Lucky Charm

♥ Sinterklaas Lucky Charms

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Hey Lovelies! Sinterklaas is back in town xD! You excited?! Haha me not so much, but I like to get crafty around this time of year. *Sigh I wish my family would do something called ‘surprises’, but we don’t. Oh well, I’ll buy something nice for myself then! If you do live in a country where they have Sinterklaas, how do you celebrate it?
Okay, back to the crafty part of this blog. Last year I made those Pietjes lucky charms! Do you remember? This year I had to add Sinterklaas lucky charms, as promised. I just like making those charms I believe~ hehe.

Sinterklaas Luck Charms

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥ Wooden beads in 2 sizes. (you can make them as big as you want)
♥ Air Dry Clay.
♥ PVA Glue.
♥ Skewer or Toothpick.
♥ Acrylic paints in colors of choice.
♥ Paintbrush.
♥ Matching pieces of thread, to the paint.
♥ Varnish (optional).
♥ Scissors.

Tutorial

Glue the 2 wooden beads together, make sure to line up the holes. Let those dry before you continue.

From a bit of clay, make a triangle for his ‘mijter’ and place this, with some glue, on top of the small bead.

Make another triangle of clay, a bit smaller for his beard. Place those, with some glue as well, on his head/body, were the beard is suppose to be xD. With the skewer of toothpick, make a few indences to give it a bit more shape.

With the skewer or toothpick, poke a hole though the ‘mijter’. This is so you can add the threads through later.

Make a moustache out of clay, it’s a bit fiddly, but I am sure you can do it! Glue it on and shape it until you like it. Make sure to let everything dry first.

Painting

Now for the fun part, painting!! Let’s give those buddies some color! You can paint them however you want, of course. But I kept them sorta traditional. It is possible that you need several layers of paint for good coverage. When you are finished, you can varnish it, if you want.

Lastly, add 2 pieces of thread (about 30cm) through the body. Make sure to have a loop at the top and tie a knot at the bottom.

And it’s completely done! I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial for Sinterklaas Lucky Charms!
Have a wonderful day, stay warm, stay healthy!

Love
Danielle

♥ Pietjes Lucky Charms

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Hey Lovelies! Sinterklaas is in town! If you don’t know what Sinterklaas is, it’s a Dutch celebration similar to Christmas, only celebrated on the 5th of Dec. (Fun fact: Christmas is actually based on Sinterklaas xD).
Anyway I just had to make a DIY for this and I planned to make a whole bunch of lucky charms. But I ended up making only de ‘Zwarte Piet’ ones. I ran out of time to maken Sinterklaas en Amerigo. I’m so sorry, maybe I’ll make a DIY on that next year!

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥  Wooden beads in 2 sizes. (you can make them as big as you want)
♥  Air Dry Clay.
♥  PVA Glue.
♥  Scewer.
♥  Acryllic paints in colors of choice.
♥  Paintbrush.
♥  Matching pieces of thread, to the paint.
♥  Tiny piece of a Feather.
♥  Scissors.

DIY

First, glue the 2 different sized beads together, make sure the holes line up. Let that dry.

Make with clay a snake and make a circle around the smaller bead aka head. Use glue eventually to make it stick better, that’s what I did.

Now make a ball of some clay, about 1cm, and flatten this on to the head, until it touches the snake you put on there earlier. Use a scewer to poke through the hole on top. and make some creases with the scewer into the hat. Let the clay dry now.

Painting

Now it’s time to paint your pieces. I used 2 colors of choise, light brown, dark brown and white. It doesn’t really matter where you start, just make them cute and nice. The only thing you paint on last is the eyes!
Optional, varnish the beads so they are nice and protected. But you don’t have to.

Finishing off.

Cut a tiny piece of the top of a normal sized feather and glue this on his hat.
Then cut of about 30 cm of thread, in 2 colors. put this through the body of the Zwarte Piet, tie a knot at the bottom and you are done.

Blogmas 2018

From dec 1, Saturday! YES, you are reading that right! This Saturday will start Blogmas 2018 on this blog, that means 25 DIYs up till Christmas will be there for you, all for free! Every day a new DIY, Good news right?!

Have a lovely day!

Love
Danielle

♥ Easter Bunny Lucky Charms

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Hey Lovelies!

Easter is approaching faster as we think! So I thought why not make some decoration already?! We all know the easter branches we bring in our homes and decorate them with the cutest things. Today, I wanna make some Easter bunnies of wooden beads. I love how they turned out so why not show you how to make them too.

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥ 14mm Wooden Bead.
♥ 10mm Wooden Bead.
♥ Air Dry Clay or a small Bead for the tail.
♥ Cardstock in any color.
♥ PVA glue.
♥ Acryllic Paint in the colors you like.
♥ Varnish (optional).
♥ Embroidery Floss or Yarn.
♥ Brush.
♥ Scissors.

How To

Glue the large bead to the small bead, make sure the holes line up and let that dry. This will be the body. While that’s drying, draw on the cardstock some ear and foot shapes and cut those out. Glue the ears and foot to the body and let those dry as well. Out of clay, make a small ball, this will be the tail, you can also use a small bead if you have those. Glue the tail to the back of the body.

Painting

When everything is dry. You can start painting! I used pastel tones, I think that fits the whole spring/easter feel best. But ofcourse you can do whatever color you would like. Just paint the whole body in one color first, and later on you’ll paint on the details. It depends on the quality of you paint if the base color of the body need several layers or just one. Keep going until you are happy with the outcome.

Now it is time to paint the details. With white acryl, paint on a round belly shape in between the feet. And don’t forget to make the tail white as well. Mix some light pink paint and use this to color the inside of the ears and a paw print on the foot. Oh! and don’t forget his adorable tiny nose. Now use some brown or black acryl to paint on the face with a tiny brush. If you want add a small dot of white paint in the eye, to give it that little sparkle.

You can use varnish (matt or gloss) to give it that finishing touch and protect the paint, but that’s optional.

Final Step

Make sure everything is completly dry when you go to the next and final step. Cut 2 pieces of yarn with a length of 30cm. Fold those in half and make a knot about 5 cm from the loose ends. With help of a Needle, put the folded side of the yarn through the bottom to the top of the bunny and you are done!

I hope you enjoyed this DIY and make a lot! haha, the more the better. Don’t forget to show me with the #DelinleaDIY

Love
Danielle