15 Favorite Spring Budget-Friendly DIY’s and Thrift Flips

Did you know that

spring

is less than eight weeks away? So while it's still cold and dreary outside, let's get into the spirit by creating some easy and fun

spring

projects. In today's video, I'll share 15 of my

favorite

spring DIY projects using easy to find

thrift

store items and simple materials around the house, so if you're ready to add a touch of spring to your home, let's get started. Well, this first project is super easy. I took an old paint chamber that I bought in a garage. sale full of nails and I gave it a good cleaning.

I took a faucet that I had purchased at a

thrift

store and gave it a good cleaning as well and then mixed up some two part epoxy and applied it to the back of the faucet. and I attached the tap to the can, it cures in four to six hours and then you have a really super cute pot. I had thought about putting a real plant in it, but decided to just stage it with some fake plants and let the new owner do what. they wanted with it I think this secondhand rabbit was someone else's failed DIY.

I spray painted it blue and then applied white wax with a wax brush to get into all the crevices. I followed up with a rag to wipe off the excess wax, although I was happy with the way it looked I wanted to try something different. I had a fuzzy Swiffer type mop head that I bought at Dollar Tree that I cut up to make it smaller, just a little warning, this step was really tricky, but once I got it. I cut it down to the size I wanted, wrapped it around the bunny like a fur stole, and then finished it off with a thrift store brooch for the next project.

I bought some ceramic butterflies at the thrift store for a couple dollars. I cleaned them very well. Well, then I spray painted them white to cover the floral design and change the appearance of the butterflies. I decided to decoupage them with a botanical print napkin. First, separate the layers of the napkin so you're only working with the printed top. layer I applied a thin layer of mod podge to the butterflies and then carefully applied small pieces of the napkin to create a pattern that I liked. I first applied the napkin to the front of all the butterflies and let them dry and then I turned them over and applied a napkin to the back of all the butterflies when they were completely dry, sprayed them with a clear top coat and finally used some E6000 glue to attach small clips to the back of each butterfly for the next project.

I use jars that a friend gave me leftovers from a wedding. I have a big stash of Vine angel hair that I bought for a couple dollars at a thrift store, but you can find it at most craft stores and I have it linked in my Amazon store. I cut it. a flower bush from Dollar Tree and added it to the jar and finally tied a bow around the top of the jar with jute twine. I estimate this jar only cost me about three dollars to make. I made a second floral jar using angel hair. Vine to create a small bird's nest to attach to the front of the jar.

I shaped it into a circle and then used florist wire to hold it in place. The vine is very stiff and breaks quite easily since I couldn't twist it that much. As tightly as I wanted, I hot glued some moss leaves inside the circle to create a background for the nest. I also hot glued a couple of small bird eggs into the nest to make sure the nest didn't fall out of the jar. a willow stem on the back and then I pushed the stem down into the jar. I wanted the nest to lean forward a little so I hot glued it to the front of the jar and finally added a string bow because I used flowers. leftovers to make this jar cost me almost nothing.

I used some chipboard blocks from Dollar Tree for the next project. The paper labels were really stuck there so I had to sand them down and then painted them in various shades of Waverly chalk paint that I printed. I pulled out four old spring images on plain paper. I will have the images I used linked in My Description Box because the paper does not adhere to wood as easily as it does to smooth surfaces. I applied the Mod Podge bow to the back of the image and the wood block itself I used a clean towel to help me smooth out any wrinkles.

I always print my images a little larger than I need to make sure they fit properly and then I cut off the excess paper with a utility knife and then go around the edges with 220 grit sandpaper I also distressed the block and then used wax transparent to seal the chalk paint and to seal the image on the paper. I sprayed three light coats of a clear top coat. This is a very easy and inexpensive way to add some vintage art to your spring vignettes to make a small trivet tray. I used a metal sheet from a thrift store and a ceramic bird.

I painted them with dark metallic spray paint and then used E6000 glue to attach the bird to the leaf. I let the glue dry overnight and the next day I applied some Agave Blue Chalk Paint and then rubbed it in lightly. I kept repeating this process until I got a look I liked. This was a simple project that I think ended up looking very high quality. I bought this tray from a thrift store for 2.99 and sanded it over the Uncle Sam image to get a smooth finish. I painted it first with a white primer and then with two coats of Waverly mineral chalk paint.

Then, luckily, I separated the top layer of a three-ply napkin. the napkin was big enough to cover the tray in one piece. I brushed the entire base of the tray with a thin layer of mod podge and then carefully applied the napkin smoothing out the wrinkles as I went, when the glue was completely dry I went back with a utility knife and cut off the excess napkin and because part of the napkin was stuck to the sides of the tray, I had to use some sandpaper to get it all off so I just touched up those areas with a little more chalk paint when everything was dry, I used three light coats of a Clear top layer to seal and protect the napkin and create a little spring planter.

To start, I pulled out a loaf pan in two Harps lamps from my stash. I then removed all the extra parts from the Harps lamps. Using a drill bit about the same diameter as the lamp harp, I drilled holes in all four corners of the baking sheet. You want a perfect fit, so don't make the holes too big, insert the legs of your harps through the holes and use a ruler. To adjust the height of each leg, fill around the four holes with hot glue to ensure the legs stay in place. If you want a modern and elegant look you can spray paint your pan, but I wanted a more rustic look so I painted mine green. chalk paint and when the paint was dry I abraded it with some fine grit sandpaper and to protect the paint I applied a coat of clear wax to fill my planter.

I painted four cans with white spray paint and printed out some vintage Shaker labels that I cut out and decoupage on the side of each can, you could put live plants in your cans, but I filled each can with styrofoam and topped them with coffee, then added green stems economical to polystyrene foam. I also think this planner would look great. without the cans and just putting soil and live plants directly into the watering can, although this thrift store watering can is already pretty cute. I thought we could do better first. I painted over the floral pattern and the white part of the watering can with chiffon cream chalk paint.

I then separated a two-ply napkin and set the pattern part aside and then ironed the white back of the napkin to remove wrinkles, then taped it to a piece of cardstock and ran it through my inkjet printer. of ink printing an image of Peter Rabbit. that I created in canvas. I did this process a second time creating another image for the back of the watering can. My printer creates black ink stains anywhere there is a wrinkle in the paper, so I ironed it first. I decided to cut out the individual. pictures instead of trying to apply the entire piece of napkin at once, which was more likely to wrinkle.

I applied a thin, even layer of mod podge to the watering can and then began to carefully apply the images on the napkin, smoothing out the wrinkles with my fingers. I simply applied the small images where I thought they would look good once the image was adhered to the can. I went over them carefully with a top coat of mod podge. I rescued this not-so-cute ceramic rabbit from the thrift store to start. I gave it a couple coats of white spray paint and then started cutting out the images from the napkin pattern part left over from my previous project for a better look.

I cut very close to the image, cutting most of the plain napkin as I had done in the shower I applied Mod Podge to a small section of the rabbit and then carefully applied one of the cut out images once adhered I went over it with a top coat by mod podge I thought about putting a little bird's nest inside the egg but instead I used a piece of Styrofoam and then added some greenery and flowers in Spanish moss. I felt like the plants made the bunny less Easter-specific so I could leave it outside all spring.

I think the key to this transformation was decoupage of the images for The Rabbit Face, which helped camouflage his cartoonish expression for this next project. I bought a couple of inexpensive ceramic bunnies at the Target Dollar Spot and sprayed them with some oil rubbed bronze spray paint. I also bought this furniture leg at Habitat Restore for just a dollar. I used my miter saw to cut two slices from the rounded section of the bottom of the leg and then sanded them down to the bare wood using my orbital sander. I applied some Dollar Tree wood stain to the two pieces of wood.

I cleaned it and then cleaned it. I let the excess dry overnight and the next day I came back and glued the bunnies to the pieces of wood using E6000 glue. It really surprises me how much I like how these rabbits turned out. I love the contrast of the raw wood with the metallic look of the rabbits. If you've seen a lot of my videos then you know I'm fascinated by old lamps so when I saw this metal hummingbird wall art I wanted to try to merge it with an old lamp I had in my Stash, I cleaned both really good and then painted them with a couple of coats of metallic gold spray paint.

Once the paint was completely dry, I drilled a small hole in the base of the lamp on the opposite side of the cord and then applied E6000 glue. I pushed the end piece into the hole and began rearranging the metal branches both for appearance and to help the branches stay firmly in place. This was an easy and inexpensive way to turn a very simple chandelier piece into something really special for spring for this next project. I decided to see what I could do with this old mirror that had been in my stash for quite some time.

It had two hooks on the bottom, one of which was broken, so I removed them. I then folded the staples into the back and removed the piece of cardboard on the mirror. I wasn't going to put the hooks back into the frame so I filled the holes with some wood filler, when the filler was dry I sanded it. I smoothed and then painted the frame with a couple of coats of ivory chalk paint. When the paint was dry, I lightly abraded the edges of the mirror with two 20-grit sandpaper and then applied Valspar Antique Polish, which has a gray tone compared to the Antique Wax.

Waverly, which has a brown tone. I wanted to remove some of the backing from the mirror so I applied some paint stripper to a spot on the back and let it sit for 30 minutes but when I tried to scrape the backing nothing happened so I tried using my orbital sander and It worked like a charm. I had an IOD transfer that had accidentally gotten stuck to a piece of the cardboard packaging, so I decided to use it behind the mirror. I added some additional transfers to fill in some of the empty spaces and then attached the IOD transfer to the cardboard backing using a glue stick.

I put the mirror and cardboard backing back into the frame and then folded the staples to hold everything in place to add extra stability and to clean up the back of the mirror I applied some. brown paper tape around the edges covering all the staples, then I marked the center along the top back and attached a sawtooth hanger and as a finishing touch I applied a small IOD floral transfer to the corner of the mirror frame . I used floral images for spring, but I also think using some old photographs would create a really interesting effect. I bought a broken table in afree garage sale and decided to use its separate parts in projects instead of trying to put it back together.

I cut a piece of wood. to the width of one of the table accent pieces and then I cut the accent piece into two separate pieces. I painted them with two coats of Rust-Oleum Chiffon Cream Chalk Paint and stained the piece of wood by rubbing a light coat of Waverly Antique. I put wax on it, then sanded the stained wood piece between the two cut pieces of decorative board and glued them all together using a combination of construction adhesive and wood glue. I pinned it down and let it dry overnight the next day. I sanded it and applied a coat of clear wax to the entire piece, finally I attached a Sawtooth hanger to the back and the hook I had removed from the mirror to the top of the decorative piece so I could hang a small wreath on there, obviously.

This shelf can be decorated for any time of year, but I think it looks especially pretty with spring decor. Most of us have seen many ideas for turning old books into shelf decor, but this idea is a little different and doesn't require painting the books I've used. five books by the same author because they were all exactly the same size but had different colored spines. After removing the dust jackets, I used Goof Off to remove the printing along the spine of each book to decorate the books. I chose a floral IOD transfer that would allow the color of the spines to show through.

I lined up the transfer on the book package and then cut the image into separate strips to fit each of the five books. I used the tool that came with the IOD transfer package to rub the transfer onto the spines of the book and then carefully removed the backing. I also added some transfer typography to fill some gaps in the white paper. I hope you enjoyed today's video and thank you very much for watching. I really appreciate each of you foreigners.