Invite your children and their friends to help you make this DIY Unicorn Planter and Jar. They will enjoy coming to our Ben Franklin Crafts and Frame Shop store to cut all the needed pieces using our dies available in our Die-Cut Machine Center.
Supplies needed to make a DIY Unicorn Planter:
(Supplies may vary by store, however, special store-to-store orders can be placed with a one-week turnaround. Substitutions will be suggested if a product is no longer available.)
• Felt (your choice of about 5 colors)
• Terra cotta pot
• Black rub-on vinyl sheet
• Paint & paint brush
• Glitter paper – for the horn
• Paper – for the ears
• Hot glue gun & glue sticks
• Die-Cut Machine Center:
– Ben Franklin Die J7 (in-store only) for unicorn ears, eyelashes, and horn
– Ben Franklin Die Q20 (in-store only) for the flowers
Directions:
1. Visit our Die-Cut Machine Center and use dies J7 and Q20 to cut out the unicorn shapes and flowers. Use the black rub-on vinyl for the eyelashes. Finish the remaining steps at home.
2. Paint the terra cotta pot with your choice of color paint. Let dry.
3. Glue the ears and horn onto the top of the pot. Then glue on the felt flowers.
4. Rub on the eyelashes and add your favorite plant, then enjoy!
Supplies needed to make a DIY Unicorn Jar:
• Glass jar
• Glitter-It! Glue
• The Glitter Guy glitter
• Paper (your choice of about 5 colors)
• Black rub-on vinyl sheet
• Scissors (optional)
• Hot glue gun & glue sticks
• Die-Cut Machine Center:
– Ben Franklin Die J7 (in-store only) for unicorn ears, eyelashes, and horn
– Ben Franklin Die Q20 (in-store only) for the flowers
Directions:
1. Visit our Die-Cut Machine Center and use dies J7 and Q20 to cut out the unicorn shapes and flowers. Use the black rub-on vinyl for the eyelashes. Finish the remaining steps at home.
2. Add Glitter-It! Glue on the inside of the glass jar and move the jar to make sure it covers the entire surface (this will make the glitter stick on the inside of the glass). Follow the instructions on the packaging. Then add your glitter (we used Kevin). Let dry.
3. Cut the foam horn to the desired length and paint gold. Size depends on what type of jar you use. Then glue onto the lid of the jar.
4. For a small jar, use the small ear pieces from the die cuts and freehand the inner ears to glue on top. Glue the completed ears to the side of the jar in front of the horn.
5. Begin gluing the die-cut flowers around the top.
6. Rub on the vinyl eyelashes and enjoy!
