Creations, Holiday Shadow Box
I haven’t started decorating for Christmas yet,
but I have been thinking about Christmas
and doing a little holiday crafting
I had a gingerbread man ornament
leftover from another craft that I wanted to use
Hmmm….
At first I was thinking about a 3 D collage of Christmas things
and played around with PicMonkey
making a reference collage using some of my artwork
Then I went through my craft stash and holiday wrapping
and found some things that would work,
including a wooden artist canvas
that could serve as a shadow box
I had some wrapped gift boxes, a couple of metal candy canes,
tiny wreaths, mini ornaments and a rolling pin
I spray painted the wooden box white
then cut a piece of cute Santa wrapping paper to fit inside
I glued the gingerbread man into the frame at an angle
sort of like he was stepping inside
Next I added the rolling pin
I glued a mini wreath to the top center
and added some packages inside the frame
I glued the candy canes to one side
The candy canes balance out the gingerbread man
on the opposite side
Snowflakes for the final touch!
I wrapped the edges with a black checked ribbon
and secured the ends with glue
This was a fun quick craft mostly using things I already had
Ho Ho Ho here we go, onto the holidays
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!
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I did not make the gingerbread man, but it would be easy to recreate one with cardboard, ric rac and felt
gingerbread man, ribbon and plastic snowflakes/Hobby Lobby
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Very beautiful and christmasy 🙂
Thank you Angie, I am excited about Christmas this year!
That is so cute, Jenna!
Thanks Rita!
Jenna, this is too cute and so creative. You are a gold mine of ideas. Happy Sunday!
Thank you Pam, I am so in the mood for Christmas!
Absolutely adorable Jenna!
Thank you Emily 🙂
Very cute! Your wrapping paper looks like it was made for that craft:@)
Thanks Lynn!
You are so creative, Jenna! This shadow box is sooo cute. It’s always so much fun to watch your creative process. A perfect addition to your Christmas decorations.
Thank you Rosie, I was just itching to do something Christmasy!
Always wonderful ideas!
Thank you Dorothy, I am ready for all things Christmas!
Can’t wait!
Super cute, Jenna! So creative and fun. Love it!
Thanks Patty Anne!
Playtime for grownups! It looks like you had fun, and it turned out so cute!
ha ha, you’re exactly right, it was play time!
Adorable Jenna! The wrapping paper is so cute and I especially love the finishing touch of black and white ribbon embellishment around the edge of your box! ♥
Thanks Mary, I bought the wrapping paper from CC’s school fundraiser, I couldn’t wait to do something with it!
This is adorable, Jenna! You really are an inspiration! Creativity just blossoms over here at your place!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks Nancy, just a fun and easy craft!
How cute is that??!! Your shadow box turned out great, Jenna!
Thanks so much Kitty, I’m ready to start decorating!
I love it, Jenna! 😀 Shadowboxes are so much fun, and I love the gingerbread man on yours!
Thanks RJ, I am so ready to start Christmas fun!
This is just too cute Jenna. Anything gingerbread and I’m all in! Love the ribbon on the outside of the box too… never thought of that but such a great touch. Thanks for the inspiration! Have a great weekend.
Thanks so much Denise, a quick fun craft!