I have been drooling over the anthropologie-style wall letters (like these at Tip Junkie) and Elmers & Xacto gave me the perfect opportunity to make my own set with an Elmer’s Summer Craft Party! They sent me a big box of goodies including foam boards, glue sticks, glue dots, markers and more! They also sent us these adorable burlap canvas bags – my inspiration for our project. The Quirky kids and I invited another family over for a total of seven kids to have a great crafting time.
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We love the finished product of our wall-art. Thank you Elmers ! And you, my beloved reader, have the chance to have your very own Elmer’s Craft Party too! Giveaway details below.
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We used Elmer’s Mini Bi-Fold Foam Boards. These boards are the perfect size. Each foam board makes 2 – 12″ tall, 9″ wide letters. I made our letters a bit more narrow as I wanted a “taller” look. Trace the font of your choice onto the boards and carefully cut out the letters with a razor blade (obviously, the kids did not “help” in this phase). 
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Can you imagine a glue stick that can glue burlap to paper? And be strong enough that kids can fuss with it? I was very impressed with the Elmer’s Craft Bond Glue sticks! They are powerful stuff! 
Add a dag of glue stick or one of the glue dots and wrap your letters in textiles. We cut tissue paper into strips, added scraps of yarn, glitter, and of course burlap strips from our Elmer’s gift bags – it’s brilliant orange fits the color scheme of our playroom perfectly!.
Half the fun was trying to figure out how to “wrap” the yarn and the scraps. One of the kids had more fun knotting the yarn – and another had fun gluing her fingers and feeling how they stuck together.
Personally, I loved (yes, pun intended) the finished product.
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Want to win some nifty Elmers supplies to have your own craft day?
Note: We have a winner!!!
My kids and some of their friends (Thanks, Laugh with us Blog) have voted! They want to make fairy houses! Jennifer Radtke is our winner! I will contact her shortly and arrange for Elmers to send her some supplies.………………….
Leave us a comment and tell us what you would make with
some of these Elmer craft supplies. Winner will not be chosen randomly. A kiddo will pick the craft they think is the most creative (or that they want to do next). Check out their site for lots of ideas! You may not be related to any of QM’s writers/editors or the child doing the “picking” to win (sorry, Mom). You must be a US resident to win.
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Thanks bunches Elmers for making our day and sponsoring QM – the kids, myself and our guests enjoyed the supplies and the gift card. You made our day!
Ooh I love these – great idea!
So cool! I thought it would be fun to make a fish pond for my toddlers but didn’t want to just used construction paper. The foam board looks perfect for little fish and maybe even the pond. And now that I look at your letters how fun would it be for the kids to make unique fish of their own like you did with the letters. So excited!
My son has been begging me to make an interactive city wall since he saw one online. I bet the posterboard here would be perfect for making cars and trucks to “move” (with velcro) on a city street! The wall art is very cool too! We could definitely use the idea of wrapping textiles to make the buildings on our wall scene even more amazing!
My two and five year old both love to use glue sticks. Last week we made paper pizzas. We may just work on some collages.
We have a small aviation museum near us that has models of the Wright Brothers planes that fascinate my kids. I bet those foam boards would be great for making little airplanes out of, which is something we’ve been meaning to try. Wouldn’t it be fun to sail your own little airplane off the deck and into the yard?
we’ve been making lots of theme boards, like an insect board or beach board or fave color . These supplies can really bling out our future boards.
I”m thinking monster collage trying out all of those different supplies. I bet those scissors would cut great on fun foam.
Also, then I have a chance of my kids actually doing the project I’m thinking of.
Wow these are so cute and I love that the kids were involved! They look great and have the greatest memories attached now! If I won the giveaway I’d like to do something similar but with flowers and butterflies to hang on the walls! My daughter loves Butterflies!
Wow, what a fantastic way to let children express themselves! I love how the random placement and the use of various textures looks on the finished letters. If I win the giveaway I’d help my 4 year old daughter make her name for her room and either our last name or another fun word like “joy” or “love” for the living room. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love it too.