What cute favors for a little girls spring party or for the mushroom lover in your life.
Or.... don't attach the key chain at all and put the little shroom in a little planter next to a teeny gnome!
Cute, huh!
The best part is that I made these with stuff I had laying around the house.
SERIOUSLY....Go raid your hubbies nuts and bolts in his toolbin....
I even found the doorknobs in a drawer. I had planned to use them YEARS ago and never did. They came in handy for this!
Supplies:
hammer
skinny nail like a 'brad'
small drawer pull....1&1/4 inch in diameter
teeny eyescrew to attach key chain
key chain (from your drawer, you know you've got one!)
needle nose pliers
bamboo skewer
tall cup
**paints, paintbrush and clearcoat**
****okay, so I didn't use all that stuff with the asterisks. I just used nail polish girls! HA!
First take your brad and make a teeny hole in the middle of the drawer pull, don't go in too deep. DON'T use a drill, the hole will be loose.
Remove the brad and put away.
Screw in the eye screw, use a tool if needed. Then remove it. You'll put it back in later.
See this hole on the bottom of the drawer pull? Insert the bamboo skewer in this hole when you start painting.
Paint the bottom first....
To paint the top, carefully flip right side up. The drawer pull should stay on the skewer without any trouble.
Paint side and upper cap of drawer pull. Let dry. Apply another coat if needed.
Paint the dots on the cap with a different color. Let dry
Spray with clear coat or poly and let dry.
Screw the eyescrew back in. It will be a little more snug now because of the paint :-)
Attach the key chain hardware. Use the pliers to close tightly.
And you are done!
What cute little keychains!
10 comments:
Wow! I'll never look at door knobs the same way again! Seriously, I never would have thought of that. Thank you!!
SOOO cute! Thank you for sharing.
Val- Could you get any more creative??! My goodness!
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How stinkin cute! You're just amazing!
very cute! I have some of those knobs that I swapped off the dresser in the girls' room. Oh and I uhhh...I totally read part of your post wrong and had to do a double take around the "nuts and bolts" point...*blush*
OH goodness how cute are these.. what a great idea Val. You are so darn creative!!! Now I know what to give as a Christmas stocking stuffer :)
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what a great idea! so cute..I would have never thought of that
i love it... am gonna try it :)
Thanks for that cute idea...
great idea and I love your paper bag mushrooms too! clever
This is an adorable idea...nice!! I want to try it now!! I <3 mushrooms! :3
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