Little Monster Mirror

A certain little someone I know is obsessed with monsters.  He thinks they're hysterical.  He especially thinks it's funny to BE a monster, which usually consists of "sneaking up" on Mommy and yelling "ROWWWWWWR!"  Which is why we have a monster hoodie...

...and monster hats...

So, when I saw this idea that my bloggy buddy Amanda over at Joy in the Jumble made, I knew he'd get a kick out of it.  Her version is a photo frame with "monster eyes" all over it...isn't that adorable?

Googly eyes?  Check!  Remember that really fun box of free crafting supplies we got from Craftprojectideas.com a few weeks back?  Well, sure enough, it contained an Ultimate Fuzzy kit that had an assortment of googly eyes in it; all different sizes from huge to tiny, which was just what we needed!

Interestingly enough, the other project we used the fuzzy kit for last time was monsters too...remember these guys?

Yes indeed, apparently the Ultimate Fuzzy Kit is a monster lover's best friend! :)

Anyway, we had the eyes, so we just needed a frame.  We headed to Michaels with our 40% off coupon in hand, and Little Crafter himself actually found something we thought was even better.  A mirror!  Now, my little monster can look in his own monster mirror every day!  How cool is that?

Here's how we made it.

LITTLE MONSTER MIRROR

Materials: wooden framed mirror {less than $3 at Michaels} or photo frame

acrylic paint and paintbrush

googly eyes in a variety of sizes {we used about 250}

craft glue

optional: ribbon, cardstock, circle punch, marker

STEP 1: Paint the wooden frame and let it dry.  I realized after we did it that the mirror is removable.  So, yeah, remove the mirror first.

STEP 2: Attach eyes with craft glue.  We started with the biggest ones first then worked our way down, filling in the gaps with smaller ones.

Really, you could call it quits at this point if you wanted to.  Or, you can embellish a little more.

I just glued a piece of ribbon around the frame, punched a cardstock circle, and wrote "Little Monster" on it.

Ta da!  And since the mirror is removable, it's easy to clean, plus if he ever wants to put a photo instead, we can swap it out.  It was a great, easy project and Little Crafter was able to do most of the work himself.  He loves painting and gluing, so it was right up his alley!  Thanks, Amanda, for the inspiration!  And thanks again, Craftprojectideas, for the fun supplies; we made another rainy day into a fun crafting adventure!

Oh, and speaking of inspiration, remember I showed you my friend Emily's pumpkin with the monogram on it?  Here's how mine turned out:

Don't forget to check out all the yummy recipes and snack projects linked up at the Fall Snack Challenge, and to head over and enter the NINE giveaways going on this week!

Happy Wednesday!