The third part of my daughter’s bedroom makeover features a simple DIY project – dog silhouettes. Silhouettes in various forms have been shown numerous times all across the blogging world for three simple reasons – they are inexpensive, easy to make, and look great with almost any decor. Besides keeping costs down, another goal of this project was to include my daughter’s ideas in the design of the space. She was the client and my job was to make a room she liked. She had two specifications - pink and dogs. Knowing a themed space would grow tiresome quickly and not wanting to venture into the “pink puppy” world, the silhouettes were a great compromise.
What I did:
The first step in this project was painting the picture frames pink. My initial attempt didn’t work out quite right – the paint looked too neon. I adjusted to color by adding some brown to tone the pink down to the right color.
After painting and sealing the frames, the next step was creating the silhouettes. I searched the internet for pictures of dogs which would have recognizable outlines. This process was a great way to involve my daughter as she told me what types of dogs she liked. We selected and printed out four pictures.
After cutting out the images, we used a white crayon to trace the outlines of the dogs onto black cardstock.
The images were cut and glued onto white paper. (It is hard to tell from the pictures but the white paper has tiny ridges for added texture.)
We assembled the frames and hung the pictures. Simple, quick and easy!
Supplies:
The four frames and supplies were purchased at AC Moore for less than $60.
Picture frames
Paint
Black paper
Scissors
Glue
White paper
White crayon
In case you missed it, here are some previous posts highlighting other projects in my daughter’s bedroom redo:
Dressing table redo
Bulletin board project
Marble top night stand
Ceiling embellishment
Linking up to some of these parties
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