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    Home » Do it Yourself » Crafts » DIY Holiday Shadowbox Frame

    DIY Holiday Shadowbox Frame

    Published: Nov 18, 2015 · Modified: Aug 14, 2019 by Sherri · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

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    Make this easy DIY Holiday Shadowbox Frame for a cute little addition to your holiday decorations.

    a shadowbox frame with a green and red striped background and filled with green red and white pom moms and bells

    Little Miss has been begging since last week to start decorating for Christmas. We are going to visit family in NC for Thanksgiving week and won’t be home until late the Sunday afterwards, which is the day we usually put up our Christmas tree and all the fun.

    She started asking if we could put up everything up before we left on our vacation so that when we got home it would be all ready to enjoy.

    I love her sweet spirit! She has already started listening to Christmas songs, playing songs on the piano that she has learned from you tube and singing. She asked if we could make a couple of new holiday decorations for her bedroom. Bless her!  I did cave a little bit. 🙂

    We headed to Hobby Lobby to scope out a few ideas. Making this cute DIY holiday shadowbox frame was easy to make (and make her extra excited!)

    She decided she wanted to put FA LA LA on her frame. Other ideas we pondered were HO HO HO, JINGLE ALL THE WAY, LET IT SNOW, MERRY CHRISTMAS, WINTER WONDERLAND.

    You can choose many other things to go inside your shadowbox.  Small ball oranments, little presents, etc.  There are loads of ideas at Hobby Lobby and Michaels.

    SUPPLIES NEEDED:

    8 x 10 Shadowbox frame

    Paint color choice (we chose red)

    1 piece of holiday themed card stock or paper

    Holiday colored bells

    Holiday colored puff balls or small ball ornaments

    Black adhesive letters

    Modge podge or glue of choice

    Painters tape

    Sponge paint brush

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Take the back off of the shadowbox frame.

    Tape along the edges of the glass front of the frame with painters tape.

    Paint the entire frame your color of choice.

    a piece of wood frame being painted red

    Allow to dry for 2-3 hours.

    Lay the back of the frame on top of the white side of the holiday card stock paper and trace the outline of it.

    A close up of a piece of paper

    Then cut out that template.

    a piece of paper being cut with scissors

    Spread modge lodge or glue along the outer edges of the paper.

    a white piece of paper on a table

    Place the glue side down on the inside of the frame back.

    a red green and white striped piece of paper on a table beside a red wooded shadowbox frame

    Remove the painters tape from the frame glass and scrape any paint along the edges of the frame.

    Lay the frame glass side down and place the bells, puff balls, etc inside.

    A close up of red and white pom poms in a box

    Then place the back into place. The holiday paper will be showing through the glass.

    a shadowbox frame with a green and red striped background and filled with green red and white pom moms and bells

    Place your vinyl letter saying along the center of the glass.

    black vinyl letters being placed on the glass of a shadowbox frame

    Voila!! A cute little addition to your holiday decorations!

    a shadowbox frame with a green and red striped background and filled with green red and white pom moms and bells

    Make this adorable Olaf Sock craft too:

    a snowman made of a white sock tied in 3 sections with orange felt nose and black felt eyes, hands and buttons

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    Comments

    1. Nicole

      December 08, 2015 at 11:56 am

      How cute! I love that you can customize it to match your colors so easily! Thanks for linking up to Let’s Get Real this week!

      Reply
    2. Laurie

      December 07, 2015 at 9:02 pm

      Cute! Love the puff balls in the the bells! Thank you for sharing at Snickerdoodle Sunday! Pinning and Tweeting!
      ~Laurie

      Reply
    3. April J Harris

      December 07, 2015 at 7:55 am

      Love this idea! What a fun, versatile and pretty craft. We had our decorations up early this year too – I just couldn’t wait! Thank you for bringing this lovely craft to the Hearth and Soul Hop. Shared!

      Reply
    4. Heather

      December 06, 2015 at 8:07 pm

      What a cute and easy idea. I struggle with thinking of craft ideas, so this is great for me. Thanks for sharing at #SaturdaySparks!

      Reply
    5. Theresa @DearCreatives

      December 06, 2015 at 1:40 pm

      Easy & Cute making a lovely shadowbox. Pinned & shared. Thanks for joining the Inspiration Spotlight party. See you again soon.

      Reply
    6. Jann Olson

      December 05, 2015 at 9:24 pm

      It turned out so cute, and what kid wouldn’t love an Olaf snowman? thanks for sharing with SYC.
      hugs,
      Jann

      Reply

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