This is something fun I did at my sisters place over christmas. I have grand idea's for my house with fabric and starch, and decided to do a test run with my sisters kids. Sis picked out some car fabric from Spotlight and I cut out each of the cars and sprayed the back of each one with some 'Crisp' starch spray ($4.50 from the Laundry aisle at Woolworths). Once wet with starch it was a simple matter of placing the pieces on the wall in the desired spot and smoothing out the air bubbles. We decided to run the cars in a row along the top of a window in the kids playroom.
This was so simple to do that soon the kids took over the spraying and sticking part of the process.
Of course being kids they had to have the cars craching didnt they?! They made the cars topple off the edge of the window...
And down the wall
We also had some fish fabric and the kids decorated another small section of wall with fish and fabric waves. They didnt have any adult imput with design or placement with this one. I was a bit strict about making sure all those cars lined up in a neat row, so I thought I'd let them do their own thing with the fish.
Stayed tuned for the fabric starch projects we have planned for our house!
Best thing about starched fabric decorating is that when you want to remove the fabric you just peel it right off and there is absolutely no damage to the walls. You might need to wipe down with a wet cloth to remove some dried on starch, but thats it. Perfect for rentals or for people who like to redecorate all the time!
The down side to this type of decal is that it is very easily pulled off, dont put it low if you think toddlers might play with it.
2 comments:
What a clever idea. I might have to try this one day.
This is great. I've pinned it for future reference
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