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    DIY Decorative Arrows

    Last Updated: March 27, 2022 | Published: August 17, 2015 | By: Laura | 3 Comments | Filed Under: DIY Projects, Kids Room

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    The final DIY project from my Girl’s Woodland Nursery is these DIY decorative arrows that I absolutely love! It took a little extra motivation to get me over the hump to complete them, but once I did, it helped put the finishing touch on the room and I was done!

    These DIY decorative arrows are so inexpensive and cute! The perfect finishing touch to a girl's woodland nursery. | Details at TheTurquoiseHome.com

    Originally I was going to buy some from etsy, but when I went to purchase them, they were sold out. Then I lucked out and found these amazing watercolor feathers and a tutorial from We Lived Happily Ever After. I loved them and just needed to buy the dowel rods to make them.

    What you’ll need:

    1. dowel rods (I bought 5/16 rods at 36″ length and cut them down to 24″.)
    2. paint stirrer sticks
    3. exacto knife
    4. gray craft paint
    5. white card stock (and a color printer)
    6. washi tape

    These DIY decorative arrows are so inexpensive and cute! The perfect finishing touch to a girl's woodland nursery. | Details at TheTurquoiseHome.com

    Instructions:

    I carved my arrows out of pain stirrer sticks that I had laying around the house using an exacto knife. I had  one thick stirrer stick that I used for two of the arrows. It was hard to cut and took a lot of time. And then I used a thinner, more pliable wooden stick for the two others. For those two, I glued two pieces together to make them thicker. And then I filled in the sides with wood putty to make them look like one piece.

    These DIY decorative arrows are so inexpensive and cute! The perfect finishing touch to a girl's woodland nursery. | Details at TheTurquoiseHome.com

    I painted the arrow heads with gray craft paint. Simple enough!

    These DIY decorative arrows are so inexpensive and cute! The perfect finishing touch to a girl's woodland nursery. | Details at TheTurquoiseHome.com

    Then I glued them to the dowel rods.

    I printed out these awesome watercolor feathers on some white card stock paper and cut them out out. I cut slits for feathers and tried to fan them out a bit to give them more of a realistic look.

    A little washi tape to attach the feathers to the dowel rods, and you’re done!

    These DIY decorative arrows are so inexpensive and cute! The perfect finishing touch to a girl's woodland nursery. | Details at TheTurquoiseHome.com

    I tied three arrows together with some jute and hung over the baby’s crib. I tied it to a nail to make sure it didn’t fall on her in the middle of the night. 🙂

    I love how adorable they are and how I only ended up spending a few dollars for the rods. Yay for a cheap craft!

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    These DIY decorative arrows are so inexpensive and cute! The perfect finishing touch to a girl's woodland nursery. | Details at TheTurquoiseHome.com

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    1. Emily @ Two Purple Couches

      August 18, 2015 at 12:25 pm

      These are fantastic!! I love having an arrow or two in my decor, but I’ve never tried to DIY my own! Thanks for sharing where you found those pretty feathers & how you put yours together. They look so cute above the crib!

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