Spray Painted Birds

March23

If you’ve been reading my latest posts, it appears that I do all my shopping at the Dollar Tree.  But they really have some awesome stuff!

My playgroup is throwing a shower for one of our moms.  I am taking care of the gift bags.  I’m going to include some adorable birds.  

At first they looked like this:

 

These birds look too real!

I wanted the birds to look more boutique-y and less realistic, so I spray painted them white.  It took quite a few sprays because a)I’ve never spray painted before, b) I had paint for wood, c)it’s very windy in New Mexico in March, and d)the birds have lots of nooks and crannies.  But I got the birds done and I think they look great!

 

A bird I included in a house warming gift.

I have this bird in our home library.

I had fun with this project and I will certainly try to paint other stuff in the future.  Thanks to Thrifty Decor Chick for the party!

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“Spray Painted Birds”

1. On March 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 pm Mrs. Q Says:

   Cute! Great gift idea!

2. On March 23rd, 2009 at 12:49 pm Sarah@Thriftydecorchick Says:

   Ack!! These are adorable! I’m a $ Store fiend too — I may have to grab some of these!!

3. On March 23rd, 2009 at 5:19 pm Mrs. Petrie Says:

   Thanks for hosting the party. I’m pretty sure I’m becoming a dollar store addict. I think it is possible to overspend there.

4. On March 23rd, 2009 at 8:33 pm Jennifer Says:

   The birds look great! I’m going to have to check out dollar tree to see if I can find some.

5. On March 23rd, 2009 at 8:34 pm Megan Says:

   Oh I love your birds! Looks like I’ll be making a trip to the dollar tree:)

6. On March 23rd, 2009 at 8:37 pm Jen R Says:

   Cute cute cute! What a great change! Jen

7. On March 24th, 2009 at 3:28 am June Says:

   Your birds turned out super cute! Thanks for visiting my blog.

8. On March 24th, 2009 at 7:28 pm Jana Says:

   That is funny that we did the same thing- great minds think alike!

9. On March 24th, 2009 at 9:36 pm Holly Says:

   How funny…my spray paint post is about Dollar Tree birds too! And I’m loving your Ikea dishes from DT, I’ll have to go back and check ours out!

10. On March 25th, 2009 at 4:32 pm Christina Says:

    I love the birds, especially the tag!

11. On March 27th, 2009 at 9:16 am Kara Says:

    Adorable-I love the cute tag you tied on!