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Animal Magnets: National Craft Month Project & Giveaways

March 17, 2016 by CraftPaperScissors

National Craft Month

It’s Day 17 of National Craft Month! These adorable Animal Magnets, designed by Stephenie Hamen from The Vintage Prairie, will make a wonderful addition to any refrigerator. These easy-to-make crafts are perfect to make with your kids, so get crafting! Don’t forget to join us on Periscope for a live-streamed craft every day this month. Plus, scroll down for info on how to win our epic craft giveaways!

Animal Magnets

Supplies needed for the Animal Magnets:

  • Dollar spot plastic animals
  • Americana Bay Breeze Blue acrylic paint
  • paint brush
  • hot glue
  • craft knife and scissors
  • pencil
  • mini photo frames
  • small magnets
  • vintage paper
  • sanding block

Instructions

Animal Magnets

1. Carefully find the line where the pieces of the animal come together and use the craft knife to cut it apart, removing the heads.

Animal Magnets

Animal Magnets

2. Paint the animals – two coats should be enough – drying in between coats.

Animal Magnets

3. Remove the stand from the back of the frame.

Animal Magnets

4. Remove the clear plastic window from the frame.

5. Trace the frame shapes using the inserts onto the vintage paper and then cut them out, replacing the inserts with the vintage paper.

Animal Magnets

6. Using a sanding block, sand down the edges of the cut for a flat surface on the base of the heads.

7. Use hot glue to attach the heads to the frames.

Animal Magnets

8. Add two small magnets to the back of the frames with hot glue.

Animal Magnets

For more great tutorials, check out Stephenie’s website, thevintageprairie.com!

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