Dollar Tree + Crafty Printable + Vintage Sant Sleigh equals a match made in Christmas crafting heaven. This fun to make project took a Dollar Tree sleigh and made it into a gorgeous piece of DIY Christmas decor that will leave people asking “Where did you buy that?”!
We’ve made it to Day 24 of our 2022 Countdown to Craftmas. Our very LAST day and it’s Christmas Eve *cue air claps*! Ok, I may be writing these out of order, and after Christmas, but it’s better then not at all right!?
The last one I got written out was Day 21, our Scrapbook Paper Christmas Tree, so we’re getting there with only 19 more to go LOL!
On Xmas Eve, we saved the best for last with this Dollar Tree Vintage Santa Sleigh makeover! The best part is that this project was made with a gorgeous printable on Japanese rice paper.
Every since I discovered printable from Digital Deco Designs I have been literally obsessed. I’m telling ya, go check them out for yourself and I dare you to not get addicted!
The Vintage Santa printable that I am using in this project was printed and shipped to me, but you can get a digital subscription to download and print at home too. The super uh-maz-ing thing about her prints are that they are done on RICE PAPER! Say Whhaaaaaaaat!?
If you have never Mod Podged rice paper onto something, you’re missing out. I’m telling you you’re not living your best crafty life until you try it! BUT- with that being said, you can totally print these onto regular paper too. Either way ya slice it, these prints are Da Bomb.
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Supplies Needed to make Vintage Santa Dollar Tree Sleigh Makeover
- Vintage Santa Digital Printable or Physical Print
- Dollar Tree wooden sleigh
- Antique wax or stain
- Deep red burlap ribbon
- Gold sparkly floral wreath pick
- Holly and berry picks
- Twine
- Mod Podge
- Glue gun
How to Make Over a Dollar Tree Sleigh with a Vintage Santa Printable
I made over this Dollar Tree Vintage Santa Sleigh on video, so you can WATCH the step by step tutorial HERE or by clicking the below pic.
This Dollar Tree Vintage Santa Sleigh makeover may look like it was hard to do given how absolutely gorgeous it turned out, but it was actually a breeze! I recommend watching the replay of me making this for the exact step by step, but Ill walk you through how I did it here too.
The top part and the little “legs” of the sleigh were already brown, but the main body of it had a Snowman painted on it so the first thing I did was paint that all white, so the printable would show up nice and bright.
Then I Mod Podged the Japanese Rice paper Vintage Santa printable right on top. How precious is this Santa print!?
Then sanded the excess paper off with a sanding sponge, so that it looked like the sleigh was made like this and gave it a slightly vintage and distressed look to the edges.
I used some sparkly gold leaf picks from Dollar Tree and some holly and berry picks to make an arrangement on the top of the sleigh.
And finished it off with a super simple shoelace style bow right in the center.
I absolutely adore how this Dollar Tree Vintage Santa Sleigh turned out! I decided to keep the simple twine hanger that it came with since I didn’t want the hanger to take away from the craft itself.
Are you going to try crafting with this Vintage Santa printable for 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 completed DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations!
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Until Next Time…
Stay Crafty San Diego!
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