Finally Beckham is into outer space, and he loves to point out the moon when we are outside. Personally, I’ve always loved learning about the planets 🪐 ! We have star lights set up in his bedroom, and what a way to bring his room together than with a DIY moon!?
Bonus: it can also be used as a Halloween piece to decorate with. It would look cool with a wall of bats 🦇. The world is yours 🤓.
The products needed are minimal, but I’d say you need a pretty good hand at being creative. If you mess up at any point, it’s okay because no moon will ever be perfect.
What you need:
- A circle to paint. Got ours at Michael’s, it’s wooden. A piece of cardboard could do!
- White and black paint
- Spackle (for the 3D effect)
- Fairy lights to tape to the back for a lunar glow at night (optional)
Just to point out, to make your moon dimensional, one side should be a bit darker in shade than the opposite side. Take a look at the photos, and you’ll see that the right side of the moon appears brighter, more white than the left side of the moon!
Now, just try to follow along 🤓:
Bust out your supplies and start with a dark base seen below. We will build up to the lighter white shades of the moon 🌝.
Using thin amounts of paint will allow layers to dry more quickly. It’s a slow build, so if you can somehow follow the brush strokes through these photos then you got this.
If you become frustrated in the process, take a break. This should be fun 🤩. If you take a break, you’ll see how you left the paint to dry, and then go from there!
Grab the spackle and let’s begin the next steps.
Leave it to dry hanging up to get a good view of your work.
Next, we’ll add some fairy lights on the back. you don’t have to go too fancy for this because no one will see the back unless you show them 👀.
Lmao. Done!
