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It all started with these cute sailboats pictured below. Some neighbors were having a yard sale and these wooden cut-outs caught my eye. How cute would these be brightly decoupaged and hung to sail on the wall? I was told that each wooden item was $.20 a piece. I picked out what I wanted and handed the gentleman $2. I asked him what he intended on doing with all these cut-outs at the end of the yard sale. He knew what I was getting at :). He told me to “come back tomorrow and take what is left.”
So I did! For my original $2, I received loads of apples…
A to Z TV
And stars….
And love signs….
And more than I could possibly know what to do with!!!
This is where you come in my creative and crafty friends. Help! Any ideas as to how to use these items? What would you do with them?
what about turning the apples into chalk boards – are they big enough?
Some of the cuter cut outs could definitely be mounted on paper and framed as a lovely gift, room sign, Laundry Room Sign… and so on it goes.
Wow! What a great find!! I know you will come up with something good!
First time commenter here…
Great find! The "Love" and heart cutouts would make a great Valentine tree or let the kids paint or decoupage them (so they are all different) and string them together to make a windchime type of thing.
I love the gift tag idea!
Let the kids paint them!!! 🙂 I bought a bag at Goodwill and my daughter loves painting them.
Awesome! What a deal you got!! You could do alot with all of these little cutouts!
Oh, wow that's a lot of cutouts! You could use them to embellish picture frames or make Christmas ornaments or gift tags with them. If you can't find a use for them, you could always donate them to a church/nursing home/school for projects.
Wow–what a bunch of goodies! Lots of painting ahead, but try spray paint if you are doing a bunch in 1 color. Can you use some as game pieces? Have fun!
How fun! You are certainly going to be busy decorating those!
I would sell them on Craigslist, or at least trade them if you didn't want to sell them.
Hey I just found your blog ala ASPTL…just wondering on your mistreatment tutorial (beautiful btw!!)…you said you cut the material into 4 pieces? I'm confused! Could you try to explain that a lil better for uhh simpletons like me lol.
Wow, the possibilities! Looks like you are going to be kept busy for a long time!
That's a lot of cut outs! I'm sure you'll come up with something – I can't think of anything right now!
Manuela
Holy moly, all of those cute little cut outs for just $2?! You must have amazing karma!
I "second" the gift tag idea. That would be too cute.
BTW, I am your newest follower!!
Rhonda
Wow – what a deal! Could you paint/decoupage them and use them as gift tags (tie it on the gift with a pretty piece of ribbon)?
Wow – what a deal! Could you paint/decoupage them and use them as gift tags (tie it on the gift with a pretty piece of ribbon)?
Wow, that's a lot of stuff! I would probably ask my local children's librarian if she'd like to have a whole bunch of them to do a program.
I'm sure you can come up with something creative to do with all of those. What a score!
These are all wonderful!!
I read about the cutest idea today. Take the angels and give them to your friends to decorate and then put them on a special tree at Christmas! Thanks for sharing and have fun.
Charla
WOW! That's a lot of painting. 🙂 I think the sailboat on the wall thing is a great idea…even in a bathroom it would be adorable. 🙂 If you have lots of leftover items that you know you won't use, I wonder if a local preschool, church, etc. could use them? I bet a VBS would die to have those! 🙂