Spring and Easter

A Window Cling and Bead Garland Easter Sign

I have always loved window clings. You can do so much more with them than just sticking them on windows. When I saw a sheet of Easter window clings in pretty pastel colours, I grabbed them up. Here’s how I used one of the images to make a window cling and bead garland Easter sign.

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I had some of these pressed board rounds in my stash. They’re about 10 1/2 inches, originally from Dollarama. I think they came in a package of four.

I gave it two coats of white acrylic paint.

Here’s the sheet of Easter window clings I bought. Absolutely love the images and colours used here. For this project, I’ll be using the large middle image.

I used Mod Podge on the back of the image…

… and did my best to centre it in the middle of the wood round.

Then I gave the entire sign a coating of gloss Mod Podge.

I forgot to take a picture of the bead garland I used. I got it at Dollarama and it has all the same colours in it as the window cling I’m using. It’s about 22 inches long, not including the bunny tag and the obligatory twine tassel.

The idea was to encircle my sign with the beads, without removing the beads from the twine. I cut one end of the twine at a time. The first bead came off the twine so I put a dab of hot glue on the second bead to hold the beads in place until I was done adding them to the sign. You’ll be adding the beads that came off the twine at the end.

These garlands aren’t long enough to go all the way around the wood round, so you will need a few extra beads to complete the circle.

I found it helpful to raise the board off my work surface so I could be sure the beads would be centred around the edges. I used a ceramic coaster to do that.

I put a line of hot glue along three beads at a time and pressed them into place along the edge of the sign. I skipped a few beads and then repeated the process. You don’t need to glue every bead in place.

After both ends of the garland where secured in place, I trimmed the excess twine from each end using my detail scissors.

This is the gap that was left after I had used the entire length of the bead garland. I had bought some extra pastel beads from Dollar Tree, so I used them to fill in the gap.

I added each of the individual beads by putting hot glue on the end of the last bead and along the edge of the sign.

The last bead is a bit of a tight squeeze but ended up fitting perfectly to complete the garland circle. And yes, I had to clean up some of the hot glue residue when I was done.

Then all that was left to do was to add a hanger to the back, which I did using some cording I had on hand, hot glue and duct tape.

Honestly, I wasn’t sure I could make this work, but I love how my Easter sign turned out! It could be used as a wreath on the front door but, in that case, I would use a stronger glue to hold the beads on.

Here are some similar items to the ones used in this post.

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