DIY Winter Woodland decoration aka Mr. Minty Boot's

I haven't been feeling very much inspiration lately, so I wanted to wait until I could post something that I worked hard on. 

If you are a holiday fanatic and love ultimately cheap decoration and gifts you HAVE to go to the dollar section at Target RIGHT now. Yes, it seems freakishly early to be preparing for Christmas and the holidays... it may even scare you, but if you don't act now that dollar section will be empty, sugar!

This DIY holiday decoration came out to be $4 because I already had the paint and I'm sure if you're a Crafty Mc Crafter-son like me you already have acrylic paint, so that will come out to zero dollars! If you can't specifically find this little reindeer you can always go to your local craft store where they will definitely have cheap wood cut outs to paint for only a few dollars. 

Just for reference, these are the paints I used! Acrylic is good to use because it dries fast.

I began by painting the whole thing my own custom shade of mint green. Obviously, I love this color hence the color of my wall!

When that dries I'm painting on fluffy white snow-like icing on him. I did one layer of white acrylic paint and then the pearlescent white by Martha Stewart. I also painted on little icy hooves. 

When the white dries I am flattening the paintbrush to an edge to paint little sprinkles on of pastel yellow, blue, and pink.

 Don't forget the hooves!

After my sprinkles are dry I waited a full 30 minutes to paint on glitter glue to add holiday sparkle. 

Enjoy your new minty friend!

I gave him a little bow made of the gorgeous aqua colored baker's twine that I also found in the dollar section. Happy crafting, and please share this DIY if you like it and tag me in your creation on Instagram @thee_craft_bunny! Love and sprinkles!

-Craft Bunny