Okay, you might think this project is weird. And that’s OK, because yeah, it’s kind of weird.
See, I know that Pilgrims are such an important part of Thanksgiving, but I find them kind of stodgy and boring. That’s why I decided to make these funky Pilgrim silhouette vases for Thanksgiving! My Pilgrim friends are now fashionable with a diamond necklace and a feathered cap! They’re ready to P-A-R-T-A-Y!
I cannot emphasize how easy these little fellers were to put together. All I used in the way of supplies were:
- Glass cylinder vases
- Black scrapbook paper
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Spray Adhesive
- Rhinestones
- Glue
- Pilgrim silhouette outlines from The Lady Wolf
Alright, so I got these awesome Pilgrim silhouettes from another blogger, The Lady Wolf. She has them for free on her site, so please visit her if you’d like to download a copy. I downloaded them and found they were an .svg file, which is a file type I don’t know how to use. Thus, I “printed” the file to a PDF. Then, I copied and pasted each Pilgrim into a Word document as an image. I resized the image to fit my cylinder vases and printed out my paper. 
Next, I cut out the silhouettes and traced them on to black cardstock. 
After I cut out my Pilgrims, I sprayed the backs of each with spray adhesive. Then I carefully stuck each to the front of a vase. 
Next, I cut a tiny feather out of some colored scrapbook paper, and I glued that to my male Pilgrim’s hat. I then glued some rhinestones around my female Pilgrim’s neck so that she could have some bling bling. 
These Pilgrims have style, don’t you think?!?
I popped them up on my mantel with some faux gourds inside and I just know they’re as happy as the Pilgrims were when Squanto helped them learn how to farm all those delicious pantry staples to get them through the winter. 
Party like a Pilgrim, y’all!
– Bre
I smiled the second I saw these! What a fun and whimsical update to classic silhouettes 🙂
Hi, Amy – thank you so much! BTW, congrats on joining such an awesome link party, too! Have a wonderful day!
Pilgrims with bling – love it. Thanks for linking up at Show Me Saturday. Hope to see you there again this week!
Ha – thanks, Ginger! They are sort of weird . . . but that’s OK sometimes I guess! Have a great day!
These are super cute! Thanks for sharing with us at Your Designs This Time!
Emily & Erin
Hi, Emily & Erin! Thank you! Love sharing at your party each week. Thanks and hope you have a wonderful weekend!
love the pilgrims but loving the painting on the mantel even more so cool thanks for sharing visiting from tatertots and jello have a great weekend
Hahaha, thanks, Lorraine! That painting was our first big purchase for our home!! I wish I painted it myself but I do not have anywhere near the talent for that! Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!
Whimsical and fun! Pinned ’em!
<3 Christina @ I Gotta Create!
Wildly Original link party is open
Hi, Christina! Thanks so much for stopping by and for pinning my strange little Pilgrims! 🙂 Hope you have a great weekend!
These are so fun! Love the quirky-ness 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving
Hey, Cindy! Thank you so much! 🙂 Hope you have a beautiful Thanksgiving!
These are too fun! Thanks for linking up last week at Creative Spark Link Party. Hope you stop by again today to link up bit.ly/CSLP29
Thank you, Michelle! Pilgrims like to have fun, too! 🙂
Not weird so freakin cool it’s one of my favorite features at this weeks Cook it! Craft it! Share it! up at 8:30 tonight!
Hahaha, Kelley, you’re awesome! Thanks so much! That is such an awesome surprise!!! I really appreciate it. 🙂