Summer is almost past it's halfway mark and that means teachers are gearing up their lesson plan for the coming school year! Whether you're a teacher or the parent of a little one who's going back to school, we have some unique ways to help decorate your primary classroom for a creative atmosphere! Parent's consider making something for the classroom, so your child has a piece of you in the class, plus the teacher is sure to appreciate the extra decorations.
Now what do kid's love more than animals? If you have the chance to get a list of the kid's favorite animals you can decorate their favorite animals for them in the classroom. Consider making them their desk name tags or use them to separate the cubbies! Either way, consider personalizing the animals for the kid's. Or supply the children with their favorite animals and have them take it home and decorate it with their families.
A staple in the primary classroom is the ABC wall, usually a strip above the whiteboard. Why keep your ABC wall 2D? Expand it out to a 3D shape that the kid's can decorate! Have them bring something small that they're willing to part with and collage your letter shapes with the items that they bring in and put them up! Decorate all of the letters of the alphabet in this fashion until you have a complete alphabet wall!
You can also consider doing the same thing with a number wall, get the number shapes and have them bring a certain number of items for each number! Personalize them as the classroom seems fit until you complete this section as well!
One way to decorate your classroom is to have a section of the room dedicated to seasonal decor. Get seasonal wood shapes and decorate them with the class! Once the season passes, allow the kid's to take their creations home for them to use next year! This will keep a section of your classroom constantly changing and dynamic for the kids.
This is also an area that you can incorporate personalize state or country wall hangings. While some states experience the seasons differently it might be good to show the seasons as they look around your particular area. Grab a state wall hanging and decorate it with local things that you can find that represent the changing seasons. If there are country specific holidays, consider getting a personalized country wall hanging and decorating it accordingly!
While we're on the topic, personalized state wall hangings are a great way to help teach the kid's more about where they are! Maybe you have a student come in from another state, consider getting them their former states shape and allow them to decorate it and tell the class about where their from! This would work similar to if you have a student come from another country. While children, depending on their age, have better or worse understandings of their place in the world, having a state shape in the classroom can help them place what the world is like!
Personalized country wall hangings are also a great idea for helping the children figure out where they are. Decorate the country with landmarks that the kid's learn about or sections where their hail from! Maybe you're teaching the kid's about history and want to show them where something occurred. Place something that can represent that moment in history and put it on the country wall hanging! Feel free to allow the kid's to interact with the personalized state wall hangings and country wall hangings as they seem fit!
Now, depending on the age of the children, they may be losing baby teeth! One section of the classroom in my kindergarten class that was popular was the tooth fairy section! When a student loses a tooth let them put something in the tooth fairy section and take something from the tooth fairy section! You can decorate this area with teeth and fairy shapes to really drive the nail in.
Another fun thing to keep in this area would be teeth necklaces, while it sounds haunting it's just a small little tooth shaped compartment on a ribbon that the kid's can put their tooth in if they lose it in the classroom! Keep their baby teeth safe until they can get home and put it under their pillow for tooth fairy to reward them with!
You can never go wrong with decorating the classroom with your standard run-of-the-mill inspirational and creative signs. However, you can do better than that. Make it yourself using wood shapes and decorate them how you want! You can even teach the kid's with them. If you're learning more about your state history, make an inspirational sign with using a personalized state wall hanging and your states motto! Keep our inspirational signs somewhere visible and make sure that they are simple enough for the students to understand and read.
While we all want to sit back and enjoy Summer while it lasts, it's time to get everyone ready to go back to school! Might as well start the school year with a fun decoration!
]]>There's only so much character to pieces you can buy at the store and you're lucky if you can even find something that you genuinely can connect to! It can be frustrating to want to fill your room with accessories, only to be met with the same drab bland decorations you've seen hundreds of times on the store shelves. Well, it's time to get your crafty and inspired mind to work, personalized wall hangings made with your own ideas can truly bring out your own personalize style to your bedroom! Here are 6 ideas on how to accessorize your bedroom with personalized wall hangings!
Bring out your personal style with your own name, what's more personal than that? Get a decorative monogram of your own name to put in your space, decorate it as you see fit. Use your favorite colors, textures, and finishes to really make it something that you think properly incorporates the elements of you!
Do you have a favorite animal, or maybe you're just drawn to some object that's a symbol for you. Why not incorporate that in your room? Get a wood shape that resembles your favorite animal or thing and then make it your own! Whether you decorate it in a realistic way or go for something more abstract, bring it in. If you're obsessed with giraffes, use a giraffes patterns in your project. Have a favorite sport and team? Use their colors in your project to add a little touch of that in your space. Make it your own!
It can be hard to find one element that can properly encapsulate everything that is so uniquely you. So why try and only limit it to one element? Use all of them! Make a collage using mementos that are close to you or symbols you like to associate yourself with. Plaster them all over a personalized wall hanging base, like a simple wooden circle or square and get collaging. Think of fun ways to attach them that aren't just glue. Maybe you'll affix them to the base using string, or place them in resin! Be creative and have fun while making it.
Why just stick to the walls? Take over some space on your ceiling by making hanging ornaments! Personalized wall hangings don't just have to be drab two dimensional pieces, be creative and think on a three dimensional plane! Make ornaments out of shapes and items that are important or unique to you, make the shapes pop by stacking different sizes or affixing them to create somewhat of a globe-like appearance. Or make this a lot simpler by just encasing them in a resin globe and hanging them once dried and polished! Again, decorate these how you see fit.
If you're like me, you look for function over decorative elements. So why not make your personalized wall hanging something functional. Make a shelf that can hold more of you things, install hooks into it so you can hold up your lanyards or jackets! Just because you're making something decorative doesn't mean you have to lose out on the functionality of that space.
Do you have something else you're incredibly talented in? Maybe you're an amazing graphic artist, or an aged crocheter. Bring those talents into your personalized wall hanging. Draw a magnificent graphic art piece all over the base of the wall hanging, incorporate crocheted features in the wall hanging. Bring in as many of your talents as you can to make it something unique.
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Are you looking for a way to make your loved one's baby shower pop? Personalized monograms and wood shapes are the perfect way to personalize the baby shower venue. We've curated 6 ways to decorate for the baby shower! Baby shower decorations can be more than just decorative, the piece you use for decorations can become functional decor for the future nursery! Keeping this in mind here are some great ideas for baby shower decor using wood shapes and personalized monograms!
One way to decorate the baby shower space is to just use personalized monogram signs for the baby's name. The sign can be used later in the room of the baby or further decorated with more things that the baby gravitates towards later, thus acting as a little collection of baby things throughout the years! It may act as a wonderful way to keep memories together later on!
You may also consider using personalized monogram sign for the family in general as their family is being established and growing larger! It may be a piece they may want to consider for their living room if enough work is put into making sure it's polished.
One fun way to decorate for the baby shower is to create a baby birth chart. This would include the date and time of birth, the height, and weight. You can decorate it as you seem fit and could even add a personalized monogram with the babies name!
You could also consider adding a section of when everyone guesses the baby's birth date and time, height, and weight! Make it a fun game at the baby shower and put the best guess on the baby birth chart, see how close everyone came when the baby is actually born and reward whoever comes closest with a small gift! This piece of decor can also easily be translated into something for the nursery.
Instead of using a full on sign why not just make a monogram piece that stands alone. This piece of decoration can be customized with paint, collages, or any other number of art style. It can be used later to decorate the crib, or in the event of twins or more help tell whose space is whose. It's a very simple piece of decor that can make any space feel more personal.
Why stop at a single piece of decor? Make a small party favor that can be used to decorate a space but also double as a party favor the guests. It can include a personalized monogram with the babies name or just be a shape with the information of the baby shower date for people to look back on.
You could use a small little baby bear wood shape that is painted and has whatever you want it to say on it! Make it a piece that can stand, or one that's a magnet, whatever you choose just make it something that your guests can use in your home.
If you have a large area to decorate consider making a rope charm with different baby wood shapes. Put a number of things that the parents want to associate the baby with! Some of the items on the charms can become a custom mobile piece or even decorate the side of the crib or the nursery walls later! Either way be creative and keep baby safe materials in mind.
Want something that will make a great impression at the baby shower? Create a little custom guest book with a wood shape. Get small wood shapes and have your guests decorate them at the baby shower. You can let them drop their finished piece into a small glass jar or another creative piece that showcases all of their attendance! This can be placed in the nursery and serve as a long-term piece that shows who was in attendance of your little one's party!
We hope we've at least stimulated your imagination for what you can do to create unique and custom baby shower decorations that can serve a purpose even past the baby shower itself! Whatever you make, make it with love to nourish the baby and the growing family!
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Personalized wall hanging crafts can become so unique and fun to make. Whatever your aesthetic or your creative license, you can really make any wood shape into a piece of beautiful decor to garnish on your walls! When picking and designing wall decor it's incredibly important to think about the different textures that you can create.
What textures currently exist in your space? What textures do you feel lack? Is there a texture you favor? One that you hate? Textures can really differentiate and elevate the perceived feeling of your space! In essence of that, here are
Floral textures can create very airy or watery feelings, depending on the floral accents used. Consider weaving, tying, or even gluing down floral textures onto a personalized wall hanging decor to introduce this texture. Color is just as important as texture, especially when it comes to floral's, so pick wisely! Consider what floral elements you want to bring in, is it the softness of a flower petal, the rigidness of a bush, or the lushness of a moss? Floral textures in themselves are so varied and unique, that they offer a great variety of textures to play with!
Natural wood textures are always appealing to the eye. Whether they are polished, sanded, unfinished, or sealed, natural wood textures are always a success. If you are unsure of what texture you want to introduce, a natural wood one is quite universal for any space. If you're using a wood shape for your personalized wall hanging you may just want to coat it with a seal to accent it's natural wooden feel!
A very identifiable and familiar texture to many crafters is resin! Whether you do a resin drip, resin pour, or resin dip of your personalized wall hanging, the finished product is always enjoyable. Using resin also allows you to introduce other textures, besides just the hardened glossy resin. Whether you press another thing into the piece, or add glitter, or sand a section down for a different finish, resin is a great way to use your beautiful, crafty brain!
Personalized wall hangings pair so well with textiles. The world of textiles only exists because of how vast the world of texture is! Silk, satin, wool, burlap, tulle, the different textures of each textile is so immense! Something as little as adding a little textile bow, or even a touch of macrame can transform any old personalized wall hanging into a brand new chic wall decor that will have your guests and family in awe!
If you're more of a beginner to D.I.Y. home decor, you may want to stick to more traditional textures. If you've ever gotten your nails done, you know that there are two main textures to a nail finish. Either a matte or glossy texture, one is a smooth, almost velvety finish, while the other is a smooth, glassy finish! These two different textures can easily be replicated and introduced to a personalized wall hanging with a glossy paint finish or a matte paint finish!
One last natural texture to consider introducing is stone. While there are different stone textures, i.e. brick, marble, natural, river, etc., stone can create a very unique wall hanging. Playing with an airy element such as hanging a piece and adding heavier elements such as a stone texture can make a piece less crafty and more high art! Consider gluing stones to the piece, or maybe even just using sand and glue to get a similar effect.
Texture can be heavily manipulated and tweaked by the dimension and depth of a piece. If you're looking to go the extra mile on your personalized wall hanging, add similar elements on different sections of the base. Add a smaller shape of the same design on a larger shape to make it push forward. Add an element behind the base to make it seem further and deeper than it really is! How you choose to frame the final product can also change the overall texture of the wall hanging!
Along the same line of the above idea, play with your vertical space and texture! Whether you have multiple pieces separate, or connected by a single element such as rope or ribbon, these are all ways of introducing more textural elements to your personalized wall hanging! Connect different pieces of decor with a single element that encompasses the feeling you want to create. Garland, faux vine, rope, string, wire, are all different ways to connect multiple pieces while also introducing more texture.
Something that is more easy to get the kid's involved with is using collages as your personalized wall hanging decor. Simply use a base and glue together similar elements or knick-knacks that mean something to your family! This can be used in combination with any of the above ideas.
One way to make your area feel a little more posh is by using metallic textures. You don't want to overdo it with metallic textures, this can create a cold feeling to your space. Warmer metallic textures such as gold or copper can act as great accents to a personalized wall hanging, this introduces a new texture and elevates the piece. You can use metallic markers, paint, or fabrics to get the same effect!
We hope that this has inspired your creative side the next time you're considering making something new for the home! Your wall hangings are going to be taken to the next level with these texture tips!
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With Summer here, another wedding season is upon us! Whether you're the bride or groom (congrats from us here at 24 Hour Crafts!), or you're helping with the planning, we have unique wedding invitation accessory ideas for you using personalized letters and shapes! A wedding invitation is the first impression, and first celebration, of the couples new step! A wedding invitation becomes a gift, a memento to be cherished, something to be looked back on for years to come! So without further ado, here are 5 accessories that will make your wedding invitation stand out! (Personalized Letters)
Do you have a special wedding theme you're excited about? Or maybe you have something very special and meaningful to you and your partner! One way to incorporate unique wedding invitation accessories would be to provide a magnet for your recipients to put your wedding invitation up on the fridge with! Don't have a specific thing in mind for a magnet design? Just use a personalized letter for the magnet, decorate it with paint, or bedazzled, or cover it in another fabric to fit the wedding theme! Providing a magnet ensures the guest can store the invitation somewhere easily and makes for a unique touch to your invitations!
Another way to make your invitations truly unique is to use the first letter of your married last name as the actual invitation. This does require you to be quite creative in what is included on the invitation, since you're working with less space, but it does make the invitation special in that it is not a traditional card stock invitation. Decorate the wood letters with the wedding information and make sure it's in your wedding colors and theme for the finishing touches!
Similar to the magnet idea, but if there is a certain item that represents you as a couple or your wedding theme simply create a charm with the invitation that showcases that. You can also use a wood personalized letter for the charm instead! A charm creates a keepsake for your invited guests and makes for quite the unique accessory to be shipped out with your formal invitations!
Want the raised lettering or object effect, but don't want to pay the additional fees at the printing shop to do it? Break out a personalized letter or wood shape to affix to the back of the invitation for a similar effect! Decorate the letter or shape beforehand and attach them to the back of your invitations. Not only will this make that 'popped out' effect on your invitations, but it will also make your invitation pop out from the rest!
Depending on the last name you are taking, you may be able to create a unique frame with the letter. Use a wood personalized letter use it as the frame of your invitation! For example, if your taking on a last name that begins with 'C,' simply affix the letter onto the invitation and cut out everything outside of the C. It creates a unique shape and framing technique for your invitations, and something you wouldn't be able to do at a regular invitation store or print shop! Truly a unique accessory for your wedding invitation!
Hopefully this list of possibilities has inspired you to consider making a unique choice when designing your wedding invitations! Again, from all of us here at 24 Hour Crafts, congratulations on your big day and happy crafting!
]]>Whether you're hosting or merely dropping off the kid's, you can come up with some great creative and fun ideas for your little one's play date! Unfinished wood shapes gives your children a great opportunity to have a fun craft activity for their play date. If you're looking for ideas for using these unfinished wood shapes for your kids, look no further! 24 Hour Crafts is here to help with 5 Creative And Fun Ideas For Your Kid's Play Date!
Grab the unfinished wood shapes and some colorful, easy-to-clean paint! Lay down some old magazines or newspaper and let them paint! At the end of the day, once everything dries, the kids have a fun painted wood shape to keep and treasure! Just make sure they pick a wood shape that interests them and will keep them entertained for a day!
The kid's are gonna need your help with this one, but the opportunity is pretty fun for them! Let the kids add color to the resin, glitter, or other knick-knacks. You can dip or pour the resin over the wood shapes and once dry and finished the kids have a perfect glitter unicorn or anything else!
If your supplier allows it, like 24 Hour Crafts does, you can ask them to drill holes into the unfinished wood shapes. This will allow your little ones to string the wood shapes up. You can braid the shapes in, or add them to a beaded chain! Turn these wood shapes into the focal points of custom bookmarks, necklaces, or even bracelets!
Let the kid's color the wood shapes to their hearts desires, using markers, crayons, or whatever else you have on hand. Once they are decorated add a popsicle stick to the back and now they have fun puppet toys to play with! Easy custom toys!
Using some kid's glue, or something stronger with the help of an adult, let the kid's choose whatever decorations they want to. From bedazzles, to puzzle pieces, pictures cut from magazines of things they enjoy, or anything else! This activity can create a fun and unique collage for the kid's to enjoy and put in their rooms as decoration!
We hope that some of our ideas have inspired you for your kid's next play date! No matter what activity you choose, make sure the kid's have a hand in picking their unfinished wood shapes and activities. At the end of the play date, your little one's will have a fun momento or toy to treasure!
]]>Summer is right around the corner! That also means it's moving season. Those who drive vans and trucks know that this is the time when your friends need you and your vehicle, mostly your vehicle, to help move! Luckily moving season at least brings housewarming parties, but now a new issue. What to get your friends as a gift for their housewarming party? We recommend a new piece of decor, a custom piece with personalized names!
A custom gift with personalized names can bring an immediate sense of ownership and warmth to their new home. While it may seem a bit cliche, nothing personalizes a space like a nice attractive personalized gift. There are a few general rules that should be followed when making a personalized names piece for a house.
You don't want to do something that seems too generic. Incorporate things that you know the person or their family are interested in. Do they like football, scrabble, gardening? Do they have a favorite color, or flower, or even number? Incorporate these things in your personalized names piece! Just make sure that the style of the piece also matches the style of the living space. While it should standout, it should still look like it belongs among the rest of the furniture and decorations
When making a piece with personalized names, it's important to make a piece that won't exclude anyone from it. Anyone living in the house should be included and be able to see themselves as part of the household. Including the names of the households beloved pets in your piece also makes the decor feel much more personal.
Paint parts of it, maybe learn how to resin a portion of it. You can hot glue, macrame, or whatever your creative heart desires! Need some inspiration? Look at the beautiful crafts that some of our customers have done with wooden shapes and personalized names here.
Now I am sure I'm not the only one who's family growing up was given a Christmas ornament, or card, or some gift where the gift giver had the best intention of putting all of our names on it. Only for one of the names to be misspelled and thus rendered useless. It's a rather easy step to check off, but sometimes it misses us! Make sure the names on your personalized names decor are spelled correctly. Even better, if an individual has a preferred name consider using that in the project.
We hope that this has inspired you to consider taking on a craft project for any housewarming parties you might attend this upcoming Summer! We offer a number of different customizable wood crafts and texts for any type of craft occasion. A new piece of decor with personalized names is sure to be a wonderful gift for the household to use for years. Once the moving is done, you'll feel nice knowing you played a small part in making their new house a home.
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