Day 81: Mog Podge Christmas Sayings

The mog podge Christmas sayings was a project that we had fun making at my crafter meet-up. These were very simple and easy to make and it was a blast to see where everybody's creativity led them.
We started with some wood blocks that were approximately 2 1/2 X 4".  A big shout out and thanks to Hall's Furniture in Henderson TX for donating all of the wood for this project!

 

My sweet husband drilled 2 holes in the top of each block to make space for a hanger. Landon helped sand the sides of some of the blocks.

We painted our blocks with acrylic paint and let them dry. While they were drying we decided what our individual blocks would say. Everyone thought of something different to put on their blocks.
We dug through letters I had cut out of magazines and some even searched through more magazines to find just the right combination of letters and words. Everyone's looked different!

To attach the letters to the block we covered our block mod podge and put the letters in place. Then we covered the block with mod podge again this time fairly thickly.

 

Don't worry about the glue being white it dries clear. You can buy some mog podge that will dry leaving a pretty shine.

Here is a picture of some drying. Landon made the red one. He wanted it to say Merry Christmas.

 

After they were dry we cut a hanger out of 16 gage multi-purpose wire. This can be however long you want it to be. Then, we just laced it through both holes and using the pliers turned the ends up and twisted it around the front wire.
I had prepared my block ahead of time to use as an example and I put a bow of ribbon on mine. I accidentally forgot to take the ribbon to our meet-up! Sorry y'all! Hopefully they all had some ribbon at home to finish them up.
This is mine. It says "His name shall be called Emmanuel" taken from Matthew 1:23.

 

Other idea's were a count down till Christmas, kids names to hang on their doors, and other Christmas sayings such as "Joy to the world", and "Don't get your tinsel in a tangle".

Just have fun with it and be creative!

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