7 DIY Home Decor Projects to do with Your Kids

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When it's time to add a little color and spice to your home, let the kids in on the fun! DIY home decor projects with the kids make for great family time and will enhance your child's problem solving and direction following skills (plus it's fun to get messy with them!). Another plus is maybe, just maybe, that if the kids have a part in the home decor, it could insure that your decor may last longer than it might usually would!

Here are 7 DIY Home Decor Projects that are fun for you and your kids:

1. No-Sew Fabric Flowers Gather up fabric scraps for the petals, wooden sticks of your desire for the stems, and a sponge to hold them upright to lively up your home and with a few folds of fabric and a glue gun. 
2. Jar Vase Keep your new pretty flowers on the coffee table in a customized vase made from an empty jar. Make sure to mix the acrylic or tempera paints with glue to make sure that the paints stick to the jar. Once the paint is dry, seal the vase with a coat of glaze and you're done!
3. Flower Pots Jazz up the flowers that you have may require a little water and sunlight in clay pots that are a blast for kids to decorate. All you need are patio paints, a plain rose pot, and some paintbrushes to let your child's imagination add color to your home.
4. Kooky Clock A plain mantle clock can have a new life with a bit of glue and beads, buttons, and any other endless delights that you and your child can discover.
5. Tissue Paper Picture Frames Kids and adults alike will love to cut tissue paper designs to create colorful picture frames. Gather your favorite colors of tissue for the designs and seal them with decoupage and let them dry for memorable frames for your memories.
6. Colorful File Cabinet Cover stacked shipping boxes with wrapping paper and use colored duct tape to hold them together to create a quirky, colorful organizer.
7. Clothes Hanger Magazine Rack Kids can learn of the immediate effects of recycling by bending old wire hanger arms into a V shape, and bending the curved part of the hanger downward to give the rack stability. Adding colors with ribbon, paints, or colored tape will add brightness to any library or living room. 

Get more ideas on decorating your home your way with the free eBook "DIY Home Improvements Ultimate Pinterest Guide." We've put together some of the best ideas from Pinterest in this guide. Check it out and impress your friends and family with your home decor!

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