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Driftwood Cottages - featuring Elmer's productsI'm lucky enough to live just a few miles from the beach and when the weather allows, I love to comb the shores for beach glass, seashells, pretty rocks and driftwood!
With a splash of color from Elmer's paint pens, these pieces of beach-combed driftwood were transformed into bright little cottages.
These little cottages are really easy and fun to make. All you need is some wood and a package of paint pens. If you don't live near a beach, check Etsy for driftwood packages available for purchase.
I start by drawing the outline of the main house features using simple shapes.
Then I color in each shape. I did one coat, let it dry and then went over the top again to make the colors extra rich and bright.
Once everything is dry (which only takes about 5 minutes) the final step is to outline your shapes with a black marker and add any special details you want.
Now that you have a cute cottage, or maybe a whole collection of cute cottages, what are you going to do with them?? Here are some ideas!
- Leave them around the beach for someone else to discover
- Glue a magnet to the back and use on the fridge
- Add them to potted plants as a home for bugs
- Connect them in a ring to make a wreath
- Line a row of them up on your mantle as a special decoration
- What other ideas can you think of?
