INSIDE : Learn how to make Onesie shadowboxes for your children’s bedrooms using their baby onesies! I did a little girl and a little boy shadowbox for each of my kiddos.
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I shared earlier that I recently did a big makeover for my kid’s shared bedroom. First, I gave their closet a bit of lovin’ and then started working on making shadow boxes to hang on their wall. Today I am sharing exact how I made my kid’s Shadow Boxes to hold their baby onesies.
What supplies do you need to make Shadowbox Onesies?
- White Square Shadow Boxes
- Wood Scrapbook Paper
- Baker’s Twine ribbons
- Chipboard cut into pennants
- Items to put in shadow boxes (I used their newborn onesies + shoes)
How to make Shadowbox for your Kid’s Onesies
I started by making personalized paper pennants for each of the kid’s shadow boxes by cutting out chipboard. I love the look of layered paper, so I found cute scrapbook paper and cut them out just slightly larger than the pennants to peak from behind.
I also gathered baker’s twine ribbons in blues, reds and pinks to use. I had found them in the dollar section at Michaels!
My kiddo’s newborn onesies were too big for the size of shadow boxes I had bought, so I cut them off around the “tee shirt” size and add a simple cream lace trim to edge them.
I used a faux wood pattern scrapbook paper for the back of the shadow box. Then, I started layering all the different elements.
My baby girl’s box looked so darling with a few more girly frills added to it.
And my little man’s box looked perfectly him with a bit of orange and blue added to it.
The final touch was adding each child’s initial and then decorating with a few ribbons and bakers twine!
The onesie shadowboxes are completed and in their perfect place on the wall! I love being able to remember how sweet and little they were with this fun craft project.
I’m ready to start putting together Shadow Boxes all over the house now. What do you have in your shadow boxes?
I have done so many fun painted and patterned boxes over the years!
Here are a few of my favorite ones.
Floral Painted Wooden Box | Cacti Embroidered Box | Marbled Box | Button Box
Geometric Thread Box | Memory Box | Onesie Shadow Box | Floral Painted Box
These are adorable! Love the personalization to the tags and those onesies are so cute! Thanks for sharing at “Hit Me With Your Best Shot Link Party!” I hope you will swing by again tonight!
Hi Amy! Just letting you know you were featured on Project Inspire{d} this week (and it looks like I’m not the only one who featured it!). Here’s the link to the feature, and hope you’ll link up again! Thanks for joining in! http://www.sillypearl.com/2014/01/project-inspired-link-party-paper.html
Absolutely darling! I love this simple reminder of how small they once were. You are one of my features this morning. Thank you so much for linking up to the Hit Me With Your Best Shot Link Party…Hope to see you again Tuesday!
Happy Weekend!
~Ariean http://onekriegerchick.com/
A-d-o-r-a-b-l-e!!!!!! What a sweet keepsake as well as lovely decor!
Thanks, Amy for sharing your lovely inspiration at Project Inspire{d}.
[hugs]
~Diane
Super cute keepsakes! Thanks for sharing at the party. Theresa @DearCreatives
Such a cute idea..
Thats such a cute little keepsake. I host a Wednesday link party and would love if you would come share this with us.
Jamie
thekoenigscreate.blogspot.com
aww how cute is this amy…i’ve been wanting to do something like this and now my kids are already 3 & 5 but still nothing is happening! uggh! might try to do it soon now that i’ve seen this..
hey thanks for sharing over at The DIY’ers! huggies♥
rea
These are too cute!! I have the same knob board, that the shoes are hanging on (lack of a better name lol). I’m gonna pin this one to our board. Thanks for sharing on DIY Sunday Showcase!
Shelly
minettesmaze.blogspot.com
These are so sweet! You did a fabulous job!
What a cute idea! Thank you for linking up this week at Sewlicious Home Decor!🙂
Marti
Love these shadow boxes, what a great way to decorate.
Very nice! These will be sweet keepsakes later as they get older.
LOVE the shadow boxes! They are too cute! 🙂
Such sweet and personal display pieces for their room! Love it!
These are darling, Amy! Such a sweet touch to their room!
So, so sweet!
I love these Amy! I have clothes from when my kids were little stored in boxes in their closets. I really should have done something like this to capture that moment when they are little. They are adorable!
i love shadow boxes are yours are amazing! please link them up!! http://www.mycraftilyeverafter.com/2014/01/07/awesome-things-tuesday-8/
I lost my pup to cancer in October – so I used my shadow box to put his collar, name tags, two pictures of him and his favorite toy – it hangs in my office and each time I sit at my desk, I see his smiling face!
Lovely!! You arranged it all so well!
I only haveone shadow box and I glued rocks that we collected from our last trip to the beach 😉
I love these! And I love the display of your ribbon from Michaels, did you buy them in that package or do that yourself! I have to look for those, thanks!
Thanks for stopping by, Lynette! Part of the reason I fell in love with those ribbons was their adorable packaging, they came that way!
These are really adorable. I saved some of my kids’ newborn onesies too. I don’t think I could bear to cut them, though. You’re very brave! 🙂
Well, I’ve only got like 30 more onesies of theirs… so it wasn’t too hard to cut these!
How sweet! What a great way to preserve memories! I’d love for you to share this at my weekly link party. Hope to see you there! http://www.thelifeofjenniferdawn.com/2014/01/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-73.html
Thanks for the invite, Jennifer. Just linked up!
These are so adorable! Love the wood grain paper background and all the trimmings! Thanks for the inspiration – Cheryl
Thanks for stopping by, Cheryl!
Omg! I love these! What a inspiring post! I have twin boys and this would be so precious in their room! Thanks for the idea! Love your blog!
Thanks so much, Polly. They were really easy to do and I love having their small newborn onesies displayed to always remember how tiny they were at birth!