One of my favorite activities and stress relievers is crafting and doing little DIY projects. Now last year I made these Disney letters for my sorority's recruitment, and they were a big hit. I like to think they turned out pretty well, so I thought I would share how to do these for all you fellow Disney loving crafters out there! I got all my supplies at Michael's craft store but every local craft store should have your basic supplies and the items you'll need.
So let's start with Minnie! You'll need black, white and red paint, red ribbon, a hot glue gun and tape. If you're like me and you can't draw or paint a circle to save your life, you'll also need paper, a hole puncher, and mod podge. So what I did first was place tape in the middle of my D where I wanted it to remain white. You obviously then paint the top side of your letter black and bottom side of your letter red. Once it dries, take the red ribbon, tie a little bow and then use the hot glue gun to stick the bow where ever you please, I chose the top left corner on my D. Next what I did was the little polka dots, if you're confident with your circle and dot painting skills by all means go for it and paint them on with the white paint. However, if you have no confidence in your circle and dot painting skills, like myself, then take a white piece of paper and use the hole puncher to make however many dots you think you'll need. Honestly, I think I made way too many and put way too many on my Minnie, but do whatever you think looks best! If you want more dots, go for it, if you want less, do less! Now if you're scared to use mod podge, don't worry, it's just fancy glue. You take one circle, put some mod podge on the back of it and then stick it down on the letter! Now, do that for however many circles you want and then once they've dried for 10-15 minutes take a paint brush and brush over all of the circles on the letter. And voila, it gives it a glossy effect! Now take off the tape slowly and carefully, you don't want to get paint anywhere on the white. But if have my luck, it will happen no matter how careful you are. So that's why I like to go over the white part with the white paint to make sure I can correct any of my mistakes.
Next we have Mickey's pal and loyal companion, Pluto. You'll need dark yellow and green paint, a printout or a drawing of a dog bone, tape and a hot glue gun. So what I did first was similar to the Minnie, I put the tape in the middle of my P that way I wouldn't get any yellow paint where I wanted to paint it green. So obviously, you'll paint your letter dark yellow and let it dry. Then take the tape off so then you can paint the center line green, like Pluto's collar. I decided to add tape to the two sides where there was yellow so it would be easier to paint the green line and not have it look so messy. So after that was dry, I took the dog bone printout that I found, by googling dog bone printout, and I cut it out and hot glued it to the bottom left corner of my P.
Then we have good old Donald Duck! What you'll need is bright blue and white paint, red ribbon, a hot glue gun, tape and a printout or a drawing of Donald Duck's hat. As done previously, use tape to mark a divider for the top to be blue and the bottom to be white. Once done painting let it dry and take the red ribbon and make a bow and hot glue it on the middle of the letter. Lastly you'll take the print out or drawing of Donald's hat and hot glue it on the top of your letter.
Next we have Goofy, what you'll need is orange and bright blue paint, tape, a hot glue gun and a print out or drawing of Goofy's hat. As you've done with all the other letters, place the tape as a divider so the top can be orange and the bottom can be bright blue. After you let it dry, take the print out or drawing of the hat and hot glue it to the top of your letter. Personally, I think Goofy took me the least amount of time because it is so simple to do and there aren't that many steps to it, also the fact that I used the letter I for it made it that much easier.
Last but not least, we have the king of all the classic Disney characters, Mickey Mouse. What you'll need to make Mickey is red, black and white paint, tape, hot glue gun and two white buttons. And like all the other letters take the tape and place it on the letter where you'd want it to remain white. Then you'll paint the top black and the bottom red and once that is dry and you remove the tape you can add white to the unpainted section. After it all dries you'll take the hot glue gun and glue the two buttons on the top part of the red side of the letter.
And there you go, a quick little guide on how to make some of these classic Disney characters wooden letters. With the letters I got from Michael's they had a hook in the back to hang them up with a nail, so hanging them on my bedroom wall was extremely easy! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed! Good luck crafting and until next time!
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