Eat, Drink and Be Crafty: Cute Paper Punch Wall Hanging

I am currently in the process of turning Lucie's Room into more of a big girl room. As she will be getting a new "big girl" bed in the spring when she turns two. I have looked high and low for stuff to hang on the wall, and can't find anything!! Then I ran into this little idea on http://www.pinterest.com/est.com/. It was soo easy, and there are soo many different ways to make this work for any room in your house.

First you are gonna need:

*A frame- Any frame would work with out the glass, but I chose a shadowbox frame ($14.00 @ target)

*Paper punch cutout tools- I used two flower styles, but hearts, butterflies or just about any cutout would work. I think music notes with old sheet music would be fab!

*You will also need paper...anything with a pattern works great. I used scrapbook paper, but old book pages or wrapping paper works too. I do think smaller pattern work best.

*Foam tape- It's really important to use foam tape because it's thick and gives your cut outs the raised look. I use round ones called "sticky doos" that you can get at Hobby Lobby.

*You will also need one solid sheet of paper that you will be sticking all your cutouts onto.

I first started by tracing the mat that came with my frame onto my paper so that I knew the guidelines my cutouts would fit within. It's very important to trace these, and the upcoming gridlines very light....you will be erasing them later.

Next, you draw a grid...each place the line cross is where a cutout will go. You can do as many or as few as you like. I did a lot as I have an 8x10 space to cover.

Then, place bold dots at each crossing point, and then erase all your lines. Your now ready to start applying your cutouts.

Last just apply your cutouts in a random pattern until all the bold dots you made are covered. Put it in the frame and your done. This craft was soo easy...when I was done the older girls informed me they wanted one for their rooms too! LOL.