Red Barn Christmas Gift Bag Reverse Canvas

Gorgeous Christmas Decor can be expensive, but not when you DIY it yourself! All you need is a Dollar Tree stretched canvas, a Red Barn Christmas gift bag, some wood beads, and some paint to make this beautiful and simple reverse canvas to decorate with this Christmas!

Dollar Tree reverse canvas with a Walmart Red Christmas Barn gift bag to make DIY affordable Christmas decor on a budget.

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How else to celebrate than having a giveaway! This Christmas Gift Bag Reverse Canvas was a celebration video, and we gifted away a Harbor Freight Heat gun. Although the giveaway is over, the craft is still gorgeous and going strong, and I hope you love it has much as I do.

This may be a Christmas DIY made with a snowy Red Barn, but this concept can be applied to any season or Holiday. If you can get your hand on a gift bag (or even a Holiday card or printable) then you can use it to make a reverse canvas craft.

This technique is one that you definitely want to have in your crafty tool belt.

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Supplies Needed to Make a Christmas Gift Bag Reverse Canvas

Christmas Red Barn with glittery snow gift bag from Walmart.

How to Make a Red Barn Reverse Canvas from a Christmas Gift Bag

I made this Christmas Red Barn Reverse Canvas on video, so you can WATCH it or click on the picture right below.

The YouTube video Thumbnail of the completed project.

Watch the video here

Have you ever done a reverse canvas!? The technique is SUPER simple, I do it all the time just like in this “Somebunny Loves You” reverse canvas I made this past Easter.

First, you need to remove the white canvas from the wooden frame. The easiest way to do this is to use an X-acto knife to slit around the back of the white canvas so you have one rectangular piece. You can rip the remainder off pretty easily, and don’t worry about removing the staples. You won’t see them since they’re on the back of the frame. Trim up the canvas so that it fits over the back of the frame, without hanging off the edge.

Then, paint the entire wooden frame whatever color you want. I chose red!

The completed Reverse Canvas craft hanging on the wall next to come matching DIY Christmas decor.

Cut out the front of the Red Barn Christmas gift bag, and if it is larger than the white canvas, trim it accordingly so that it fits. Apply a thin layer of Mod Podge to the white canvas, and secure the gift bag to it. Press down firmly and smooth out all the creases and wrinkles.

Next, attach the canvas to the back of the wooden frame by applying hot glue all around the back (side with the staples), and glue the canvas + gift bag to the back.

Paint 4 half wood beads all white, and then glue them to each corner for some extra detail.

The wooden frame of the project painted all bright red with a white half wood bead in each corner.

Make a buffalo check wood bead hanger by stringing an even number of beads onto a piece of twine (so that it hangs evenly), and then gluing it to the back of the Christmas Red Barn Reverse Canvas. Glue a half of a popsicle stick over each end of twine to reinforce the hold.

Back of the completed reverse canvas with eh Twine wood bead hanger glued to the back and popsicle sticks reinforcing.

Simple. Gorgeous. Affordable. Can’t go wrong with that!

How beautiful does this Christmas Red Barn Gift Bag Reverse Canvas look with all of my other Red, Black, and White themed DIY Christmas decor!?

The staged Christmas Reverse Canvas hanging on the wall next to other DIY red, black, and white christmas decor sitting on a bookshelf.

You can make Reverse Canvas Gift Bag decor for EVERY season that you can find gift bag for, like this “Somebunny Loves You” one that I made for Easter earlier this year.

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