Last weekend, we hosted a Shake It Up themed party for my oldest daughter’s 8th birthday. For the decor, I tried to go for a graffiti, hip hop sort of feel that was still girly and fresh. I used pink, purple, and aqua with black and white, and used a paint splattered pattern on many of the decoration.
One of the decorations was this photo frame vase that I created as a centerpiece for the table where the girls ate. It was so simple to make and can be customized to match any party decor. Here’s how:
All you need is 3 frames, a hot glue gun, and some form of embellishment (I used paint splatters, but you could decorate it with ribbon, rhinestones, whatever matches your decor).
A note on picking your frames – I chose frames that were rounded so that when I placed them together, they created a smoother corner. The frames that have more straight edges don’t fit together so nicely.
I chose to splatter the paint first, because I wanted to remove the glass and if they were glued together, it would be harder to take the glass in and out. I just flicked and drizzled the paint across the frames and then let it dry.
Once it’s dry, all I did was squirt hot glue on the side of one frame, stick on another frame, and repeat. Once the glue cooled slightly, I smoothed it down with my finger.
And that’s it! I put a narrow glass in the middle to hold the water and flowers, then added some bright daisies and placed it on the table.
This is so simple that I actually put it together about 2-3 hours before the party. The hardest part was getting all of the splattered paint off ourselves after we splattered these frames along with about six vinyl tablecloths.
Here’s my daughter and my friend Kristen (from 3 Monkeys’ Mommy) painting a tablecloth… She was too busy splattering to stop for a picture – just look at how paint covered she was!
I received so many compliments on such a simple project, and my mother in law took it to put on her desk at school after the party and all the other teachers loved it! It was definitely a hit!
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I love it Sarah! What a unique and fun table centrepiece. Love the colours you chose too! Angie xo
Heidi @ Mom's Crafty Space says
SO cute and fun! My boys and I just did splatter painted t-shirts like this last week too. Seriously the best kind of messy fun! 🙂
Julie says
Love this idea…my friend did her entire room once 🙂
Sarah says
That would be soooo much fun to paint! My daughter would love that!!