Christmas Crafting

My very crafty friend, Claire, taught me how to make some fun words out of wooden blocks.  I did this for little Christmas gifts to some friends and family.  Mikey helped too, and we actually had a lot of fun doing it.

Step 1:  Gather the following:  2"x4" wood, Acrylic Paint, Scrapbook Paper, ModPodge, Foam Brush, Wax Paper

Step 2:  Cut wood into small peices (all different sizes is kinda cool)

Step 3:  Sand the edges so nothing is sharp and no splinters stick out:


Mikey was a very good sander!!



Step 4:  Paint the blocks:

Step 5:  Pick your scrapbook paper and print letters on them in any fonts you like, then cut the letters out to fit on each block.  I cut them a little bit smaller than the block so the edges will stay down, and clipped the corners off a tiny bit.

Step 6:  MOD PODGE TIME!  Use the foam brush to Mod Podge the entire block (all sides) and the back of the paper letter.  Stick the letter on the block and voila!  Then add a final coat to the top of the letter to seal it from the outside.  (Try to get air bubbles out too)

I had to protect the babies from the fumes!  :)

And the final product....

Try it!  If I can do it, anyone can do it.  :)