A certain little someone I know is obsessed with monsters. He thinks they’re hysterical. He especially thinks it’s funny to BE a monster, which usually consists of “sneaking up” on Mommy and yelling “ROWWWWWWR!” Which is why we have a monster hoodie…
…and monster hats…
So, when I saw this idea that my bloggy buddy Amanda over at Joy in the Jumble made, I knew he’d get a kick out of it. Her version is a photo frame with “monster eyes” all over it…isn’t that adorable?
Googly eyes? Check! Remember that really fun box of free crafting supplies we got from Craftprojectideas.com a few weeks back? Well, sure enough, it contained an Ultimate Fuzzy kit that had an assortment of googly eyes in it; all different sizes from huge to tiny, which was just what we needed!
Interestingly enough, the other project we used the fuzzy kit for last time was monsters too…remember these guys?
Yes indeed, apparently the Ultimate Fuzzy Kit is a monster lover’s best friend! 🙂
Anyway, we had the eyes, so we just needed a frame. We headed to Michaels with our 40% off coupon in hand, and Little Crafter himself actually found something we thought was even better. A mirror! Now, my little monster can look in his own monster mirror every day! How cool is that?
Here’s how we made it.
LITTLE MONSTER MIRROR
Materials: wooden framed mirror {less than $3 at Michaels} or photo frame
acrylic paint and paintbrush
googly eyes in a variety of sizes {we used about 250}
craft glue
optional: ribbon, cardstock, circle punch, marker
STEP 1: Paint the wooden frame and let it dry. I realized after we did it that the mirror is removable. So, yeah, remove the mirror first.
STEP 2: Attach eyes with craft glue. We started with the biggest ones first then worked our way down, filling in the gaps with smaller ones.
Really, you could call it quits at this point if you wanted to. Or, you can embellish a little more.
I just glued a piece of ribbon around the frame, punched a cardstock circle, and wrote “Little Monster” on it.
Ta da! And since the mirror is removable, it’s easy to clean, plus if he ever wants to put a photo instead, we can swap it out. It was a great, easy project and Little Crafter was able to do most of the work himself. He loves painting and gluing, so it was right up his alley! Thanks, Amanda, for the inspiration! And thanks again, Craftprojectideas, for the fun supplies; we made another rainy day into a fun crafting adventure!
Oh, and speaking of inspiration, remember I showed you my friend Emily’s pumpkin with the monogram on it? Here’s how mine turned out:
Don’t forget to check out all the yummy recipes and snack projects linked up at the Fall Snack Challenge, and to head over and enter the NINE giveaways going on this week!
Happy Wednesday!
BohemianJunque.blogspot.com says
September 26, 2011 at 1:27 AMThat googly eye frame is cuter than cute, as are your children.
Catherine
http://www.BohemianJunque.blogspot.com
Jamie @ hands on : as we grow says
September 26, 2011 at 4:51 PMThat monster frame is adorable! Great idea! I also love that pumpkin monogram. We may have to do both of them!
Mindie Hilton says
September 26, 2011 at 9:07 PMI am going to feature your adorable mirror at bacon Time on Thursday afternoon 🙂
Thanks for linking up.
Kindra-At Home With K says
September 27, 2011 at 1:35 AMMy boys would love to make these fun googly eye mirrors! How fun! I featured your project on this week’s Terrific Under Ten.
http://athomewithk.blogspot.com/2011/09/terrific-under-ten-tuesday-31.html
[email protected] says
September 27, 2011 at 3:02 AMVery cute! I call my youngest boy monster and he answers to it!! Visiting from Running with Glitter link party.
*Jeana* says
September 28, 2011 at 12:44 PMI love doing projects with my grand daughters..We will have to try ours hands at this =0) Would love for you to come and share you link..
http://jeana-marie.blogspot.com/2011/09/creative-halloween-ideas.html
Jackie says
October 1, 2011 at 11:23 PMI love this idea. I will have to make one and add the googly eyed mirror to our Halloween decorations. My kids will love it.
Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas says
October 1, 2011 at 11:44 PMthis is such a fun mirror and all the other crafts were great too!
We got our box and have yet to really dig in but looks like you have been enjoying yours!
Thanks for lining to the Sunday Showcase & sure hope to see you this week!
Bern
http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/search/label/Sunday%20Showcase
Athena says
October 2, 2011 at 1:27 AMI love the googly eye frame. Great idea. Thanks for linking to Success U @ TheStuffOfSuccess.com
Tonia @ TheGunnySack.com says
October 3, 2011 at 5:08 AMWhat fabulous ways to use googly eyes!! Both the frame and the pumpkin are adorable! Thanks for joining last week’s What’s In The Gunny Sack? link party and I hope to see you again for tomorrow’s party!
Anonymous says
September 26, 2012 at 2:40 AMthanks for sharing.
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