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Creative “PLAY” Art for the Playroom

After dealing with sick kids all last week and over the weekend, this week just has to be better for me!  Fingers crossed that my kids will spend less time in front of the TV and more time in their playroom having fun (and not whining and crying – I can’t take much more)!

Speaking of their playroom, I’m so excited to show you some art that I recently made some to help liven the place up a bit.  This “PLAY” art used leftover canvases, scrapbook paper I had on hand, and materials from Dollar Tree.  It was easy and inexpensive, which are necessary attributes of any project of mine!

PLAY art is easy to make using toys and craft supplies from a dollar store!
I made the letter “P” with graphite and yellow scrapbook paper that I Mod Podged to the canvas.  I then hot glued some toy cars to the “P” to make it look like a road.
PLAY art is easy to make using toys and craft supplies from a dollar store!
Next, I made the letter “L” by hot gluing crayons to the canvas.  I alternated the direction of each crayon and did not trim or cut any of them.  That probably would have led to a nicer looking letter, but I didn’t have the time or patience for that.
PLAY art is easy to make using toys and craft supplies from a dollar store!
For the letter “A,” I purchased a 500 piece puzzle from Dollar Tree and whipped out the hot glue gun.  I drew an “A” on the canvas with pencil and glued all the pieces within the letter outline.  The pieces were really small so this was pretty tedious.  It also led to a lot of hot glued fingers.  I think it was worth it in the end, however.
PLAY art is easy to make using toys and craft supplies from a dollar store!
Finally, I made the “Y” by outlining the letter in pencil on my canvas, and then hot gluing metallic pipe cleaners and pom poms within the outline.  This is my least favorite of all the letters, but it will do.
PLAY art is easy to make using toys and craft supplies from a dollar store!
My daughter was really excited to see this art go up in the playroom, so that made me happy.  And my son has finally stopped trying to scale the toy shelves to get the cars off of the letter “P,” so that has also made me happy.
PLAY art is easy to make using toys and craft supplies from a dollar store!
PLAY art is easy to make using toys and craft supplies from a dollar store!
PLAY art is easy to make using toys and craft supplies from a dollar store!
– Bre

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  4. Ginger Bergemann says

    Visiting from Manic Monday. I think your play room art is great! So very creative. I struggle with decorating our play room/office. I just haven’t had much inspiration plus the constant organizational challenge in there.

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    • Bre Eggert says

      Hi, Ginger. Thanks for visiting and for your comment! I TOTALLY hear you on the organizational challenges of the playroom! We are really liking our Ikea Trofast storage for keeping things together. But there are still things that don’t fit in the bins, etc., so it is always a work in progress!

    • Bre Eggert says

      Thank you, Selene! You should see some of the beautiful crayon creations that people have pinned on Pinterest – much better than mine! Have a great day!

  8. Tasha A. says

    OMG! This is such a cute idea. I especially love the way you used puzzle pieces for the A. So creative! Pinning!

    – Tasha @ Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body {www.designertrapped.com}

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  15. Rea T says

    how clever is this bre! and super fun & cute as well♥ i like P the most & might be trying this one of these days…☺

    thanks for sharing this over at The DIY’ers, huggies♥
    rea

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  17. For My Love Of says

    This space is darling! Loving that you showed us pottery barn kids looking art with a couple of dollar store supplies! Kudos! I found you through Just a girl blog, im following you through social media and am leaving an open invitation to follow back!

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  19. Rea T says

    Hi Bre! I’m back to let you know that your PLAY project is on my top three favorite at The DIY’ers! ♥

    Come join the fun & share your latest projects with us again, The DIY’ers party is now live.

    huggies♥
    rea

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    • Bre says

      Hi, Jenna – yes they are 11 x 14. So sorry for the delayed response – I am having issues with my comment notification system! Thanks for reading!

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