Sunflower Gnome House

What better crafty combination is there than Sunflowers, Bees, and Gnomes! Throw in the fact that its a Dollar Tree DIY with a free printable and you got yourself a match made in Crafty Heaven that looks just darling on a summer tiered tray.

Mini Dollar Tree wooden house with sunflower bee gnome paper mod podged to it and twine wrapped around it to make an easy and cute tiered tray sitter for decor.

This Spring/Summer I vowed to handmake everything for my gorgeous Sunflower and Bumblebee styled tiered tray! That mission has been completed and this adorable Sunflower Gnome House came out of it!

This project is unique because it was made with a FREE crafty printable that I found over on This Southern Girl Can’s blog. Well, technically I found the printable on her Facebook page, but it lives over on her blog. You can get this Sunflower Gnome printable and 9 other gorgeous sunflower printables HERE.

Speaking of Facebook, if you’re following along over there than you may have seen the bajillion crafts we did for our Sunflower tiered tray series! Seriously, it was a blast. I think it was about a month straight of Sunflower (and Bee) crafts that we made to go on this beautiful tiered tray! You can click the pic below to take you to the post with alllll of the deets of everything else we made for it!

Rustic Handmade Summer Sunflower and Bumblebee themed 3 tiered tray decorated and styled with tons of handmade crafts and decor.

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Supplies Needed to Make a Sunflower Gnome House Shelf Sitter

Small Wood House – I got mine at Dollar Tree
Sunflower Gnome Digital Scrapbook Paper (Or any paper you choose!)
Twine
White chalk paint
Antique Wax or stain
Mini Rhinestone Bees
Hot glue gun

How to Make a Sunflower Gnome House with a Dollar Tree Wood House

I made this adorable little Sunflower Gnome House on video, so you can WATCH me decorate it HERE or click on the picture right below.

Amanda holding the completed project on a Facebook Live thumbnail.

Watch the video here

This project is easy to make, with a capital “E”! Took a whopping 25 min, and I know you can make one too.

First things first, stain the entire house with Antique Wax or a brown stain. Then paint the top/front of the house all white, but leave the sides stained brown. The white will make it so that the Sunflower Gnome rice paper really POPS once its on there.

Back of the dollar tree wooden house stained with waverly antique wax and twine wrapped around it.

Then trace your house shape onto the Sunflower Gnome rice paper and cut it out. Mod podge the rice paper to the front of the wooden house.

Use a sanding sponge to sand off any of the excess rice paper and to give it a more finished look.

Front of the Dollar Tree wooden house with sunflower gnome free printable craft paper and a mini bee on top of twine decor bow, with a mini sunflower tea set in front.

Wrap some twine around the top part of the house about 6-7 times and secure in the back with glue.

Side view of the mini tiered tray sunflower gnome house.

Now make a “loopy bow” but wrapping twine around 2-3 fingers a bunch of times until you have a twine circle. Then take another piece of twine, and tie it around the center to make the “bow”. Glue it to the front of the Sunflower Gnome House with a mini Bee right in the center.

Close up of the decorative twine bow with a mini bee glued to the top.

How cute is this little Sunflower Gnome House!? It’s the perfect compliment to the bottom tier of my Sunflower Tiered Tray! Make sure to check out all the other amazing little projects we made for it HERE.

Bottom tier of the rustic wooden 3 tiered tray showing the sunflower gnome house along with the mini tea set and a mini mug that says "thankful for you" with a small twine bee hive.

I played around and had it on the middle tier for a bit, but ultimately kept it on the bottom. It was a tough decision lemme tell ya! Which tier do YOU think it looks better on? Here it is on the middle, with the cute little Jenga Block Book Stack, and Mini Picket Fence.

Small sunflower gnome tiered tray house on the middle tier of a tray along with a mini jenga block book stack and a mini picket fence.

Are you going to make a Dollar Tree House Sitter for your tiered tray this year? Shoot…are you gonna decorate a Tiered Tray at all?! 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!

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