When we put the new carpeting in our bedrooms it forced me
to clean out our closets. UGH! Needless to say I made a few trips to Goodwill
for donations. But I came across a game that
paired with a Pinterest obsession gave me the inspiration for a few fall crafts.
Everyone knows Jenga right? Build a tower, remove blocks and
pray it doesn’t fall. Well, way, way back in college Hubs and I got the bright
idea to use some generic Jenga blocks we found at Wal-Mart for a….well… a drinking
game. (Don’t worry, I have overcome my college drinking days and got my head on
straight now.) Well, I had all these blocks and was about to toss them in the
trash when a little voice in my head screamed “WAIT!”
I have seen tons of wooden block pumpkin crafts on Pinterest
lately. They of course were calling for much larger pieces of lumber, but I
thought why not make a few small pumpkins out of these blocks and spruce up the
house for fall. So, I did.
A few coats of paint, and some sanding and I had my first
pumpkin. I painted a piece of a twig for the stem and used floral wire for the
vines and finished it off with a little twine bow.
After finishing this one pumpkin, I was just painting a few
of the blocks and testing colors and sanding patterns. Then out of nowhere I
came up with this cute little fall ornament.
I used Scribble paint for the
words and once they were dry I went over them with a little water downed paint.
The wire does not go through and through. I used a thumb tack to make holes and
put cut pieces of wire in the holes to give it the effect that it was a
continuous piece through the blocks.
There are endless possibilities really for all these little
blocks. I am sure I will continue to find new things to make with them.
Happy Fall Y’all!
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