Using my kid's art for my home

So I got another one of my Pinterest projects done! Yay! It's kind of a combination of a couple ideas on Pinterest. 

And my two little kiddos got to help me out! I used their drawing to make it.

My Inspiration from Pinterest

 (if you want to pin any of the following 3 images please do so from the source so the right person gets the credit)

I seen this adorable project where she took her kid's scribbles and put it on a canvas. 

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And then I seen this one. They cut out a design and put the kid's art behind it. Also very cute.

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I really really liked the idea of doing something like this. I love the little masterpieces my kids come up with. I would love a way to preserve it for a long time. And plus the idea of letting them have a hand in decorating our home sounded so cool to me. 

So I found this picture on pinterest for inspiration of my design. It's not scribbles, but fabric someone put on a canvas. Unfortunately it had no source. It went to a broken link when I clicked on it. So if you know who I can give credit to for this photo please let me know.

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I loved that design. But, I also liked the idea of making a cutout like the bunny and putting the art behind it. So I used some poster board, a hobby cutting knife, a picture frame from a yard sale, and of course my children's beautiful scribbles!

So here is how I did mine:

I set up my stuff on my bed so I could draw out my design to cut out.

This is what I ended up with.

I then took my photo frame I bought at a yard sale for a whole dollar and spray painted it a matte white.

And even tho I have a bunch of papers of my kid's scribbles, I asked them to make a new one for this art project. I wanted it to be on nice paper with no notebook lines in it. They are at the age where they love drawing suns, trees, people and sometimes monsters! But, I asked them if they would just do scribbles with all different colors for me. And of course they went for it! Who doesn't like to just go crazy on some paper with crayons? It's fun no matter how old you are.

And so that's what my little boys did. And yes they are wearing Spiderman costumes. It's kind of a regular thing around here. They LOVE superheros!

So after they gave me their masterpiece I then put it with my cutout in the spray-painted-yard-sale-find-for-only-a-dollar-frame. 

I think it turned out really well. I'm not too sure where to hang it up yet. I'm thinking about making a pretty gallery wall in my living room and adding it there. So this makes my second Pinterest Project done! You can see the first one here.

Now I'm on to the next one to do! Thanks for stopping by!


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