How I made super girly dinosaurs for my daughter's bedroom

DIY GIRLY DINOSAURS

My youngest daughter is obsessed with dinosaurs. But she’s also really into things that are sparkly, pink, and super girly! While we were taking a wonderful stroll around Hobby Lobby we came across this adorable dino display. It was full of these really cool signs, garland, figurines, and more. The only thing was that everything was dark blue, orange, dark green, red. Which are great colors but her favorites are pink, mint, purple, light green…and glitter lol! Hobby Lobby didn’t have any dinosaur décor in those colors. One of the things she really really really loved were these ceramic dinos. Again, they were in the typical “boy” colors. So I thought ‘Megan, just buy some plastic ones and paint them’. So I did just that!

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See, super adorable dinosaur décor but it doesn’t really go with glittery unicorns and magical butterflies.

The next day we took a trip to our local Walmart to find some inexpensive dinosaurs and spray paint. My sweet girl was so excited! She got to pick which dinosaurs she wanted AND she got to pick the colors. It was so cute watching her little face light up choosing things for her room.

She picked out three different dinosaurs and chose the colors light pink, mint green, and white.

Make super girly dinosaurs for your daughter’s bedroom

Here’s what you’ll need

• plastic dinosaurs

• glossy spray paint WITH primer, I used CANDY PINK, WHITE, MODERN MINT

• push pins

ONE- The first thing I did was place a push pin in each dinosaur foot. Since the dinosaurs are hard plastic it was a little difficult to get them in.

TWO- Shake the can really well then spray a layer of paint on each dinosaur. I bought the “fancy” spray paint, as I like to call it, because it has primer already in it. It’s cheaper and easier in the long run to just buy the more expensive spray paint so you have less layers to paint and it takes less time to finish your project.

THREE- Let that layer completely dry. I let mine dry overnight just to be sure it was fully dry.

FOUR- Spray a second layer on each dinosaur.

FIVE- Let your dinosaurs dry. Since I used gloss spray paint it seemed to take the dinosaurs a long time for the second layer to dry. I let them sit for a full 48 hours before taking the pushpins out of their feet. Because my daughter will be playing with them I am letting them cure for 30 days.

Seriously, these are the CUTEST dinosaurs!!

I have plans to make her MANY more girly dinosaur decorations for her room soon. One that will include some glitter too!

I hope this inspires you to create some adorable dino décor for your own little girl. If you do GIRL UP your dinos I’d love to see what you come up with! As with all of my DIY posts if you have any questions please ask away. I’m always happy to help.

How to paint plastic flower containers for fall

One thing I really wanted for my fall porch decor were fresh mums. They are just so gorgeous and scream HELLO FALL! But the only problem was that I only had $20 to spend on things fall for our home. You can read all about how I made that happen in my budget friendly fall porch decorations.

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I headed to Walmart, because I knew I could make the most of my budget there, and found some super gorgeous deep red mums for under $5 each! The only problem was that their bases were HIDEOUS. That super undesirable dark green/brown color, yeah you know that standard plastic flower base color that all the cheap plants come in 😆!

So I thought, hey just grab a can of spray paint and paint those suckers up! And I did!

I didn’t just grab any spray paint thought. I’ve had my fair share of run ins with bad spray paint so instead of grabbing a cheap $.97 can I splurged and picked up a can of Rustoleum. Since I didn’t want the bases to be shiny, I really wanted them to be dull to tie in with the rest of the fall porch decorations I opted for the orange MATTE finish and it turned out so pretty!

Here’s what I used RUSTOLEUM ORANGE MATTE FINISH SPARY PAINT

First you need to take your plants out of the ugly containers. You’ll want to set the plants somewhere that they won’t get sprayed with the spray paint.

Then take a wet wipe or damp cloth and wipe down just the outside of the container. You won’t be painting the inside so it’s not necessary to clean the inside of it.

Next shake your paint can really really well. This is pretty important because you want the paint to get all mixed together before spraying onto the container. If not you will have streaks of off color. Trust me this has happened to me before with CLEAR satin finish spray paint. I didn’t shake it enough and I got a streak of white across my project. So shake, shake, shake!

Then in short strokes spray the containers. If you spray too long in in one spot you’ll get a runny mess. I only sprayed my bases with one coat. This spray paint is AMAZING and literally covers like heaven so one coat is all you need.

Let it dry. Ideally you want it to dry for several hours before you plant back inside. I didn’t wait that long because I was pressed for time, I was filming this tutorial for my YouTube channel. If you can wait a few hours then place your plants back inside their painted containers.

That’s it! You now have gorgeous plant containers and they didn’t cost you hardly anything to makeover! Bonus if you already have the paint on hand!

I hope this helps if you are like me and on a tight budget for the non necessities. We can stay on budget and have cute things ;)!

Happy crafting!