Alexa Blay

How to Make a Scandinavian-Inspired Reindeer?

The full directions to make this painted reindeer are in the printable card at the bottom of the post, but here’s a condensed version of the directions: Prime the reindeer with gesso. Paint with your favorite color of acrylic paint. Use a paint pen to draw on the designs. Enjoy displaying your new beautiful Christmas decoration!

How to Make Homemade Chalk Paint?

There are tons of DIY chalk paint recipes, but we’re sticking with a simple baking soda chalk paint for this candlestick makeover. That’s because we want a thick paint so that it can fill in a lot of the divots in the design, which tones down how ornate this piece feels. Plus, making a textured paint with only two ingredients is pretty awesome!

How to Make an Upcycled Candlestick?

The full directions to make this candlestick is in the printable card at the bottom of the post, but here’s a condensed version of the directions: Clean the thrifted candlestick and let it dry. Make the baking soda chalk paint, and paint the candlestick. Let dry. Sand off some of the paint to reveal some of the design beneath. Wipe off the sanding dust. Enjoy displaying with some beautiful taper candles!

How to Make a Gnome Hat?

This step is a little finicky, but if you have patience and only trim off a little fabric at a time, it will come together. I recommend only trimming a little fabric at a time because it can be easy to trim too much fabric, which means you’d have to start over and would have wasted some fabric.

How to Make Gnome Ornaments?

The beauty of this ornament is that it’s no-sew! Thanks to a little hot glue, these are super easy to make. The full directions to make these homemade Christmas ornaments are in the printable card at the bottom of the post, but here’s a condensed version of the directions: Measure, cut, and glue the gnome hat. Don’t forget to add the ornament hook ribbon before gluing the hat shut in the back!