truebluemeandyou:
DIY Easy Knockoff Plasticland Onyx Octopus Necklace Tutorial from Made In Pretoria here. Top Photo: $22 Plasticland Onyx Octopus Pendant here. Bottom Photo: DIY by Made in Pretoria. How many tutorials do I have using plastic toys? Pages and pages here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/plastic-toys
unicornhatparty: Original take on the painted plastic animal necklace. Unique kids’ jewelry that you won’t cry over if something happens to it because it is so cheap to make.
DIY Spray Painted and Dipped Plastic Animals Tutorial from Honest to Nod here. The bull with drizzled blue paint on it reminds me of the photograph in the Top Photo where artist Doug Pederson took Dollar Store Animals and melted crayons over them (more images here). Bottom Photo: DIY by Honest to Nod. *For lots more altered Dollar Store plastic animals go here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/plastic-toys
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DIY Dinosaur Bookends. This so reminds me of Toy Story. I love altered plastic animals and these were made for under $4 (because she got the wood at Home Depot). Tutorial by Mommy in the Mountains here.
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DIY Mounted Toy Animal Heads. But did they have to decapitate my beloved unicorn? Another clever idea for using cheap dollar store/Target plastic animals. Tutorial from Please Note here. Would this scare or disturb your children or you?
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truebluemeandyou:
DIY Valentine Plastic Animals with Messages. How could I have missed this for Valentines Day with my obsession for plastic toys (see my posts here)? Place any sweet or passive aggressive note you want in the mouth of a plastic animal. I posted a tutorial from Family Chic here that is almost identical, but how cute are these messages from Please Note?
