Colorful Kitschy Pedestal

Clean out your junk drawer and use up those broken pieces of jewelry - it's time to get crafty! A Colorful Kitschy Pedestal from Candace Jedrowicz is a bright and fun way to show off your wacky personality. Easy creative crafts like this are perfect for expressing yourself.


 

Materials:

• Letter beads
• Hot glue gun
• Item to decorate – I used a round wooden box
• Acrylic paint – I used black, orange and aqua
• Wooden balls for feet
• Pieces of broken jewelry, buttons, beads, pins, keys, small flowers, tiles, tiny toys, etc.
• Toothbrush (for removing hot glue gun threads)

Instructions:

1. Prepare the box by painting and gluing on the feet. I glued the top onto my box for additional strength.
   
   
    
2. Lay your words out first, draw a pencil line on the box to help you with placement of the letters. Glue on the feet.
   
   
    
3. Begin adding your large pieces.
   
   
    
4. Add increasingly smaller pieces until you have filled in as much as you want to. I left the top empty because it will be a pedestal.
   
   
    
5. Remove hot glue threads by gently brushing with a tooth brush or other stiff brush.
   
   

For a comprehensive video tutorial of this project, check out How to Make a Kitschy Pedestal.