I am still trying to figure out my son's room. It is in desperate need of decoration. Girls are so easy in my opinion, but I have a bit harder of a time finding cute boy things.
I saw an amazing idea for a shadow box several months ago that I thought would be perfect for a little boy's room. Sadly, I can not find the link to it anymore. So using my memory and a whole lot of creativity, I figured out how to make my own version of a PLAY Shadowbox for my son's room!
Here is my PLAY Shadow Box!!!
This was a lot of fun to make!
First I took a left over piece of wood I had from another project and cut it down to the correct size.
Next I took 1"x1" and made a "frame" to fit on top of my wood I enlisted my hubby's help to nail gun the wooden frame to my board. He also was really sweet and puttied it for me too! What a sweetheart!
Third, I painted my shadow box blue using craft paint.
Fourth, I sanded the edges and applied a coat of stain to the whole thing and let it dry completely.
Fifth, I cut my truck out of cream vinyl, and my "play" out of red vinyl and applied the vinyl to the shadowbox. (see my tutorial on how to apply vinyl)
Last, I used a rub on, satin finish polyurethane finish on the entire project and let it dry completely!
Don't you LOVE how it turned out?!?
I love my PLAY Shadow box and it is perfect for my son's room!!
(PS - if you are looking for great quality and reasonable priced vinyl, check out Expressions Vinyl)
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Sarah
Very cute, turned out great!!
Mindie Hilton
I saw you on My Girlish Whims and wanted to invite you to my new link party. Last week we had over 300 links, it was so much fun. It will run every Friday evening through Sunday. Hope to see you there. You can find the party button now on the blog if you want it for a reminder. http://www.bacontimewiththehungryhypo.blgospot.com/
Julia @ 551Eastdesign
I love it! I get my husband to help too, it's good for him:) Newest follower!
Jacqueline
Very cute! My son would adore this! Thank you so much for sharing this at my link party! <br /><a href="http://www.mysimplehomelife.com/2011/06/features-simply-creations-link-party-12.html" rel="nofollow">Simply Creations Link Party</a>
Allison {A Glimpse Inside}
This is just too cute! Thanks for linking it up to this week's Catch a Glimpse party! I'll be featuring this tomorrow.
Kim @ Too Much Time
Well Ashley...this is awesome! It looks like it came straight out of the Pottery Barn Kids catalog. I seriously want to make one now!
Jen-CraftOManiac
This is as cute as can be. I would love for you to link it up to CraftOManiac Monday. The link party will be up and running this evening. Have a great night. winks-jen
Bethany @ A Fish Who Likes Flowers
So cute! Thanks for sharing
Karen @ Goodbyecityhellosuburb
Very cute! I am looking for ideas to fill my son's shelves!
Rhinestone Beagle
OMG the truck is adorable. Thanks so much for linking up at last week's party!
Sassy Sites!
I featured this over at Sassy Sites! Thanks so much for linking up to our Sassy Summer party!! I love this!<br /><br />http://sassysites.blogspot.com/2011/06/summertime-shout-outs.html<br /><br />Don't forget to grab a button!<br />XOXO<br />Marni
Delaney
Super cute! Thanks for linking!<br />http://sweetteaserendipity.blogspot.com