Hot Cocoa Shelf-Sitters Christmas Prints DIY
Deck your Hot Cocoa Bar with our Christmas Shelf-Sitter prints. Free download to DIY on wood scraps. We show you how.
Long, long ago
when spending time outdoors in the snow was a thing
and we came in with glistening cheeks and tingling toes
after an evening of ice-skating
or worse yet
standing in the snowbanks watching the boys play a death-defying game of hockey
(they were sweating and we were freezing
and praying no one would get any teeth knocked out)
THAT’S WHEN
we needed a hot cocoa bar.
And we’d never heard of that luxury.
Where you push a button and get a stream of steaming brew
and there’re bowls and jars of marshmallows and whipped cream and sprinkles
to add just because you can…
Back then is when we truly needed it.
So, with warm winter memories,
we give you our snowy Hot Cocoa shelf-sitter prints,
to help you make memories for your Christmas.
Hot Cocoa Shelf-Sitter Christmas Prints DIY
In this Spring post, and in this Fall post, we shared some shelf-sitter prints and showed you the tutorial.
This project is practically free, at least if you have wood scraps in your stash.
And if you don’t, here’s a cool secret.
You can go to Home Depot, or Lowe’s, and make friends with the guy who cuts wood for people.
He’ll be standing close to a big trash can with odds and ends of wood,
and while you’re chatting, you could casually say you need about 3 or 4 of those pieces.
He’ll likely just give them to you free, but if he’s not feeling generous, ask him to cut the following pieces for you:
- two or three square pieces of 2″ x 6″ x 6″ (they aren’t really 6″ wide, so make sure he cuts them as long as they are actually wide. Mostly they’ll be about 1.5″ x 5.5″ x 5.5″ because that’s the nature of two by sixes.)
- two or three oblongs of 2″ x 6″ x 3″ (which again, will likely measure 1.5″ x 5.5″ x 2.5″ to look right.)
Other Supplies:
- the Hot Cocoa Shelf-Sitter Prints. Fill in the form at the bottom of the page to receive the free PDF download.
- craft paint or wood stain to finish the blocks of wood before applying the prints
- foam brush for paint and/or lint-free cloth for stain
- Mod-podge and another foam brush to apply it to the wood
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Directions:
- Check out the posts we linked to read up on our earlier directions.
- The basic DIY is to prep the wood with paint or stain, then apply the trimmed prints with Mod-Podge.
- You can use stain to antique the paper and painted wood, if you like that look.
