{Craft} Homemade For The Holidays | Sequin Frames & Ornaments And A Sparkly Treasure Box #Elmer’s Holiday #GlueNGlitter Giveaway
December 15, 2011 in All Posts, Celebrate, DIY, Giveaways, Sponsored Posts
Well, we’re continuing on our homemade kick this holiday season with a Sequin Picture Frame,
some Sequin Ornaments,
and a Sparkly Treasure Box!
Sequin Picture Frame
You know I love glitter and sequins are just glitter amplified, so I LOVE sequins! This gift was so simple to make and my favorite because of the bright colors.
I used Elmer’s CraftBond Acid-Free Spray Adhesive (I’m obsessed) to get a sticky layer of glue down on the $1 wooden frame I had from Michael’s and then just sprinkled sequins all over.
Stunning!
Sequin Ornaments
For the ornaments, I followed the same steps I did here, but used sequins instead of glitter.
Sparkly Treasure Box
This project I loved making because it’s a gift for Jane. She’s always trying to keep Sam out of her things, so I thought she’d really appreciate a sparkly little treasure box of her own to keep her most precious items.
I started with a $1 wooden box from Michael’s and traced the shape of the lid with my X-ACTO Designer Series Gripster knife to cut out a piece of patterned cardstock. I attached the cut cardstock to the box lid with Elmer’s CraftBond Permanent Scrapbooking Tape.
Then, I cut out a circle from another piece of cardstock with the X-ACTO knife and attached it with Elmer’s CraftBond Foam Mounting Tape to get a 3-D effect going.
Finally, I used a pair of scallop-edged X-ACTO Decorative Edge scissors to cut out a “J” and attached it with the Foam Mounting Tape.
For the sides, I used sticky-back glitter confetti foam that I cut with the X-ACTO knife. 
I don’t know why I didn’t just cut one long piece so there would only be one seam, but for some reason I got it into my head that I needed to cut out a separate piece for each side of the star shape. Silly. Don’t copy me here!
You can see my shop for supplies here, but here are some of the cool Elmer’s items I found at Walmart:
You could win the entire Elmer’s and X-ACTO Memory Keeping Wall at Walmart (a $250 value)! How awesome would that be?!
Just click on the Win the Wall badge below!
Personally, I have my eye on these:
and of course, more Spray Adhesive!
For other homemade holiday gift ideas, check out these posts:
Happy Holidays!
Disclaimer: This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for #ElmersHoliday #gluenglitter #collectivebias #CBias. This does not mean that I was told what to write by the sponsor(s) nor does it mean that the sponsor(s) wrote this post and I merely copied it onto my blog. The content of this post was created entirely by me and consists solely of my own unbiased opinions and/or thoughts, but I’m sure you could already tell!
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I know a 10 year old who would LOVE the sequin frame! Great idea, going to have to make one for my girl
Awesome! I can’t decide whether to keep them or give them away