New York Interior Design: Easy Giant Snowflake Ornaments

This project is so easy, I hesitate to even share it. But after the week I've had {basement flooding, my oldest breaking off his front tooth when it embedded in his knee ripping it open, furnace going out, sick kiddo....} I needed something easy! And sometimes its nice to do a project that the kids can participate in.

This is another one of those projects that will result in glitter everywhere.

And who doesn't like to feel like they live in a fairy land. It might help if you've had a week like mine, actually. :)

Let me digress a moment though and tell you that there's nothing like a trial in your life to make you thankful for the little things!

I was shopping in my local grocery store {Meijers}, and came across these wooden snowflake ornaments for a dollar. Oh yes, $1.00. I snatched all four of them up. Sorry local shoppers! (They did have ornament shaped ones too, but weren't as cute).

For this project all I did was water down some Elmer's glue a bit and brush it onto the ornaments. {I used a ratio of 1:3, one part water to three parts glue} We used foam brushes and dabbed it on so that we got more glue on the surface and less over the edges.

Then sprinkle on your glitter. I like the fine glitter for a project like this, it keeps it less 'kid craft' looking, if you know what I mean. {For sure use paper or wax paper underneath because about 90% of your glitter can go back into your container.}

You could also hit them with some clear gloss spray just to seal them in and keep the glitter from spreading its cheer where ever it goes.:)

For now, I hung them up on the face of my kitchen cabinets. Once the tree is up we may transfer them there. To hang them I just used a push pin in the inside of my cabinet, but command hooks would save your finish if you're concerned about that!