Tuesday, January 28, 2014

DIY Hunters Decor



Today I wanna show you what I made for my sons 16th Birthday last week! He's got a passion for hunting, or should I say anything outdoors.

I know he has been pondering some new bedroom decor ideas. And hunting was gonna be the theme. So I cruised Pinterest and put a few ideas together! And this is what I came up with!! 

Originally my idea was to use shotgun shells. But I didn't have much luck finding them. But some good friends gave me an entire tote fulls of shell casings! SCORE!! I'll make it work!

This project took about 5 hours and about 500 shell casings to complete. But the look on his face was priceless! He told me this was better than anything we could have ever bought him. 

I really was thinking that this is something he would keep forever. He could hang in his own garage or man cave someday.





First I taped 6 pieces of paper together to make 1 big piece of paper (and because I didn't have any poster board on hand). And then drew the size of the "Browning" logo that I wanted.








I first hot glued sections together in groups of four.





Now moving it onto the barn board was tricky. But I had glued them into sections. Example his antlers were one piece, the nose another piece....



Once I had it all in place on the barn board, I then glued it around the edges. And for this step I used a combination of Gorilla Glue, and Loctite G02 Glue. And let it cure for 48 hours to make sure it set. This was quite heavy once it was all complete.




Happy 16 year old!!! 


Whatcha think??!!!

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20 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for your visit and for your kind comments!

    Hugs,
    Debbie

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    1. You are soo very welcome Debbie!! So glad you come and see me every week!!

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  2. This is so clever! I think my son in law needs one done in .22 shells.

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  3. Shelly, I might be interested, but I would want to know exactly what it entails, so as to make sure I am able to follow through. Contact me if you are interested. If not, I understand!

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    1. Hey Nicki we are having a pretty hard time picking.... but we are hopefully announcing this week!

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  4. Oh, and your son's birthday gift is to die for!

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  5. This is awesome! My son's 16th birthday party was at Bass Pro, so I understand the need for "outdoorsy" things.

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    1. Thanks for checking it out! Teen boys are sooo hard to buy for.

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  6. Seriously. My husband would just die if I made him one of these! Thanks so much for the inspiration and the great tutorial! Pinning and following!

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  7. I BET it was heavy! What a great idea! You amazing mom, you!! :)
    hugs x, Crystelle
    Crystelle Boutique

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    1. Aww thanks Crystelle. I haven't even tried to hang it, very heavy. It's sitting on a shelf up against a wall for now.

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  8. Thats amazing! My mister would so love something like this! What an awesome idea!

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    1. Well Thank You Abby!!! You should deff make him one!!

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  9. What a great personalized gift! One lucky kid, for sure. Thanks for sharing at The Makers!
    Corey @ TinySidekick.com

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