In the winter and especially around the holidays it's fun to decorate your room. In this post I am going to show you one way I decorated this season; with these sparkling, festive, winter shadow boxes! I made a big one to sit on my dresser and a smaller one to hang on my wall. You will learn how I created my shadow boxes so you know the basics and get some ideas of how to make and decorate your own!
Materials
* All materials were purchased from Michael's craft store
~Glittery background paper
~ Shadowbox frames
~Bottom fillers (I used jingle bells and mini ornaments)
~Things to hang (I used snow flake ornaments)
~Other decorations (I used ribbon and sparkling leaves)
~Lose glitter
I started with the larger frame, took the back off and traced it onto a piece of glitter paper.
I cut the paper out on the line and glued it on to the frame. I took the top inside of the shadow box and hot glued ornaments so they would dangle inside the frame and let it dry.
To give the box a frosty look I mixed different colored glitters and smeared then on the inside glass part of the box.
Then, I filled the bottom of the box with jingle bells and closed it.
To add a finishing touch I hot glued ribbon around the edge of the frame. Below is the finished product!
Now began to work on the second, smaller shadow box. I repeated the step with the glitter paper and after filled the bottom of the box with mini ornaments and closed it.
To give the frame a little more sparkle I took one of the bunches of glitter leaves, laid it out on the glass part of the frame, and hot glued it down.
So I would be able to hang the frame I hot glued a ribbon in a loop to the back top of the box. Below is the second finished product!
Winter shadow boxes are great decorations and make a perfect holiday gift to enjoy all winter long. Have fun creating your own!
