12 Days of Christmas Crafts

12 Days of Christmas Crafts …

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Hi there! Thanks so much Claire and Polkadot Pretties for having me.

My name is Lina and my blog is called Fancy Frugal Life.

I like to think I have chic taste and am for sure on a shabby budget as a SAHM of two kids!

I love to decorate, cook, craft, and create. I also have a love of thrifting and finding ways to save money while still being stylish.

Today I’m sharing some easy holiday canvas art I recently completed with my kids.

I started out with four 8×8 blank canvases from the craft store. They were a few dollars a piece.

I mixed both acrylic and latex paints I already had in this project because I don’t think it matters.

I painted one canvas red and one blue.

When they were dry, I had my daughter do one hand print in white.

And my son did two brown hand prints (one facing up and one facing down).

We embellished his reindeer with eyes, a pom pom nose, and tiny bells across the neck with hot glue.

I painted a hat with white paint on Santa and used her finger prints for the brim and top of his hat. We painted pink cheeks and black eyes.

They were proud of their work….

I wanted to do hand prints on canvas so that I can reuse it again year after year.

So many times they come home with cute hand print projects on paper and that’s hard to keep forever

I decided to use Mod Podge and a favorite Christmas photo of my kids in their holiday pjs to create a photo canvas.

I had a 8×10 picture printed at Walgreen’s and cut it down to the 8×8.

All you have to do is paint Mod Podge on the back of the photo and the canvas. Lay it down and smooth it out. Then do a few separate coats on top. It dries clear.

I painted the sides of my canvas red. That’s it!

My last canvas I embellished a couple red headbands and hairbow of my daughter’s

Oh also I hung ribbon vertical on my wall with thumb tacks and then hung the canvases with push pins.

I can’t believe it’s December already! Do you have some creative projects planned? Thanks so much for having me and I wish you a beautiful holiday season from my family to yours.