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Airplane Room Decor {Elmer’s Looks For Less}

December 2, 2011 11 Comments

I rarely show pictures of our home decor. And for good reason. We are renting our home! It can be really difficult to decorate the way I want to in a rental property. There are many things I would LOVE to change. (Take, for example, the pinkish hue of the paint color on the walls in my entire home.) But more often than not, I just don't attempt much decorating at all. I know that's pathetic, but it's true.

However slowly but surely, I have been making progress on Little Man's Big Boy airplane bedroom. Elmer's gave me the opportunity to add some fun and easy decor and on the cheap! I participated in their "Looks For Less" challenge. Using their supplies, I re-created several items I had my eye on... but my projects cost me next to nothing! Easy on the eyes, easy on the pocket book. 🙂

Today I have TWO tutorials to share with you! I'll show you how I created the faux airplane canvases plus the faux wooden "FLY" letters using Elmer's products.

If you can believe it, I only spent $5.73 on both projects. Not bad, eh?

Elmer's sent me some fabulous supplies to use for these projects. They generously sent me:

1 - Black and 2 - White 20x30 Foam Boards

Several glue sticks (they are by far my favorite glue sticks!),

X-ACTO Knife,

Several Painters sets

Plus $25 to spend on supplies (I considered this a challenge to spend far less!)

Are you ready for TWO cheap and easy tutorials? Let's get started!

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Family Flag

This little project has been in the works all summer, and I can't wait to share it with you!

This summer, my Mom and I (mainly my MOM!) made a family flag. My parents went to a church camp this summer, and they were asked to bring some kind of family banner or flag. For months, we had a vision, and it has been exciting to watch our vision take shape from a sketch on a paper to this lovely flag!

At our family reunion last week, we hung our family flag proudly because it represents each member of our family--my parents and their 4 children, including ME!

My Mom sewed the flag on nylon so it would be durable outside. I cut out all of the words and pictures on my Cricut (you can get tips for cutting fabric on your Cricut here), and we appliqued them on. It was a lot of work!! The front of the flag depicts each member of the family, and the back of the flag features an actual photograph of the whole extended family!

Each of the 4 kids were able to design their own flag section, a quadrant on the flag. We chose symbols that represented us. The apple and A+ represent me as a teacher. It was interesting to see what each of my siblings chose to portray themselves!

My older brother, John, is a huge Cardinals fan because we grew up in St. Louis, Misouri. His section portrays him perfectly!

Besides being an American Studies major, my sister Celeste is also our resident politics expert and a true patriot.

My baby sister, Kara, is the family musician! She sings. She plays the violin. She plays the piano. The girl is a musical genius, so these musical notes and treble clef are very fitting.

My parents' symbol forms the center of the flag. They were married in 1978, the founding year of our family.

The theme of our family has always been Return With Honor. My Dad always recited that phrase whenever we left the house to go on a date, go out with friends, etc. As teenagers, we used to roll our eyes in embarrassment, but now it is a motivating motto for our family.

Look how cute my parents are... My Mom and Dad, the ones who started it all!

And here are the 4 kids... John, Celeste, Kara, and ME. Isn't that flag a beauty?!

On the back of our flag, my Mom sewed a clear vinyl pocket and slid in a recent family picture. This way, we can update the picture as more grandchildren come along.

I feel like I just gave you personal introductions to my entire adorable family!

This was such an integral part of our family reunion--a flag we can fly with pride!

Have a wonderful day!