paper to give it a more finished look.

OH EM GEE this is by far one of my favorite patriotic crafts to date!

I hope you love this one as much as I do, and I hope even more that it inspires you to get crafty with the red, white, and blue.

Are you going to make a Patriotic Window Frame? Shoot…are you gonna make anything at all Patriotic?! If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

If you’ve got a million projects on your crafting ‘to-do’ list like I do, than you need my FREE Craft Project Planner so you can plan to make *all the things*! When you sign up for the craft planner, I’ll also send you lot’s of fun, easy, and budget friendly ideas for you to fill it up with!

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]]> Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee https://mandapandaprojects.com/thrift-store-pepper-grinder-queen-bee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thrift-store-pepper-grinder-queen-bee Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:19:45 +0000 https://mandapandaprojects.com/?p=12594 Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.

Next time you're at your local thrift shop, keep your eye out for a set of wooden salt and pepper shakers so you can make this fun Pepper Grinder Queen Bee DIY to add to your bee themed home decor. This thrift store flip is as cute as can BEE so let's create some BUZZ around it!

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]]> Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.

Next time you’re thrifting, keep your eye out for a set of wooden salt and pepper shakers so you can make this fun Pepper Grinder Queen Bee DIY to add to your bee themed home decor. This thrift store flip is as cute as can BEE so let’s create some BUZZ around it!

Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.

Bee themed decor is one of my FAVES! Probably because it goes so well with my OSD (Obsessive Sunflower Disorder).

Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.

Honeybees, Bumblebees, Queen Bees, gimme allllll the BEEES!

I made THE cutest Dollar Tree Foam Dice Bumblebee for my Sunflower and Bee tiered tray and thats where the obsession started, and spun out of control from there.

Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.

So here we are, turning a Thrift Store Pepper Grinder into a cute as can BEE Queen BEE!

Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.

So next time you are out thrifting, keep your eye out for a set of these wooden salt shakers and pepper grinders, because you never know what I might make with them next!

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Supplies Needed to Make a Queen Bee from a Thrift Store Wood Pepper Grinder

Thrift store Wooden paper grinder.

How to Make a Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Bee

I made this Thrifted Pepper Grinder Bee on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

Amanda holding the completed project on a Facebook live thumbnail.

Watch the video HERE

Start by painting the entire wood pepper grinder with 2 coats of yellow paint.

Then, paint the entire “head” black and then black stripes on the entire “body”. I intentionally did not reload my brush with paint often since I wanted my bee to have that distressed vibe. Also, this helped so that I didn’t have to worry about my lines being perfectly straight. After painting you can use a sanding block to distress it even more if you like.

After it’s all painted, grunge the body up with some Antique wax (if you want to).

The body of the bee is painted yellow with distressed black stripes.

To make the wings, shape wired jute into an oblong heart type shape, and then twist the ends together to close them and hold them together.

Hot glue them to the upper back of the Queen Bees body.

The wings made fro wired jute glued to the back of the pepper grinder bee body.

Make a small hangtag by ripping a piece of kraft paper and stamping “Bee Happy” onto it with small acrylic stamps. I also grunged the tag up with some wax.

Tie it onto the top of the wing with some twine and a shoestring bow, and add a couple of small sunflower embellishments.

The wing made from wired jute with a small tag that says "Bee Happy" with small sunflower embellishments and a shoestring twine bow.

Same concept for the antenna’s….just shape the wired jute into the antenna shape and glue a small black pom pom to the end of each. Then glue them the top of the Pepper Grinder Bee “head”.

Take a mini laser cut crown and rub some Antique Gold Rub n’ Buff on it, and glue it to the Bees head in front of the antenna’s.

The head of the bee with a mini gold crown and wired jute antenna's with black pom poms.

Of course we had to add a bow! I made a bow with my Bowdabra using strips of coordinating yellow and black and white fabric. You definitely don’t NEED a Bowdabra to make a cute bow, but I do love mine and use it every day!

Glue the bow to the pepper grinder just under the wings, and off to the left slightly. Glue a silk sunflower head to the center for extra cuteness.

A big messy fabric bow with a sunflower in the center.

Oh.EM.GEE. I just love how this turned out! Super cute Thrifted Pepper Grinder Queen Bee for the WIN

Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.

This Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee looks so cute on the table next to my Sunflower Gallery Wall!

Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.

Are you going to make a Bumblebee with a Thrift Store Pepper Grinder? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

If you’ve got a million projects on your crafting ‘to-do’ list like I do, than you need my FREE Craft Project Planner so you can plan to make *all the things*! When you sign up for the craft planner, I’ll also send you lot’s of fun, easy, and budget friendly ideas for you to fill it up with!

Make time to make stuff free printable craft project planner. Digital editable planner. #craftplanner #projectplanner

Free printable Craft Project Planner

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Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.
Thrift Store Pepper Grinder Queen Bee made from a thrifted wooden pepper grinder yellow with black stripes, wired jute wings with a small tag with sunflowers that says "bee happy", a mini gold crown, and a big messy fabric bow.

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]]> Cricut Crafting Adventure 2024 – Etched Travel Mirror Supplies and Resources https://mandapandaprojects.com/cricut-crafting-adventure-info-page/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cricut-crafting-adventure-info-page Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:03:57 +0000 https://mandapandaprojects.com/?p=12443 A thrift store coat rack mirror with the words "Travel is my Therapy" etched into it and a family vacation photo on each side of the mirror. The coat rack has a scarf and jacket hanging and a sunflower on top.

Welcome, Cricut Crafting Adventure Attendees! Here you'll find all the info and supplies for the Etched Mirror Thrift Store Flip for Travel Lovers!

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Welcome, Cricut Crafting Adventurers!

Hi, I’m Manda!

I am SO excited to be a presenter at the 2024 Cricut Crafting Adventure!

On this page you’ll find all the information you need related to my workshop, Etched Mirror Thrift Store Flip for Travel Lovers. I’ve got all the supplies and tools needed with links, info on how to get the free PDF printable “Travel is my Therapy” design, and more. So, let’s explore!

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How to Etch a Thrift Store Mirror for Travel Lovers

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    Are you going to make an Etched Mirror? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

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    ]]>         Highland Cow Thrift Store Sled Makeover https://mandapandaprojects.com/highland-cow-thrift-store-sled-makeover/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=highland-cow-thrift-store-sled-makeover Sun, 10 Dec 2023 22:26:21 +0000 https://mandapandaprojects.com/?p=11646 Thrift Store Christmas Highland Cow Sled Makeover with rice paper, greenery and berries and a bow with rusty bells. DIY Christmas decor made with a thrifted sled.

    Take an adorable Christmas highland cow rice paper print, and a thrift store wooden sled and make it over into a gorgeous statement piece of DIY Christmas Decor. This Highland Cow Thrift Store sled is one makeover you're not gonna want to miss!

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    Take an adorable Christmas highland cow rice paper print, and a thrift store wooden sled and make it over into a gorgeous statement piece of DIY Christmas Decor. This Highland Cow Thrift Store Sled is one makeover you’re not gonna want to miss!

    Thrift Store Christmas Highland Cow Sled Makeover with rice paper, greenery and berries and a bow with rusty bells. DIY Christmas decor made with a thrifted sled.

    Apparently, making over a sled with Digital Deco Designs each Christmas has officially become a tradition, now that I’ve done it 3 years in a row!

    The first year I made a Dollar Tree sled into a Vintage Santa Sled, and the second year I made the same DT sled into a Cardinal Sled. This year it’s a little different because instead of the flat DT sled, I used a 3D Thrift Store sled and Christmas Highland cow!

    Thrift Store Christmas Highland Cow Sled Makeover with rice paper, greenery and berries and a bow with rusty bells. DIY Christmas decor made with a thrifted sled.

    The print I ended up going with was “Charlie” which I thought was just perfect for this project since I knew that I would be using the full image rather than cutting it up.

    Digital Deco Designs christmas highland cow print titled Charlie.

    I have the digital download subscription, so I download and print them onto rice paper at home from my regular printer, but she offers print and ship as well for those that may not have a printer. Either way, once you start Mod Podging rice paper, you can’t stop!

    Thrift Store Christmas Highland Cow Sled Makeover with rice paper, greenery and berries and a bow with rusty bells. DIY Christmas decor made with a thrifted sled.

    This is Day 5 of our 3rd Annual Manda Panda Countdown to Craftmas where I go live on Facebook every day from 12/1-12/24 with a new Christmas Crafty idea. Make sure to check back for Day 6!

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    Supplies Needed to Make a Highland Cow Thrift Store Sled Makeover

    The Highland Cow rice paper print sitting on a table next to the thrift store sled before it was made over.

    How to Makeover a Thrift Store Christmas Sled with a Highland Cow Printable

    I made this Thrift Store Christmas Sled on video, so you can WATCH it or click on the picture right below.

    Amanda holding the completed project on a facebook live thumbnail.

    Watch the video here

    This sled was perfect for this craft since the metal parts were already a dark red that matched PERFECTLY with the rice paper print that I chose.

    So all I had to do was paint the wooden parts all white, and leave the metal part red.

    The thrift store wood sled that says "festive flyer" on it, sitting on a table.

    Next, I Mod Podged the rice paper to the top of the wood sled.

    I then sanded off all the excess rice paper using my handy Gator sander which is perfect for getting in small spaces.

    The highland cow christmas rice paper printed and sitting on a table.

    I grunged up all the outer edges of the sled and rice paper using Antique Wax, to give it a more distressed look. To do this, I took a stencil brush, and stipled it on all around the edge.

    The edges of the sled grunged up with antique wax.

    Next, I cut some faux greenery and berries and glued it to the top of the sled, making it symmetrical on each side.

    I added in a small piece of gold glitter branch on each side for extra sparkle.

    The top of the christmas sled with faux greenery and berries, a red fabric bow and rusty bells.

    For the center, I made simple bow with gold glitter tulle and red homespun fabric. I then tied a shoestring twine bow, and added rusty bells dangling on each end.

    I finished it off by gluing one big rusty bell to the center of the bow.

    A bow with glitter tulle, red fabric, and a twine bow with rusty bells.

    I tied a piece of twine to the top of the sled, because I was originally going to hang this on my front door, but because the sled is 3D it hung all wonky and stuck out from the door/wall.

    Thrift Store Christmas Highland Cow Sled Makeover with rice paper, greenery and berries and a bow with rusty bells. DIY Christmas decor made with a thrifted sled.

    I think this Christmas Thrift Store Sled looks much better leaning up against something like you see in the pic below, or you can even set it right on the table or floor laying down.

    Thrift Store Christmas Highland Cow Sled Makeover with rice paper, greenery and berries and a bow with rusty bells. DIY Christmas decor made with a thrifted sled.

    I am so in love with this Thrift Store Christmas Sled Makeover!

    Thrift Store Christmas Highland Cow Sled Makeover with rice paper, greenery and berries and a bow with rusty bells. Sitting on the floor next to a tin can snowman.

    How absolutely adorable does this Highland Cow Thrift Store Sled look with the Tin Can Snowman we made in The CRafterparty?

    A white dollar tree christmas tree with gold ornaments, next to the Christmas Highland Cow Thrift store sled and the tin can snowman.

    Are you going to makeover a Thrift Store Sled this Christmas? Shoot…are you gonna make anything for Christmas?! If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

    If you’ve got a million projects on your crafting ‘to-do’ list like I do, than you need my FREE Craft Project Planner so you can plan to make *all the things*! When you sign up for the craft planner, I’ll also send you lot’s of fun, easy, and budget friendly ideas for you to fill it up with!

    Make time to make stuff free printable craft project planner. Digital editable planner. #craftplanner #projectplanner

    Free printable Craft Project Planner

    Get organized, get inspired, and get crafting, with our free Craft Project Planner!

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    Until Next Time…

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    Thrift Store Christmas Highland Cow Sled Makeover with rice paper, greenery and berries and a bow with rusty bells. DIY Christmas decor made with a thrifted sled.
    Thrift store wooden sled that says "festive flyer".
    Thrift Store Christmas Highland Cow Sled Makeover with rice paper, greenery and berries and a bow with rusty bells. DIY Christmas decor made with a thrifted sled.

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