This “Tiny Treasures Collage” wall hanging is super simple, fun, and easy for kids of all ages. An extra little gift with this project is that it can be made in any theme or color scheme you like, and it becomes a perfect frugal home décor project for mom! But the best part of all is that you can make up this “Tiny Treasures Collage” wall hanging by using up bits and pieces, odds and ends, and scraps and snippets of whatever you have on hand in your craft or sewing stash.
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the arrival of spring! So pull out all your little scraps of cardboard or cardstock, a few paints, markers, stickers, and glue and you are ready to make your own “Tiny Treasures Collage” wall hanging.
Let’s Get Started!What You Need:
* Acrylic paint in various shades to complete your color/theme
* Scraps of cardstock or cardboard, white and colored
* Scraps of ribbon, lace, rick rack, or fabric
* Leftover buttons, beads, and various other embellishments
* Stickers and any other scrapbook or journal embellishments
* One art board, any size you want your finished wall hanging (we used a canvas art board, purchased at Hobby Lobby @ two boards for $5.99, but we’ve also used plain cardboard, cut from a discarded box)
* Scissors * Craft glue
Step 1: Once you have decided on the color scheme or theme for your wall hanging, you will want to paint your art board background a complimentary color. For our first collage we painted the background a light, spring green, and all of our embellishments were in pastel colors. For our second design, we painted the background a soft ivory to highlight the vintage images we would be using.
Step 2: To prepare your collage squares, you will need to cut various colors of cardstock in 2” squares. For our spring-theme collage we used cardstock in pastel colors, and for our second collage we painted white cardstock in shades of ivory, gold, and black for our vintage theme. For the vintage-theme collage, our squares were cut 2 ½” each. Use your imagination and create this to reflect your personality!
Step 3: Once the paint is dry, you can begin to embellish your collage squares. This is the fun part! If you are working with kids, they might want to add ribbons, stickers, buttons and beads, and then draw or write on their individual squares. For our spring collage, we used embellished stickers to spell out the word SPRING, placing one letter on one square. For our vintage collage, all of the squares are embellished with vintage buttons, lace, letters, papers, music, and lonely puzzle pieces.
Step 4: For each collage square, gather a few embellishments and lay them out until you are pleased with the design. Continue embellishing as many squares as you would like You might want to make more than you will actually need, that way you can choose your favorites when you are ready to put them all together to create the collage!
Try different combinations of colors, textures, ribbons and laces, buttons and beads, stickers and embellishments.
Step 5: Gather up all of your collage squares, grab your glue and get ready to create your “Tiny Treasures Collage” wall hanging! Begin placing your collage squares on your art board background, and move them around until you have a design that you like.
Step 6: Once you’ve figured out how you want the collage squares placed on the art board background, you can begin to glue them in place. To keep them straight and lined up, be sure to measure from the edge of the art board to the edge of each collage square. It helps to do one row at a time, measuring as you go to make sure all squares are an equal distance from the edges and from one another.
Step 7: When all of the collage squares have been glued in place, hang or prop your wall hanging up to dry overnight.
Step 8: After the collage squares are completely dry and secure, you can add some lace or ribbon embellishment around the edges, or you can leave it plain. If you have used cardboard as your background, you can now frame your “Tiny Treasures Collage” wall hanging.
For our spring theme collage, we added a row of pink rick-rack to one edge, and for our vintage theme collage we used some repurposed vintage lace that had been rescued from a tattered (but still beautiful!) vintage slip.
Use your imagination and make your own “Tiny Treasures Collage” wall hanging with the kids, for grandma, or to brighten up any corner of your world!
For more information or questions, please contact mamas*little*treasures at AngelBabiesBoutique@msn.com
